• rabber@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    My sysadmin professor told me to not learn about tape backups because they are going away soon

    Like 3 years later ransomware was invented

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        9 days ago

        I went to a trades school which offered IT computer systems as a 2 year diploma. Fast track to a job back in the early 2010s. That path would never get you into IT today lol

        The specific class I mentioned was windows system administration

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      8 days ago

      tape backups are definitely still a thing. it’s one of the cheapest ways to store a shitload of data for a long time

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        8 days ago

        I spend a portion every day removing tapes, shipping them offsite and inserting new tapes

        Annoying but must be done

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            8 days ago

            No but look into datacenter night shift work. Where i am nobody wants that shift. Working in a datacenter is pretty fun

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              8 days ago

              interesting. what sort of resumes are you looking for in a data center? security clearances? i have a devops resume, AWS, Linux etc.

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                7 days ago

                Pretty much that but also ability to use tools and basic knowledge of air conditioning etc

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                  7 days ago

                  how do I find a data center role in particular? normally i am searching “Linux” to get devops roles.

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                    7 days ago

                    I stumbled into it by word of mouth in my case. I started out doing IT for public schools which gave me some experience with racking stuff, security cams, basic electrical work, etc

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      8 days ago

      Idk you can only ‘learn’ them if you have one and even the shittiest tape drive I could find as a consumer doesn’t help me at all with a tape library. We have our tape admin (=our architect) who we thank god every day for because we didn’t have to bother with it. Now he’s retiring this year… F