I'm likely getting an IT job at a public school, soon.
I know more about computer hardware, networking, and software than anyone else I know.
Although, I'm well aware that I'm no expert.
This will be my first entirely tech job.
All of my previous jobs that involved tech was half of my work, at the most.
Please give me any tips you guys have.
Install gentoo
never do "temporary dirty hacks"
otherwise you'll end up with a barely functional network that will work without anybody knowing why.
take the time to learn a good solution every time.
also, leave this hell asap
You'll have a lot of spare time. Put it to good use: learn stuff.
I had that job for 1 school year before transferring to the networking team and eventually quitting.
at a school your main job is to show teachers how to use shit. you will get bored within a month
I had one of these. The staff was nice for the most part until they discovered that I made a website from the comfort of my own home that loaded certain blocked websites I wanted to access inside of an iframe. Garbage filter software only checked the URL bar lmao. Long story short they gave me basically zero hours after scolding me about it, and they all gave me a shit mark on my reference for an internship saying I "breached the schools network". Keep in mind I was a student at this school also and never played games or did anything bad at work, I always did what I was told. This is why you shouldn't be a wage slave.
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intentionally let smarter kids get away with whatever they want but make sure they have to hide it from you so you can claim it was just them if somebody else catches them
don't actually lock everything down well, school sucks enough
try not to grope the kids.
it's comments like this that keep you alienated from the outside world. stay autistic
Yes, the teachers and non-tech staff were the laughing stock where I worked, they'd get unreasonably mad when things didn't work and all around it was a mess.
Are you gonna be in charge of procuring machines too? The school will have requirements; build things to those requirements and nothing more. Do not spend any more money than is necessary.
Kids are mostly malicious retards. Lock anything requiring admin privileges the fuck down. Long ago as a kid I was a little shit (I shouldn't have been), walked into a cybercafe and flashed the BIOS with random garbage for shits and giggles just before leaving, bricking the motherboard. If you see a kid behaving like a future Jow Forums user try to get on their good side (mostly, hold your ground on the rules but don't treat them like they're another retard and explain) simply because they're the ones likely to try and stir shit up since they have the capacity. If you can get away with NOT doing that "we don't want kids to be able to run any programs we don't want" shit, then do so. Turn a blind eye towards halo_multiplayer.exe on the shared network drive. Teachers can stop kids from playing games if they need to focus, not your fucking job (unless they say it is).
Teachers are not malicious, but they're retarded and need to have more privileges than students. This is actually worse. Lock everything down even more. Assume that their credentials will be compromised not even 1 day after acquiring them. Plan accordingly. Let whoever you respond to calmly know that kids have gotten access to teacher accounts from leaked passwords and human error countless times, and that you need to do X and Y so a kid can't do anything. Yes, some may find all the security measures annoying. Better that than a school-wide email saying "Kyle J. and his dad have gay sex together."
Always remember to put a password on the BIOS and disable booting off anything that's not what's expected if possible.
Content filtering via DNS blackholing a site does not work. If you don't block site.com, site.com/usercontent/porn is sure to exist and get you screamed at. I suggest e2guardian on a pfsense router, if possible.
>also, leave this hell asap
Why? It seems like it'll likely have downtime for me to study code.
That's a lot of great advice, thank you!
Put some keyloggers on the computers to grab some slittle sluts accounts and enjoy the content
>circumventing security measures at school
>"Staff bullied me :("
That was all on you m8
>I know more about computer hardware, networking, and software than anyone else I know
If that's your standard of measurement, you need to use what free time you have to study certs. See if you can get the school to pay for your certification, and work your way up from the bottom. Comptia A+ will get you flak on Jow Forums because people here are tryhards that pretend like you're a retard if you didn't already know everything, but it's the best starting point you have. It will also set you up for a real IT job instead of getting playing whack-a-mole with the single most stress-inducing and mismanaged client base in the world. Check out some example/practice tests to see what you need to brush up on (or if you already know it all get certified and use that as leverage next time you want a raise). From there go for Comptia's Network+ and Security+. Also read up A LOT on Active Directory. Being capable in an AD environment will absolutely save you since I'd bet dollars to donuts that's what's used for the school network.
Again, this shit will be major overkill for your peanuts school salary, but will let you get into real jobs that won't suck.
Are there any sources that list all of the certificates that are actually worth it?
I know the school won't pay for them, for me, so I don't wanna waste my money on a cert that isn't worth it.
There's so much I've seen from people saying negative things about so many certs, most of them seem like a scam.
came here to see this
good job fpbp
that's what happens when you need to get work done but you can't because nothing works. that's why you're there.
this!
When you have nothing to do and are tired of browsing Jow Forums, here's what you do: break things that YOU KNOW will be easy enough to fix, but can't be fixed by the people at the school.
>"breached the schools network"
You're an idiot for not suing the everloving shit out of them for wrongful termination.
This thread is a joke and obviously full of kids who have never held a real job. Education, next to healthcare is one of the worst industries to do tech work in due to the user base and the low budget. Virtually every post here is wrong or dumb as fuck. If you are the only person on the team you have made a terrible decision and should get out now. Either way enjoy your zero budget and no backing from the top
>getting caught
you deserved whatever you got
Its hard. I know one guy who is an english teacher (he is also quite outapokenand funny dude) and he told teaching a class of 14 year olds is nightmare, the girls are constantly teasing him and making sexual jokes, if were him Id be in prison already.
It's going to suck since kids are a fucking nightmare.
This, I literally hate my life, especially right now with school starting next week. Pay sucks, teachers generally appreciate you but administration has an ego the size of the fucking sun and has no clue what they are doing. Principals/APs are all former teachers that made their way up the ladder by kissing ass and have 0 management experience.
It's a dead end job because anyone above basic tech support (networking/systems etc) stay in their positions for 30 years until they retire. If one opens up you're fighting for the only position on the team that might be open for nearly a decade. Use it for experience, learn high level networking and router/switch setup. Learn VMware and hyper-V, learn windows server, group policy and email shit. Learn Linux stuff if you have time but generally count on most positions revolving around windows server. As soon as you can get the fuck out and find an employer worth investing time with. You won't get raises beyond inflation/cost of living, you won't get bonuses or anything. You'll be expected to volunteer your time because nobody gives a shit about your personal life.
God I want to kill myself.
Lol. I rooted school server and then informed admin and he just told me that they would find out if I did something (sure bro) and not to do that again.
Your job will be 99% showing boomer teachers how to plug their mouse in and 1% fixing shit when the hacker kids manage to break something.
Also pray your school won't be one of those godawful "ipad cart" schools.
>proceeds to literally violate the network of the place he works
>"but I dindu!"
lol
there is nothing protecting your virginity from slutty preschoolers.
Enjoy low pay, terrible everything, red tape out the ass, skills that are out of date pretty constantly, kids that ruin all your efforts, but oh you get a summer off, that's nice I guess.
well, well, well, what do we have here.
I can tell that your biggest challenge at this job will be dealing with people. I hope you have good people skills. They will probably be more important than your technical skills.