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| I'm an IT Manager/ POS Coordinator at a small cooperative food market. I love my job and the people I work with.
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| I have owned Arizuma Computer Solutions, Inc in Gilbert, Arizona for almost 15yrs. Retail store but we do alot of network design and implementation and support many POS's.
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I'm a Sys Admin at a financial services company in Omaha, NE. Been in the IT biz for about 7 years, and specialize in Linux systems and Network/Security administration.
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PAT_COLLINS123
5/15/08 2:10 P
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I'm a Unix admin in Boston. I'm studying for professional certifications this summer and am going back to grad school at night this fall to work on a Master's degree in Computer Science.
Pat
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That's still a start, isn't it?
I started working on computers back in the days of the Colt 8088 and the TI lines. Took a few years, but here I am.
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| well, id like to be an IT pro. I was finishing an AAS in NetAdmin with with Linux concentration and then the state i was living in killed my degree program. I've just recently moved to the other side of the country and took a job as a credit card fraud analyst in hopes of squeezing into the IT dept. somehow. looking to start on a BS in IT security in a couple of months, and then study digital forensics as a hobby. but for now i fix friends computers for admiration and coffee!
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| I am a L2 and L3 Support Analyst at a large manufacturing firm in PA. We provide support for 6000+ users. Printer, desktop, laptops, servers and handheld devices.
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| Thanks for the offer, but I'll pass. Nebraska is about the same for weather so no need to change addresses yet!
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UFPSHADOWCHASER
1/28/08 8:18 A
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I would love to but my wife might have some objections. She does not even like the winters we have in central Illinois but I know she would love the summers there!
Yours,
Jack
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| Train software for Financial Institutions. Largest Processor for Financial Institutions in the country. Anyone want to come work in lovely Wisconsin? Only a wind chill tonight of -20! :)
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WARRENG317
1/24/08 8:21 A
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I'm an IT manager for a manufacturing company in Indiana. My team and I are responsible for all IT related aspect in the company. From servers to printers, network to telecomm, even building security to cell phones. It makes it difficult to focus on projects and tasks with so many people relying on you for such a variety of things (we are beginning to get requests for building maintenance items) but I'm happy knowing I won't be doing the same thing day in and day out.
I was also glad this thread as well as this forum. I read a post earlier where someone stated that they began to wonder how many men were actually on this site, I was beginning to wonder the same thing. It will be nice now to discuss weight loss issues from a guys perspective.
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WEBARCHITECT
1/24/08 1:34 A
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I'm an intranet developer and DBA mainly building knowledge management applications, maintaining a custom reporting system, and taking care of a medium sized Mysql installation. Mainly just program in C# these days but have done projects in Perl, PHP, Coldfusion, and vbscript (ASP).
I gained a ton of weight after I quit smoking a few years back. Traded one addiction for another. Sitting at a desk for 10 hours a day doesn't help much either but I love what I do.
Great to meet you all!
David
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| Good for you! I'm gonna toss some iron about tonight and work off the 8 hours in a chair.
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UFPSHADOWCHASER
1/23/08 1:36 P
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| Still being an ironworker I usually get plenty of weight lifting from a normal day at work. My cardio I'm now getting through our treadmill at home (usually about 30 minutes a day, 3 to 4 times a week).
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| I get weights and abs on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, cardio on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and take Sunday off. Usually. Unless Uncle Sam has me for a weekend and then I switch up a bit but that's only once a month.
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Been in the computer field for a decent amount of time (15 years), currently work as a Systems Analyst. Have numerous W2K3 and Linux servers. Start to virtualize a majority of our legacy systems. So VMware is the main area of focus for me this year, also looking towards Windows 2008. Have been doing some testing with it for NAP (Network Access Policy).
As far as staying in shape, I do Strength (30 mins) workouts on M-W-F and Carido & abs (45 mins) Tu-Th-Sa with Sunday as a rest day.
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So we all seem to sit around in back rooms....
What does everyone do to stay in shape?
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| Applications Manager for a medium-sized data center in College Station, TX for an insurance software company.
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| IT Manager here in Atlanta. Have a staff of 3 and manage a 80Million company's IT needs. Great job, great people, and great company.
