Casch 0 #1 July 31, 2006 I started a new job at the beginning of this month. I'm a Support Engineer for Milestone Systems, an IP video surveillance software company based in Denmark. I am the luckiest employee on the planet Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but really, I don't know how I got this job. I'm 21 with a GED, never got the HS diploma, and I think I've got about 6 whole college credits. I've worked at a movie store, retail computer store, in manufacturing, and one 3 month project in IT 3 years ago or so. In February I got laid off a temp position with DeMarini Sports, manufacturing bats. I decided then and there that I wasn't taking another temp job, manufacturing position, and I wasn't going to work in retail again. I posted my resume on Craigslist.org weekly, and replied to at least 3-4 IT job ads daily. I was absolutely certain that I would find someone to hire me for my knowledge and potential instead of experience. After attending one interview after another for a few months I was beginning to lose hope. Between December and May I had 10-15 interviews, and none of them panned out. Most of them didn't bother contacting me at all. The rest told me they'd found someone better qualified for the position, and wished me luck. *flips employers off* When June came, my money was almost entirely gone, and my credit cards were maxed. I was beginning to lower my standards, and even considered going back to CompUSA as a cashier. Then one day I got an e-mail from a company I'd never heard of, Milestone Systems. Thomas says he'd like to schedule an interview with me on the following Wednesday, or have me attend a training/certification class on their software on the day before. I tell him I'll be there on Tuesday for the class. Tuesday comes, and I find myself in the first floor of the company presidents house (president of the US location anyway), which is also where the office is for the US. I'm sitting at a large faux marble board room style table with 6 or 7 other guys in suits for the 8 hour training class. After the class was over and all the parters/resellers in training had left, I had a little interview with Thomas. He actually told me he'd basically decided to hire me already based on my resume, and meeting me in person was the deciding factor. After he'd seen what kind of guy I was, he was satisfied that I'd fit in. I work with 3 people here. Thomas (technical manager), Susanne (hr), and Eric (president). We get maybe 5 or 6 big support calls on a typical day, and a varying amount of e-mails. I spend most of my time messing around with our software, and cameras and such. I have a couple big projects going on. One of them is building a portable server rack for demos and trade shows. So far I've loaded the rack with two 4u dual Xeon 2.8ghz servers, a 2u dual Xeon 3ghz, and 4 1u servers which will be clients for demo purposes. Another project is checking out some new software we're building, and learning how to install, configure and support it. Sometime in the next couple months I have to give a demonstration to some guys from GE. I had to write a program to integrate some video analytic software to ours so that we can receive alert messages from it. I'm also evaluating a couple Access Control systems which are integrated into our software. I absolutely love this job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Bolas 5 #2 July 31, 2006 Congrats!!! [Geek hat]Look into virtualization if you're building something that is going to travel alot. Much easier for people to hook up and move one server vs. a rack full. That is, unless the rack is there partly for show.[/Geek hat]Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Casch 0 #3 July 31, 2006 I've never heard of virtualization, it looks interesting! The server rack is definitely, partially for show though. Also, because our software records live video from up to 64 cameras per server, it's constantly using the HDD's, and other resources, so trying to run both server and client apps on the same machine isn't very efficient Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Bolas 5 #2 July 31, 2006 Congrats!!! [Geek hat]Look into virtualization if you're building something that is going to travel alot. Much easier for people to hook up and move one server vs. a rack full. That is, unless the rack is there partly for show.[/Geek hat]Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #3 July 31, 2006 I've never heard of virtualization, it looks interesting! The server rack is definitely, partially for show though. Also, because our software records live video from up to 64 cameras per server, it's constantly using the HDD's, and other resources, so trying to run both server and client apps on the same machine isn't very efficient Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
