Did you know everything about your job before you were hired?

[Rubycon]

Not at all.

The best part is learning something new every single day. What fun is in not learning anything?

 

[drum]

what fun would that be if you already knew everything about your job?

learning something new is where its at. i learn multiple new things on the job everyday

EDIT: owned by MS DAWN

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN

Originally posted by: FoBoT
did you tell them you could already do that stuff? or did you say that you could learn it really fast?

did you tell them you had experience doing stuff that you have never done?

if they know you are learning, then i don't see a problem

I told them that I was able to do everything that they required. But at the end of the interview, they asked me to create a new email account on an microsoft exchange server. It seemed pretty easy to me but I wasnt able to get in done in the short time that I had. That wasnt one of the requirements.

What do you mean by creating an email account on an Exchange server? That shouldn't take you more than a minute to do.. what version of Exchange are we talking about here? 2000/2003 or 5.5?

it was 2000, i was able to create one perfectly fine but was able to connect on the client side. im guessing it didnt have all the appropiate permissions. anyways, im going to read up on it a bit more.

Actually, you may not have done anything wrong at all. It takes sometime for the user account you created in AD to link to the Exchange mailbox. Are they using 2000 AD or 2003 AD? Replication in 2000 AD by default occurs every 15 minutes as opposed to 2003 AD where it occurs every 15 seconds. More than likely they are still running 2000 AD which may have explained why you weren't able to access the Exchange mailbox.

Next time, if they don't have too many domain controllers, just force an AD replication using the repadmin tool.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN

Originally posted by: FoBoT
did you tell them you could already do that stuff? or did you say that you could learn it really fast?

did you tell them you had experience doing stuff that you have never done?

if they know you are learning, then i don't see a problem

I told them that I was able to do everything that they required. But at the end of the interview, they asked me to create a new email account on an microsoft exchange server. It seemed pretty easy to me but I wasnt able to get in done in the short time that I had. That wasnt one of the requirements.

What do you mean by creating an email account on an Exchange server? That shouldn't take you more than a minute to do.. what version of Exchange are we talking about here? 2000/2003 or 5.5?

it was 2000, i was able to create one perfectly fine but was able to connect on the client side. im guessing it didnt have all the appropiate permissions. anyways, im going to read up on it a bit more.

Actually, you may not have done anything wrong at all. It takes sometime for the user account you created in AD to link to the Exchange mailbox. Are they using 2000 AD or 2003 AD? Replication in 2000 AD by default occurs every 15 minutes as opposed to 2003 AD where it occurs every 15 seconds. More than likely they are still running 2000 AD which may have explained why you weren't able to access the Exchange mailbox.

Next time, if they don't have too many domain controllers, just force an AD replication using the repadmin tool.

Are Microsoft planning to change the GP update frequency? When I'm testing something in the labs, it's a PITA to have to go round running gupdate /force on each client.

 

[JoeFahey]

I winged it.




But it was only an icecream scooper position.

 

[Descartes]

There comes a point in your career where you don't really learn anything new; rather, just new ways of looking at the same thing. So, I find that I develop new perspectives through collaboration with others.

My personal feelings are that if everything is new everytime there are a few problems:

1) You're not getting enough out of your experiences.
2) You're not digging deep enough. At a high level everything is new because everything appears unique, but if you dig deeper you'll find correlations that show that they're all really just manifestations of the same thing.
3) You're not retaining it.

This all comes with experience of course. At this point in my career I find that the actual work itself is relegated more to a form of expression than something I actually have to think about. Many years back it was all about figuring out how, learning the tools involved, etc.

That's my opinion anyway. I believe this to be the same for most, if not all, industries. Note that when I say "New" I refer more to something revolutionary than evoluationary. We'll always encounter slight deviations from that which we've known in the past.

 

[imported_KuJaX]

I believe that many positions that you will interview for or are posted on job sites aren't exactly what the job is. Many companies try to touch base with every aspect of the job, but obviously not in a huge amount of detail. Part of working in any non-super entry level position is being able to problem-solve and learn (and retain) new information. Good luck with the job, let us know if you get it.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: aircooled
I've been Google-ing my way through IT for years.

QFT :laugh: :thumbsup:

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN

Originally posted by: FoBoT
did you tell them you could already do that stuff? or did you say that you could learn it really fast?

did you tell them you had experience doing stuff that you have never done?

if they know you are learning, then i don't see a problem

I told them that I was able to do everything that they required. But at the end of the interview, they asked me to create a new email account on an microsoft exchange server. It seemed pretty easy to me but I wasnt able to get in done in the short time that I had. That wasnt one of the requirements.

What do you mean by creating an email account on an Exchange server? That shouldn't take you more than a minute to do.. what version of Exchange are we talking about here? 2000/2003 or 5.5?

it was 2000, i was able to create one perfectly fine but was able to connect on the client side. im guessing it didnt have all the appropiate permissions. anyways, im going to read up on it a bit more.

Actually, you may not have done anything wrong at all. It takes sometime for the user account you created in AD to link to the Exchange mailbox. Are they using 2000 AD or 2003 AD? Replication in 2000 AD by default occurs every 15 minutes as opposed to 2003 AD where it occurs every 15 seconds. More than likely they are still running 2000 AD which may have explained why you weren't able to access the Exchange mailbox.

Next time, if they don't have too many domain controllers, just force an AD replication using the repadmin tool.

Are Microsoft planning to change the GP update frequency? When I'm testing something in the labs, it's a PITA to have to go round running gupdate /force on each client.

In a large environment, that will boost up network traffic significantly. If you are doing it in a lab environment, why don't you just set the GP refresh interval time to your liking?