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UFPSHADOWCHASER
1/14/08 6:23 P
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| oops sorry for the double post
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UFPSHADOWCHASER
1/14/08 6:22 P
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Not in IT as of yet but as a 46 y.o. Ironworker I'm steadily working towards that goal. I've a plan of finishing my AAS in Computer Networking with a focus on Network Security in about 5 years and at that time I may or may not pursue a career in IT. If I don't at that time I will definitely do so at age 52 (earliest that I can retire from the ironworkers with reduced benefits). After I retire, I am hoping that I will be working for some type of company as their IT person and be making enough in that capacity and with my pension to make ends meet and then some. This is my goal at least aside from losing weight (which is why I am here at Spark People). I'm currently going to school and in my second semester of Cisco classes so if I may, I may call upon some of you Cisco wizards with a few questions. Anyway, that's the short version of my IT stuff, been messing with computers since the ol' TI 99a days and done the gamut of 2400 baud to running my own bbs and game servers. Enough of that though....
Jack
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| IT Specialist for Air Force - currently working in a career broadening assignment as professional development administrator for my career field. Worked long haul comm and IT architectures before moving from Southern Illinois to San Antonio area a few months ago. And like everyone else sit at the computer way too much and force myself to get up and get some movement during the day besides working out 6 days a week now.
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I'm the Senior Network Engineer for a communications company, I manage Broadband Over Powerline deployments.
I transitioned to office work from heavy lifting factory work about 10 years ago, and have steadily gotten softer and bigger... now with the help of SparkPeople, going to be an IT Stud... LOL
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| Senior Systems Engineer.In charge of a couple people. I've been doing IT work for 9 years now and am 25. I love it i get to get paid for doing my hobby. I consider myself very lucky.
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| Don't know if it qualifies me as an IT pro, but I've got a (sedentary) job wrangling data in Access, and enjoy playing with Wordpress and other web development-lite type stuff in my spare time...
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IT guy here, Web Developer and Sr Programmer in Saratoga Springs, NY. Mostly Oracle and ColdFusion development.
Sup Y'all
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IT Geek here from Tx..
i am a Server Admin and a DBA for a local company in Plano, Tx. i manage aprox 271 servers company wide..
and am only 28!!
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CLYDERICHARD2
1/7/08 4:51 P
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IT Guy in Indianapolis, here.
I am a Road Warrior break-fix, jack-of-all-trades field engineer/technician. My more recent accomplishments included being certified to service every model of Phaser printer supported by Xerox, but I have never considered myself a "printer guy". Hated working on them for years. I've got A+ cert in 1997 and grew from there.
Until recently I was also a certified legal videographer, videotaping depositions and such for lawyers.
Happy to be in such great company here! IT pounds are hard to work off, and when they are combined with Road Warrior fast-food pounds as mine are I need all the support I can get. lol
-Rick
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JEFFLEEISMYHERO
1/6/08 11:21 P
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My title at the University I work for is IT Analyst. In reality, I manage a group of student developers doing machine setups (imaging, repair, etc), application development (mostly web based), database development, lotus notes development, and web design.
On the side I do networking, security analysis, server setups, web development, and general technology consulting.
Although I do sit behind a desk most of the day, I work on a campus and attend class there as well so I walk quite a bit. It is about a 10 minute walk to each class from work. I also try to run around the lakes here (4-5 miles depending on route) and ride a stationary bike. My fiancè forced me to buy the thing for her birthday, and I finally got angry enough that it wasn't being used and started riding it.
I have a boxer that doesn't really have a yard to run around in so I like to take her running with me. She loves it and it wears her out so she isn't so rambunctious at home.
I used to frequent the vending machines for Cokes then I moved to Diet drinks. Now I'm trying to move to water; however, with 21 hours of class, side work and a full time job, I need the caffeine!
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Hiya PATGMAC and welcome to the team!
I hear ya about not getting out much. Used to be we were chained to a big a$$ CRT.....at least now it's a flat screen!
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Hello. I'm new here. For 8 years, I did tech support in a cubicle for Micro Warehouse & CDW which helped me put on about 50 lbs over that time. For the last 1.5 years, I now do desktop support and manage a few Mac/Win/Linux servers for a University. It's still mostly a desk job but not nearly as much as before and I frequently have to walk across campus for meetings. I also quit smoking 20 days ago after being hospitalized for a lack of oxygen.
I'm glad to see there's a guys forum here and some other IT folks. We're frequently the ones who "don't get out much".
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Welcome Steve! And for me, it's good to be home.
The conference was really good, had some fun after hours, got a new tattoo, rode the roller coaster at New York, New York, watched the water shows at Bellagio [I *LOVE* that place at night!] and came home with more ideas than I know what to do with.
