Internet - what’s the advantage?

Whoa, it seemes as thought the blogosphere had swallowed me up and I was no where to be found…. I’ve been a bit busy with some  projects, one of which is Gamers Lounge, (www.aryeltech.com/gamers). But I’m glad that I am able to be back and whine about my days in the IT field.

My good freind Leo, decided to tag me about a certain list that was put together by his friends. It’s a list of questions… here they are:

Four jobs I’ve had:

1) Customer Service Rep.
2) Dental Technician
3) Carpenter
4) Computer Technician

Four places I’ve lived:

1) Philadelphia, PA
2) Middletown, DE
3) Newark, DE
4) Dover, DE (about 4 miles from the AFB)

Four favourite foods:

1) Pat’s Steak’s in South Philly
2) Geno’s Steak’s in South Philly
3) Whatever my wife cooks
4) Oh, and Philly Cheesesteaks

Four movies I could watch over and over:

1) Back to the Future - (MJ Fox rocks)
2) The Matrix
3) Superman
4) Spider-man (and no, I do not have a thing for men in tights)

Four TV shows I enjoy:

1) Smallville
2) Heroes
3) CSI (the original… the others suck)
4) Sporstcenter (ESPN -  where would us men be without ‘em)

Four places I’ve travelled:

1) Puerto Rico
2) California (Disneyland was the best, LA, San Diego)
3) Florida (Orlando, Tampa, Miami)
4) Hawaii (best place on earth)

Four places I’d like to visit:

1) Italy (my wife’s been dying to go)
2) Spain (I hear they eat liek Kings)
3) Chile
4) Japan

Four websites I go to daily:

1) www.ESPN.com
2) www.ARYELTech.com
3) www.GameSpot.com
4) www.ProBlogger.net

Four people I tag to do this list:

Catdirt, and who ever else wants to post and comment on it….

Often in my field I get questions that seem to come from left field…. Questions that really make you say, “hmmmmm, are they really that retarded????”.

As an example only, last week I had a person, ( I don’t want to get into a gender battle here), call in to our helpdesk wondering how can he play a dvd from his laptop. Well, we do have certain model laptops that come with a dvd player. So, naturally we ask him which model does he own. To our dismay, right…, he has an older model without a dvd player. Call done, over, right? Wrong….

You see, the moron, was trying to hook up a dvd player from Wal-mart to his laptop via an s-video cable to watch it on his laptop….  WHAT!?!?!?!?

What in the world was this person thinking… “Uh, hello…. why don’t you try hooking it up to a tv idiot”.  Well, I wanted to show dvd’s to my clients….

Yeah… let me pull out my miracle stick out of my (enter a noun here), and get this working for you, since Walmart obviously sells dvd players with the intention to hook it up to your freakin old laptop anyways.

Sorry, Macgyver, but I can’t help you figure out what stupid is….. com’ on dude, you’re a man…. oops, did I mention it was a HE.

I should have become an architect!

Well, I was tagged by good ol’ buddy Leo who wants info from me.
He was tagged by Caroline who started the thread on a list of 5 things people don’t know about you.

Hey, I’m an honest guy… I have no secrets……… right!

Well, let’s start with number one:

1. I have had a passion for architecture since I was 12 and have always wanted to become an architect.
2. I actually failed the 10th grade in high school and had to make up my credits in my 3rd year during my lunch hours. I was passed to the 11th grade after my first semester… whew! Shhhhhh!
3. I work in the computer field and once I get home I don’t even want to look at another PC for the whole night. And yet everywhere I go, someone is asking if I can fix their PC.
4. I would make money on the weekends cutting hair to take my wife out when we were dating. Heck, I would make close to $50 in less then 2 hours.
5. I actually work for the CIA as an undercover agent…..

Yeah right, but that would be cool. Well, I wish I knew someone I could tag, but I don’t. So, if you happen to read this, please comment on it and continue the string.

ARYEL Tech Your Web Design Source

Just when I thought things could not get any worse at my current job, we have a meeting with the company’s preferred computer and service vendor.

 Here is what they are expecting….

They want to centralize all of the support team. The product vendor is now going to ship our laptops and desktops with images of the operating system and applications in place. They will also be providing support for the life of the product…. huh? wait a minute…. uh, that’s supposed to be my job!!

What? What happened?…. Apparently our company may be, readjusting, cerain roles and positions. After the meeting, my coworker and I, spoke to our manager. His words were that “we should assess what is going on and think about what would be best for us”.

WHAT?!?!?!! Might as well tell me straight out, “look for another job homey, ’cause we won’t be needing ya!”.

So, now, come December, I really won’t know if I would have a secure job…. NOW, I won’t have anything to complain about. Which means I just might have to stop the whining and the complaining…. NOT!

I’ll have to think of a backup plan and start working on my resume…. life of a contractor, I tell ya!

In the meantime, I’ve been working on a few projects to help keep me afloat….

visit my site at: www.aryeltech.com

One that I designed: www.lacruzsite.com

Feel free to tell me what you think….

Till the next post, take care, adios, aloha!

Iwas in last night till about 6 again…. I start at 7:30, so I have a reason to whine and complain, especially when I’m here as a contractor and don’t get paid overtime or holidays or vacation days, or sick days.

Tell me, do I not have a reason to whine and complain!?!?!

I should have become an architect!!

Here I am today… another day at the office. STUPID JOB!!

Last night I was at work till about 6pm working on a consultant’s laptop. Here, these morons come in to work on our system/network and the laptops they bring in are crap. The project manager within my company was actually expecting our support team to provide this idiot with help…. HELLLOOOOO!

Our company is giving these guys business and then they come in with no resources to do their JOB!?!?!

 What in the world is that?

Come on, you tell me… is that dumb or what? How can you come to a company to provide services without any tools!!??

I should have become a barber!!!

I’ve been providing computer support for the last 8 years now, and I am getting totally burnt out. I mean, if you’re not on top of every single technology out there, it’s almost impossible to provide quality service anymore.

I work for a company providing support to engineers… they’re the freaking worst. They want to know the ins and outs of every issue. “It was that darn flux capacitor again”…. why not? They should fix their own PC’s, they’re engineers for crying out loud.

I curse the recruiter that persuaded me to get into networking. Dumb nit-wit desuaded me from going into programming and web development. Stupid me for not researching the field better.

Anyway, enough whinning for tonight… I’m tired. I’ll do some more complaining about those stupid job boards and engines on the internet. THEY SUCK TOO!!

 José

www.aryeltech.com - Web Design

www.ormeega.com - Pixel Advertising

http://www.pr-inside.com/randall-rodriguez-and-jos-r-p-rez-jr-owner-of-aryel-technologies-partner-to-create-a-pixel-advertising-service-webs-r18025.htm

So, is the new million dollar home page a new fad or will it stand? Companies, like www.Ormeega.com, are trying to rake in on the new form of traffic buiding websites.

My thoughts is that it will do well…. for now. But let’s say 5 years from now!?!? Who knows what the new internet technology will bring. Well, let’s see!!!