Before I start, let me state that I am not complaining. I love where I work, and I am damn glad to have a job in these times
One of the things to consider in today tech field though is the fact that more and more employers are refusing to hire people for specific tasks in an IT environment. They want to save money by consolodating tasks. For instance, My job entails managing a my Main AD box, an Exchange 2K box, Great Plains /SQL box, Goldmine, 4 other servers that do various funtions 100 workstations and that is the first half. The other hat I wear requires me to manage 4 techs for a proprietary hardware/software solution that we have developed. and this includes managing the supports lines, scheduling tech calls, and doing support calls myself. I manage roughly another 8 servers and am responible for for an average of 50 machines a month to flow onto my benches and flow out to customer sites. In essence, my job can be described by simply saying, "The spice must flow". That said, it is very difficult (For me anyways) to fully conentrate on a particular package. I mean, you have to know it as well as you possibly can, and I have 5+ years with exchange(Mostly 5.5) and I know it fairly well, but not as well as I would like. I would love to be able to be tested on a particular package and know it inside and out, but given the scope of responsibility, it is not always possible. One day maybe, but not today. John Parker, MCSE IS Admin. Senior Technical Specialist Digital Display Systems. Alpha Video 7711 Computer Ave. Edina, MN. 55435 952-896-9898 Local 800-388-0008 Watts 952-896-9899 Fax 612-804-8769 Cell 952-841-3327 Direct [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Be excellent to each other" ---End of Line--- -----Original Message----- From: Schwartz, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Notes vs. Exchange "Microsoft Exchange engineers are a dime a dozen" Good ones are difficult to find and even more difficult to pry away from their current employer. After interviewing Exchange "admins" over the last few years I've found that most people that put Exchange experience on their resume have added or deleted a mailbox, or maybe built a server or two. Out of five I interviewed one time, only 1 could give me the steps performed by Exchange to route an e-mail message to the internet. I wasn't even asking for real detail and only 1 could answer it. Getting someone that can design a large scale implementation of Exchange is even harder to do. -----Original Message----- From: norem0rz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:13 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Notes vs. Exchange Well, this probably won't be quite as technical as you want... but it is what I have experienced. Lotus notes - No decent support in the channel (premium support) - core product has not been substancially updated in years, but has an update every month... requires a heafty subscrition fee. Microsoft Exchange - Ex engineers are a dime a dozen, MS has Excellent support. Documeantation O' Plenty. Client requires only network logon, not a file to access thier data (ever have a Notes user loose that file and you realize there is no backup - a NIGHTMARE!) Exchange does not have the file management that Notes does, but if that is not being utilized it is definately worth going to Exchange. Especially that Domino server is the most ass backwards program that I have ever run into...but that's just my 2 cents :) _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