For reference, this conference is application based versus hardware based. No hardware vendors excpet for HP, but they are there to have input on the OS and application support end. So if you're in to server administration like I am, this is a great time!
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Hi All
I just joined a few weeks ago. I work for a major ISP in Canada. Do VoIP testing for customers who are going to implement VoIP on their LAN's and between sites on their WAN's. Like alot of you one of the reasons I am on this site is I spend alot of time on my A$$ behind a computer terminal, although with this job I do get out in the field more. I deal with alot of Cisco and Nortel products but also see some other solutions that are usually provided by the customer.
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BEATPHREEK
11/5/07 10:07 A
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| Yeah I'm not sure how my new employer handles conventions, but I know I've been handed over a bunch of Tech-Ed 07 things from some co-workers that went this year. Hopefully next year I'll get to go to a conference. I'd much rather go to Windows Connections than Tech-Ed.
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I'm off to Vegas today for the WinConnections conference with 3 of my cow-orkers and it should be an extremely informative and enlightening week, plus lots of fun!
Too bad we coulnd't have a bunch of us link up out there - maybe next year?
See ya Saturday, kids!
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BEATPHREEK
10/27/07 10:43 A
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I love E2K7 I have deployed it a couple of times and used and supported it for a while. Now at my curet job w are on 2K3 and awaiting approval for the 600K dollars to migrate to 2007... so it'll be a while. After using OWA in 2007 for 8 months or so, I can't bring myself to do it on 2K3 anymore. 
I was just getting used to the Command-line management tools too... I'll have to learn them all over again when we finally do upgrade.
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SPLATMAN
10/27/07 10:24 A
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Ah yes.....E2K7. It was once stated by a wise older mage [okay, curmudgeon] in the days of E2K that Exchange is a cruel master....and how true that statement is, even today.
I deployed E2K7 in to production 2 months ago and I can tell you it wasn't a walk in the park. Unless the walk had all sorts of wild critters biting you every step of the way. For once, my college is on the bleeding edge and so far, the changes made have been really good. Didn't take our (L)user base very long to get the hang of the new OWA and the clinet side stayed the same so there was no culture shock involved....whew!
On a side note, is anyone going to Vegas for the WinConnections convention the week of 5NOV07 besides me? Yes, true....it's VEGAS BABY, but there is SOOOOOO much information being passed around you can't walk away without new ideas, strategies and plans unless you slept through the 4 days.
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| Well that being said I'll still hold off. I have my MCSA 2003 so I'm certed in everything from NT4 on. This way I can continue to tinker with my beta of 2008 and then just go for it when it's ready.
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BEATPHREEK
10/26/07 6:02 P
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Another nerd here... I was doing consulting and systems integration for SMB's in the Tulsa area and then about 2 months ago I got a job as an Exchange Administrator for a large company here.
The consultant Job put another 20lbs or more on me in a little over a year. Way too stressful and constantly remoted into a different company's servers, even at home. Now I have one of those "15 min of real work each day" jobs and can focus more on my family and myself.
Russ, I just finished up my MCSE 2003 track in June. Starting in January they are switching to a new set of certs. MCSE will still be legitimate, but you can't get it after this year. The new designation will be MCITP (MS Certified IT Professional) and then there will be different tracks. They all take a different number of tests to complete and I haven't seen any of the tests that over-lap. For example the Enterprise Messaging track is 3 tests in Configuring, Planning Enterprise Deployments, and Implementing Enterprise deployments of Exchange 2007. I took the Configuring test this summer.
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Right on, Russ. No sense in testing now and then going through the "grandfathering" goatscrew and then having to test again after it's all smoothed out.
Oooohhh...you've got a SERIOUS project going on! Security is critical in this day and age and although everyone talks about it, no one outside the profession really understands the depth or the scope of it all. Ain't easy, McGee!
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| I need to update my certs. I'll wait for the MCSE next year since Windows 2k8 will be out. I need to get my CISSP or SSCP in the next year. Right now, I'm working encryption for the State of California, 9000 machines installed.
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SPLATMAN
10/22/07 12:51 P
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I'd be more inclined to persue that path if there was any motivation for me with this college - but there isn't. It would be a personal thing only.
UNLESS - I was to start another career path elsewhere. WHo knows? At this point, though, MCSE isn't in my path.
