11-24-2011, 09:38 PM
The more I consult for companies and individuals, the more I do NOT want to work for others and do projects where I know to be incorrectly administered.
I recently did some work where I was hired to set up a remote office for a company in a new location (they will have 2-4 workers there and otherwise no IT support). It was less expensive to hire me for this project than fly one of their own out for this setup. Anyhow, I was setting up the routers and setting the WIFI encryption as WPA2, when was told by their "senior" IT person to leave encryption off as it was a "hassle to the salespeople to remember another password."
:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:
I did as I was instructed, even though I told them how unsafe that was, and was told, verbatim, "I know, but that is what they want".
I owe it to some of my key clients to keep doing what I am doing, as they, pretty much to a person, have told me that they would not know what to do without me helping.
I have found that the money is better, working for yourself, as well. I work half as many hours as I did when I was working in a corporate IT job, get paid more, have no daily commute and schedule my time away from work on my terms (like vacations, doctor's appointments, etc.).
I recently did some work where I was hired to set up a remote office for a company in a new location (they will have 2-4 workers there and otherwise no IT support). It was less expensive to hire me for this project than fly one of their own out for this setup. Anyhow, I was setting up the routers and setting the WIFI encryption as WPA2, when was told by their "senior" IT person to leave encryption off as it was a "hassle to the salespeople to remember another password."
:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:
I did as I was instructed, even though I told them how unsafe that was, and was told, verbatim, "I know, but that is what they want".
I owe it to some of my key clients to keep doing what I am doing, as they, pretty much to a person, have told me that they would not know what to do without me helping.
I have found that the money is better, working for yourself, as well. I work half as many hours as I did when I was working in a corporate IT job, get paid more, have no daily commute and schedule my time away from work on my terms (like vacations, doctor's appointments, etc.).