Not sure exactly what to say, scrolling through this forum I'm amazed at how knowledgeable many users seem to be. So far on this site, I've learned that I have a LOT to learn. And honestly, I'm excited about that and excited to get started.
I'm on the younger side of the millenial crowd, been graduated with my bachelor and fully employed for just about 5 years now. Working in the real world was quite a bit different than I expected, and so far my career has taken a path I never would've predicted. My degree was chemistry/physics focused, but while I was interning at a manufacturing company back in 2018 one of the IT guys mentioned what a pain it was replacing the $300+ thin clients they were using to run powerpoint presentations on TVs around the plant. I said it was ridiculous to pay that much for a computer just used to play a slideshow, and that I could replace the thin clients with $50 Raspberry Pis no problem. Got told to put my money where my mouth was, did just that, and then found myself facing disciplinary action for breaking the company's global IT policy about connecting unauthorized hardware to the company intranet.
While that definitely seemed like a bad thing at the time, apparently it impressed the right people and I found myself with a full time offer once I graduated. It's been a number of years since then, but now I've found myself in a more information-technology focused role in a group that for all appearances stopped trying to learn new technology in about '02. It's industrial manufacturing, we don't need to be up with the cutting-edge of the tech world, but I would like to see us, at minimum, stop storing application passwords in plaintext excel files and update our company servers to support https.
I guess in general I can see an ocean of progress to cover, and I know I personally need to learn at least a sea's worth before we'll get there, so I'm looking forward to learning more about what makes the tools tick.
On a personal level, I'm an enthusiastic hobbyist working on setting up my home lab. In programming, python was my mother tongue, but I'm avidly working on learning C and getting a better grip on cryptography applications like SHA and PGP. I've been using Linux as my daily driver for a couple years, but know that there's HEAPS more to learn, lol. I've also got a nasty habit of finding myself in ratty little computer repair stores, bargaining for old refurbished hardware to mess around with & figure out how it works. My most recent acquisition was a Surface Pro 3 with an unknown UEFI password, which I took as an opportunity to learn more about BIOS/UEFI programs & encryption. That led me to this site, which in and of itself made the purchase worthwhile.
I'm looking forward to learning from you all, and sharing whatever knowledge I can.
I'm on the younger side of the millenial crowd, been graduated with my bachelor and fully employed for just about 5 years now. Working in the real world was quite a bit different than I expected, and so far my career has taken a path I never would've predicted. My degree was chemistry/physics focused, but while I was interning at a manufacturing company back in 2018 one of the IT guys mentioned what a pain it was replacing the $300+ thin clients they were using to run powerpoint presentations on TVs around the plant. I said it was ridiculous to pay that much for a computer just used to play a slideshow, and that I could replace the thin clients with $50 Raspberry Pis no problem. Got told to put my money where my mouth was, did just that, and then found myself facing disciplinary action for breaking the company's global IT policy about connecting unauthorized hardware to the company intranet.
While that definitely seemed like a bad thing at the time, apparently it impressed the right people and I found myself with a full time offer once I graduated. It's been a number of years since then, but now I've found myself in a more information-technology focused role in a group that for all appearances stopped trying to learn new technology in about '02. It's industrial manufacturing, we don't need to be up with the cutting-edge of the tech world, but I would like to see us, at minimum, stop storing application passwords in plaintext excel files and update our company servers to support https.
I guess in general I can see an ocean of progress to cover, and I know I personally need to learn at least a sea's worth before we'll get there, so I'm looking forward to learning more about what makes the tools tick.
On a personal level, I'm an enthusiastic hobbyist working on setting up my home lab. In programming, python was my mother tongue, but I'm avidly working on learning C and getting a better grip on cryptography applications like SHA and PGP. I've been using Linux as my daily driver for a couple years, but know that there's HEAPS more to learn, lol. I've also got a nasty habit of finding myself in ratty little computer repair stores, bargaining for old refurbished hardware to mess around with & figure out how it works. My most recent acquisition was a Surface Pro 3 with an unknown UEFI password, which I took as an opportunity to learn more about BIOS/UEFI programs & encryption. That led me to this site, which in and of itself made the purchase worthwhile.
I'm looking forward to learning from you all, and sharing whatever knowledge I can.
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