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| Hey Chris, I am on the same road to MCSE as well. It is a hard road i am learning and hopefully I can get through it in the next year. I am anxious for the pay raise tha tfollows final certification. I assist in running a hosted exchange as well as the back end and front end servers. I am learning so much everyday.
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CHRISMORTON
10/21/07 11:18 A
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IT person here from Plymouth, England. Currently have CompTIA A+, N+, looking to start the MCSE road soon.
Working for a security company at the moment maintaining about 80 PCs, 10 Servers, OpenSUSE/Informix and W2K3 Servers.
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Ya, it seems like a lot of folks but we also have about 20,000 students we also support and for being college students, they really have no sense or any computing abilities, despite having grown up with and been around computers and technology all their lives [unlike old dogs like me who remembers his first Commodore Colt computer].
Having fun is a good thing - almost a prerequisite and look at your ticker move to the right!!! Keep up your good work!
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| you have 15 people?!?! You have us beat by about 13 and we have over 3000 users nationwide. I am not complaring us to eachother but i know the stress is high for me and i am gaining weight because of it. I did get a raise though and a new certification, F5. SO a couple of positives in a long line of negatives, hey i am having a good time
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| Being a team leader in a small IT shop [total of 15 people to support 2000 users] in a community college, getting more people on the little budget we have is pretty much out of the question. Heck, we can't even get a decent raise for what we already do so hiring new help is a bad joke. We do considerably more this year than we did last year with one less person than we had and now we have to live the "work smarter not harder" mantra.
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| We just got some new help and I think I can finally get to my building gym. I want to be running soon and attempt to get my abs back that my wife talks about missing so much.
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| I was absolutely WIPED OUT after playing catch up for 3 days.....got it all done and STILL managed to get in my weights last night. Got some great sleep last night and ready for some extra sweat this weekend. Weather is holding out so I get to go outside for a while. YA!
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I've been playing catch-up so hard the last 2 days I'm surprised I walked to the bathroom.
I'll mow the yard tonight and get "some" cardio in as well as some pushups and situps.
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| Yeah, I have the same type of phone but still haev to answer every single call that comes through since you never know what they really need. we do play ping pong after work like every day though. i get "some" workout
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| My phone rings constantly as well, and I'm not even in a call center. Mostly it's sales weasels or people wanting to sell me magazines or take surveys of some kind. Caller ID is a great thing on IP phones.
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| I woul dlove to get up and walk around if the phone didn't keep ringing. That is what keeps me in my chair. I am working on hiring now, so hopefully things will change for the better
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| We're a small shop, too, but I make a point of getting up and walking every hour. Bathroom break, water, quick stroll, whatever.....I have to get up and move.
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| We are a small shop here and eating lunch awy from my desk is all but a dream. I look forward to us hiring soem people in the future so that i can get out into the fresh air. I hear it can be good for you.
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BRIANSFROG
9/20/07 10:41 A
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| I was a network admin 2-7 years ago, but I am a programmer now. For the job I use java,perl,python and we have a few informix and mysql databases that I administrate. I secretly prefer postgres though, but don't tell anyone that. I am an old slackware user from release 3 on, but I do like to dabble around in other things ubuntu, fedora. We have RHEL as the server up at work, but if I had my choice it would probably be debian based.
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ORANGEWHIPS
9/18/07 1:05 P
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Yeah, IT is a rough job on the body. Who'd of thought that picking a career based on something you are good at would be so harmful?
My frustration is that if I'm not at my desk, I'm not working. I don't want a Blackberry or anything but the perception needs to change. The people in the office who are fit are the ones who work 80-hour work weeks but take plenty of time at lunch to bike, run etc. Me, I'm just a software engineer trying to keep up without sacrificing my family and health.
I have started walking during the day. We have a great walking trail out back that is very nice.
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| The hardest part about being an IT guy is that besides sitting down a lot, you spend all day rushing around. So at the end of the day, even though you haven't left your desk, you're beat.
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| I am an IT Help Desk guy and have managed to gain 15 lbs in thelast 5 months sitting at my desk for 8 to 9 hours a day. I have access to the gym in the building but we are short staffed to the point that I am the only Help Desk in the company. Also does not help that I am diabetic. always looking for support.
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| It's actually a setting on your home page. Edit your page and there's a check box for "show ticker" and you can choose from a bunch of different backgrounds for it.
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I really love how everyone has their weight tracked on their posts...but I am clueless on how to do that. Could someone let me know how?
