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My sysadmin professor told me to not learn about tape backups because they are going away soon
Like 3 years later ransomware was invented
holy crap a sysadmin class? that is wild, son. i must be an old man
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
tape backups are definitely still a thing. it's one of the cheapest ways to store a shitload of data for a long time
I spend a portion every day removing tapes, shipping them offsite and inserting new tapes
Annoying but must be done
can i have a job at your place
No but look into datacenter night shift work. Where i am nobody wants that shift. Working in a datacenter is pretty fun
interesting. what sort of resumes are you looking for in a data center? security clearances? i have a devops resume, AWS, Linux etc.
Pretty much that but also ability to use tools and basic knowledge of air conditioning etc
how do I find a data center role in particular? normally i am searching "Linux" to get devops roles.
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
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
We had one in the lab though and just ignored it