Mastodawn

They are growing very fast so if I can knock down these barriers it will be a good place for me in the long run - but god damn why did you even hire me if you aren’t going to let me do what you said you wanted during the interviews?

I actually want to do the work they need done (and they NEED it) but if I can’t have even the most basic tools or access I won’t be sticking around very long.

I’m not interested in staying anywhere knowing I’m being set up to fail. 😡

sudonem 4h ago

Recently hired as a systems engineer to do Linux stuff and work on automations. Awesome.

Cant install any tools on my laptop, must do all development in a Windows VDI. Okay.

The Dev VDI has git cmd installed, but not vscode, or WSL, or current versions of Python or powershell. Not approved to install anything.

Prod VDI has vscode, but not git or WSL or Python. Can’t install anything.

Also… All VDI’s are non-persistent and get rebuilt every 7 days.

So not only was I hired to do Linux focused work and do not have access to linux, none of the environments I’m allowed to use have any of the tools I need to use unless I try to code in fucking notepad.

Oh also, “by the way we want a lot of these automations done in PowerShell even though we knew you didn’t know PowerShell when you were hired”.

#Wtf #ffs #sysadmin #helpme #corporatepurgatory

sudonem 1d ago

Just found myself behind a Hummer EV on this morning’s commute and have two thoughts.

1) I cannot decide if it’s better or worse than a cybertruck.

2) Why does this even exist?

sudonem 3d ago

The Register 3d ago

Firefox is fine. The people running it are not

Mozilla's management is a bug, not a feature Opinion Dominance does not equal importance, nor is dominance the same as relevance. The snag at Mozilla is a management layer that doesn't appear to understand what works for its product nor which parts of it matter most to users.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/