Thanks,
Leah
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MDOHERTYJR
6/10/07 7:19 A
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Looks like us IT Professionals tend to get the weight from sitting on our arses all day, hahaha...
Anywho, Name is Mike (aka Bill Lumberg), from right outside Atlantic City NJ, play with computers for a living, for the largest "gag" company in the US.
Nice to meet you good folks.
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In your defense, you're not a copier salesman! That's where the title sales weasel will attack.
I'm in Nebraska and despite the complaining about the unpredictable weather around here, I will probably stay unless something REALLY sweet presents itself. Maybe when I finish my Masters degree I'll throw some feelers out there....my BS degree did nothing for my current position and neither will this degree so if the right thing comes along.....presto change-o!
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Guys I am worse than an IT Professional. I am Sales for IT. So I am sitting at a desk all day then paying for ritzy dinners and drinks with clients all night. SP has really helped as it changes how i order everything. Currently my team manages all of the Support Services (i.e., Maint, DR, and install) for all Financial Insurance and Healthcare accounts in the US. I work for Teradata, anyone out there familiar with our stuff since i see some DB2/Oracle folks on here.
If anyone is looking for a move we always are lookinng for good folks for both PS (app development / DB Design) and customer support. shoot me a message if you are curious. we are growing big time and about to be spun of from our parent company and will IPO in Q3. the largest system my team supports is about 100 Terabytes and runs a mixed workload with both OLTP and data mining/analytical concurrent job flows. not our largest system but still pretty cool.
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Ha! Then you know more about IT than the majority of our full-time IT faculty.
Oh no. That was out loud, wasn't it.....
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Hi all,
I'm an IT trainer and coordinator for a law firm in Portland, and I've also set up training classrooms for a non-profit school. I know just enough to be dangerous.
Meanwhile, I'm building an business and personal coaching practice. Although I may know technology, it's the personal interaction that I really love :)
Bests,
Joseph Lyons
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| The other issue is that we *sit* nearly all day long, and yes, the steaks are good but you can still eat steak and sit and get the extra pounds off and this site does help with that - I must give credit where due.
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| Tech Ed Specialist here for a law firm. Started out as a paralegal for 14 years, and made the transition over to the technology side of the firm last year. We're a national firm, so I travel to our other offices as well. I mainly write user documentation and assist with training - legal apps are more my specialty. We also have a tech coaching program where we work as personal trainers in technology for our attorneys (and they can use all they can get), and provide some practice management support for attorneys using technology at trial, etc. I'm not into the hardcore techno side, but work more as a bridge between the legal staff and the IT staff. Big geek here. One reason I'm wanting to lose this gut. Standing in front of an audience everyday will do that.
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SCOTTMEADOR
6/5/07 11:22 A
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| I am a programmer/analyst for a major healthcare provider in Dallas/Fort Worth.
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THEKNIGHT571
5/31/07 11:26 P
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I work technology project support/management for a large financial firm.
Spent 8 years in desktop support and LAN management before that.
Now I travel quite a bit... lots of steak (hey ya gotta.. someone else is picking up the tab  ) and it shows.
Just joined recently, got a long way to go... but this time I'm gonna do it.
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What's up with the propellerheads in here? Everyone fly off?
For the record, my propeller cap is just to the left of me so I remember my place in life. '-)
I'm an IT guy [server administrator] for a community college - can I join in?
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| I live in Austin - the market is still pretty solid here. IPT is really growing fast and a lot of the CCIE's are heading that route as well. Most of the MSP's are taking guys with strong WAN/LAN switching backgrounds and letting them work those issues while learning the IPT ins-and-outs. Not sure about Florida - but I would imagine like most of the South - it's growing, but so are populations. Catch 22.
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Not sure if I'm a pro - but I'm in IT.
I was an exchange admin (post help-desk) then got into WAN did the routing/switching gig for a bit - then worked my way into security. I mostly do IDS/IPS and firewall stuff. Some VPN issues - but it's mostly the IDS/IPS traffic analysis.
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SAFOWLER10
2/12/07 8:08 A
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Another IT Pro here, and kind of new to SP. I was on SP about 2 years ago and kind of fell off the wagon.
I am the Sr. Project analyst for Quality for a large pharmacutical company in West Virginia. Mainly I make sure that the software is developed to meet the requirements and that it is released to production properly.
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What's up MRing.
