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From the administrative assistant to the owner of the company telling me how well I did and that she was very happy with my work.
Not something I expected - but in the first full week there have I done a ton, including fixing data base issues, backup issues, and network mapping and management (the problem I solved for her had huge implications to the company).
I was shocked that I got a thank you letter in my home mail box.
I have been telling tech companies since last July that I was a solid worker with over 10 years experience and still no bites. This company hires me and I have turned around several major issues in a week (nothing against the other tech, my boss, he is not a computer tech by training but has done a good job keeping them afloat all these years - she even thanked him in the letter for being patient enough to wait for someone like me to come along and not just hiring anyone off the streets to help him).
The HR director told me this morning as well that she has heard nothing but good things about me (I happened upon her while getting some coffee).
I ran three large data centers for the second largest bank in the US for years and did it well, now I am working in a small operation and fixing their issues left and right.
And I have to say, I like working for the small company better - even if the pay, benefits, and perks are less.
Not perfect of course, but it feels good to have been there a total of ten days and having the great feedback I do.
I don't know how I will top this next week, but I am working on it :)
I am already working on writing new programs to manage things (snmp, event logs, etc), have found ways to re-purpose old servers for new uses (saving money), and have dropped tape usage from backups by a ton.
It feels good to be back at work and feeling useful. So many passed me up because I was overqualified. Sorry about their loss :)
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