Comment Working in a school! (Score 1) 283
I'm 21, I work in a school, I have almost nothing as a budget.
In the last 2 years we've managed to take our selves from mainly 486's (About 30 or so) running DOS and maybe Windows with 10mbT hubs (Know the 5-4-3 rule anybody? [sigh]) to something a little more usable, mainly, 200 dekstop machines running WindowsNT, every single desktop machine has 'net access for the students.
It's been a huge hurdle for some one who's so inexperienced in a workplace. It's a given that a school environment is a little easier than corporate ones, but even so, it was a steep learning curve.
The reason I'm posting this is because the previous Techs, while very good at what they did, weren't interested in what the students got out of the current resources (we did have a 28k dialup for a net connection). During my time here, I've played with aggregated links, video conferancing, print charging, code hacking (scripts). The list just goes on.
When ever they got a budget, they'd use it, but they never showed any enthusiasm towards new "stuff".
Hopefully some time soon I'll be able to make myself look hyperactive over getting a fibre/gigabit back bone installed into our current setup. I'm also looking at providing dialup access for the students. The new pricipal knows what technology can do, lets just hope she comes along for what has been a darn good time for myself.
In the last 2 years we've managed to take our selves from mainly 486's (About 30 or so) running DOS and maybe Windows with 10mbT hubs (Know the 5-4-3 rule anybody? [sigh]) to something a little more usable, mainly, 200 dekstop machines running WindowsNT, every single desktop machine has 'net access for the students.
It's been a huge hurdle for some one who's so inexperienced in a workplace. It's a given that a school environment is a little easier than corporate ones, but even so, it was a steep learning curve.
The reason I'm posting this is because the previous Techs, while very good at what they did, weren't interested in what the students got out of the current resources (we did have a 28k dialup for a net connection). During my time here, I've played with aggregated links, video conferancing, print charging, code hacking (scripts). The list just goes on.
When ever they got a budget, they'd use it, but they never showed any enthusiasm towards new "stuff".
Hopefully some time soon I'll be able to make myself look hyperactive over getting a fibre/gigabit back bone installed into our current setup. I'm also looking at providing dialup access for the students. The new pricipal knows what technology can do, lets just hope she comes along for what has been a darn good time for myself.