Sometimes that (walking) is the best exercise you can get. I've done the stairs for exercise too and I've always been happy with it.
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Hey all-
I'm an application developer (.NET 2.0, SQL Server) for a financial company in Iowa. I'm fortunate that my company has such a strong health and wellness ethic for its employees. That's actually how I first heard about SparkPeople.
It's really important to me to get out during lunch and walk - I typically get a mile in. I work in a taller building downtown, so I sometimes get in the stairwell and climb floors for some quick and easy cardio throughout the day. Also, I used to get off a few floors before my own floor and then walk the rest of the way. (I'm on the 28th floor, so I do rely on the elevator a little...) : )
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| Any other Cisco engineers out there? What's the job market like in Florida or down south?
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I've read some polls and articles related to the thin vs. fat -issue, and one of the things is that people seem to think that fat = lazy.
While that is not based on any science, it still affects people to some extent.
Now, the second thing is that lean people do have better self esteem and consequently dare to aim higher.
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| You know Rob, the hours on and the commute happen to all of us. Throw in trying to eat healthy and it's a tough gig, that's for sure. I found that I'm rebelling against what we normally eat by mixing in fruit into the snacks. I keep a bunch of bananas in my desk now. It's better for me and cheaper than what I'll grab out of the vending machine. I guess that makes me kind of weird, in this field but I think it's paying dividendes because the better I eat, the more energy I've found I have.
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| I am a network engineer. I work with Cisco gear and everything that goes with it. Since starting to work in the IT field I have gained allot of weight. With the long hours and long commute I have no time for exercise and also the long on the go hours dont offer time for good meals.
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Interesting question, weight vs. job status. It's been proven that better looking (ie more fit looking) people earn more money. My brother is dealing with this right now and I feel bad for him.
The fact is, there are many people with skills out there. When a prospective client is deciding who to use they have to narrow it down. Obviously most people start with actual skills. But once skills have been narrowed down the last thing to narrow two people down by are appearance. It's a sad comment on our society, but it's reality. Most of us here on SP have dealt with it at some point or another.
Hopefully we can all learn a thing or two from it and remember that when we're the one's hiring,.
Matt
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SILVERSPOT
1/3/07 10:45 P
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| IT dude here too...I do tech support for end users with DSL connections. End user stuff all day. I have my Cisco certs and am into networking. I took one C++ class, and found out I DEFINATLY was not a programmer! You guys are weird! 8-)
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You know Drexle, it couldn't have hurt. I know at my weight I had only a few solid clients but they knew my skillset and I'd taken care of them pretty well. I don't get why thin equates to capable. I've met some thin people in this industry I wouldn't let touch my networks but wouldn't you know, they can find clients left and right.
I'm a hobbyist with Flash and Dreamweaver so I might have to talk to you about some things.
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I'm all IT professionalesque. Web/Flash design is what I make my money on, and my degree is in Animation. I'm a hand-coder and know how to use actionscript when it comes to developing Flash movies, games, and interfaces. I'm handy with photoshop, too.
Do any of you freelance? I'm full-time nowadays, but I wonder if being thinner would have helped me in my not-so-distant freelance days? I'm almost at my goal weight, and I wonder if clients have more confidence in a thin professional than one who is decidedly not. The poll question today made me wonder how much effect an IT professional's weight has on how people percieve his abilities. I would almost imagine that a heavier professional might be taken more seriously given the implication that they do nothing but sit around and code all day, but you never know...
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| Way to go Melon! 5.5 down is always good. I really need a personal trainer. I need a push from time to time to get out there and get my workouts in.
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Hey guys. I work on Windows Server 2003 systems for the US Air Force, with my primary focus being Systems Management Server 2003. I gained most of my weight in the first few years I had this job. I worked night shifts, so my diet and sleep cycles were out of whack, and before you knew it I was 60 pounds heavier than I used to be. I found it hard to exercise because I was so tired all the time. Now that I am working a more normal job, and failed a PT test, I am ready to get rid of this weight.
One last note...I quit smoking for good about 1.5 years ago. If I can quit smoking, I can surely get in shape...but that is just my thinking.
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| I am about a month old on this site and I just weighed myself. I am down 5.5lbs, I couldn't be happier for myself. This is just from changing my eating habits. I start a workour routine next month with my personal trainer. I can't wait for that to happen. I am also in IT. I currently an a Systems Analyst.
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| I do database design in the multi-value arena.
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