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Comment · 4 years ago
After the second time of having some Google product be cancelled, I vowed never to use any of their services ( apart from search ) in a commercial setup. My first question for any AWS/Azure service being considered in my organization is "When is it going to be EOL'ed?".

Going with Google is too risky these days.

Comment · 5 years ago
I've worked at a couple organisations where there was a mantra of 'No HR'. In all cases I saw mistakes and abuses that would / should have been picked up by a sensible HR person. I don't buy it. Granted you don't need entire departments of people but when you get to be a billion-pound company, there will be a need for some expertise.
Comment · 6 years ago
It feels very unfinished. The "home" page and "dashboard" page don't display anything for me. I like the concept but it's looking very beta, or pre-beta.
Comment · 6 years ago
looks like it's been slashdotted.
Comment · 6 years ago
Betcha it doesn't return any results for 'PLO' ;)
Comment · 8 years ago
I'll never use GCE again. Too many services get pulled on a whim.
Comment · 8 years ago
what was wrong with webmin?

(ducks)

Comment · 10 years ago
Can you show your sources? Others appear to disagree with you.
Comment · 10 years ago
It's brave of you to open the comments without a password. Post some of the better ones here.
Comment · 10 years ago
Everythng that's repetitious and error-prone: Manual migrations of old physical servers, disaster-recovery, managing legacy infrastructure. Luckily, most of these have been obviated by the cloud, thank god. I became a sysadmin to work on interesting projects, not to endlessly reset AD user credentials. Granted there is a level of repetition in any job, but when the process becomes to the job, it's time to automate.
Comment · 10 years ago
I interviewed at one place where the manager who was supposed to see me turned up an hour late, sweaty from a cycle ride and said I was too early. He consistently got my name wrong during the remaining half hour, and poured scorn on his current reports.

- If during the interview, they ask you if you have 'firing skills' and how you motivate unmotivated staff, that's a strong indicator also. The company was based 20 seconds from the edge of a airport runway. Repeatedly during the interview, we had to stop talking as the noise from jet engines wouldn't allow normal conversation.

Comment · 11 years ago
please test the site before releasing it.
Comment · 11 years ago
lol. nice rickroll

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