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FW: How to sell yourself to employers as a blind, but capable technologist
by Katherine Moss 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

-----Original Message----- From: Katherine Moss Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 2:47 PM Subject: How to sell yourself to employers as a blind, but capable technologist Hello all, My name is Katherine Moss, and let me tell you. Boy do I wish I had discovered this list years ago. I have been a technologist/administrator for the past ten years dabbling in everything from Windows to most recently Linux. I'm wondering what you guys have done to sell yourself to employers during interviews to get hired at your fulfilling jobs. I desire greatly to become a paid systems administrator and not just have technology as a hobby. I have a degree in English, though I'm planning on getting a certificate in network technologies and administration at Bunker Hill Community College (I am from Massachusetts). As of right now, regardless of the fact that I do have experience, employers are getting tripped up by my lack of official vender certifications, as well as my blindness. I will admit that I'm very open about my blindness, using it as a jumping off point to launch accessibility awareness campaigns rather than brooding over it. I'm wondering if my openness during the first interview at a job could be hurting me? I ask this because qualifications can't be the problem since I'm a member of a couple of user groups here in New England, and not many of us have computer science degrees at all. What has been your take on this? Thanks.

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System Center 2012R2
by Ryan Shugart 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hi: Has anyone had a chance to play yet with any of the System Center 2012R2 releases? Just yesterday I was able to spin up a VM with Windows Server 2012R2 and SCCM 2012R2 to play with. For better or worse, accessibility does not yet seem to have changed between 2012 and 2012R2, any issues I had in 2012 still are there with 2012R2, but I'm going to keep digging. Was wondering if this was other people's assessment too? Ryan

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System Center 2012R2
by Ryan Shugart 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hi: Has anyone had a chance to play yet with any of the System Center 2012R2 releases? Just yesterday I was able to spin up a VM with Windows Server 2012R2 and SCCM 2012R2 to play with. For better or worse, accessibility does not yet seem to have changed between 2012 and 2012R2, any issues I had in 2012 still are there with 2012R2, but I'm going to keep digging. Was wondering if this was other people's assessment too? Ryan

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Draytek routers, QUOS over WIFI?
by Barry Toner 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Hi folks, Would any of you know where to start setting this up? I've a 28830. I see under bandwidth management, QUOS, but when I go in I can only see WAN1, 2, and 3. I'm looking to create a SSID for the AP, then setup QUOS on this. I havent' a clue where to start on this, googling and searching for Youtube videos haven't helped me in the slightest. Anyone? Cheers, Barry.

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vmware 5.5 and higher how is accessibility
by vincent＠vanitallie.net 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi all, Could someone shat a lite on accessibility of the latest versions of vmware? I don't mean the workstation thing, butt vmware on a server level in combination with A san and such. Can we still do our job via ssh? And how is the client these days in terms of accessibility with a screenreader? Would like to read some resent experiences if possible. Thanks in advance, Vincent.

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Draytek routers, QUOS over WIFI?
by Barry Toner 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi folks, Would any of you know where to start setting this up? I've a 28830. I see under bandwidth management, QUOS, but when I go in I can only see WAN1, 2, and 3. I'm looking to create a SSID for the AP, then setup QUOS on this. I havent' a clue where to start on this, googling and searching for Youtube videos haven't helped me in the slightest. Anyone? Cheers, Barry.

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Looking for some good books
by Steve Matzura 23 Oct '13

23 Oct '13

Can anyone please recommend some good and hopefully current books on C and variants, Visual Basic and variants, and .NET programming in general? I've been outa the biz for so long, I feel my skills creek with rust, and having proper books on these topics would probably be an excellent idea. I have a couple programming projects in mind for myself, but would prefer not to have to rely on age-old knowledge without a handy can of literary educational oil to loosen the rusty knowledge bits. LOL.

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Stand-Alone Vs. Hosted Solutions
by Berwick, Jeff 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hi all, Just wanted to pole you guys to find out your thoughts on whether a stand-alone application for service management, or a hosted solution is preferred. Is one better than the other, or is it a personal preference type situation? Thx, Jeff

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Stand-Alone Vs. Hosted Solutions
by Berwick, Jeff 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hi all, Just wanted to pole you guys to find out your thoughts on whether a stand-alone application for service management, or a hosted solution is preferred. Is one better than the other, or is it a personal preference type situation? Thx, Jeff

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Windows rescue
by John G. Heim 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Anybody recall the magic key sequence needed to rescue a Windows 7 computer from a Win7 installation CD? I believe it involves booting from the CD, opening a command window, and then typing a rescue command. Googl ing tells me that you can open a command window when booted from an installer CD by pressing F10. Lots of people say you can then type "bootrec /fixboot" but that doesn't seem to work. I've done this before and that doesn't ring a bell. I think there is a command to run the rescue program on the CD but I can't recall what it is. -- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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