I just started a new job and the client company's network, quite frankly, scares me. The only person who cares is the IT Director. The bean counters keep turning off the AC in one of the server rooms. Cables are strung willy nilly, and one of the switches even requires a cherry picker to get up to. The cables really should be rerun to get them up to fire/OSHA codes. The problem is that the network is so cobbled together that noone wants to fix what needs to be fixed because the rest of it will probably fall apart, but it really should be completely redone from scratch (which is not in our contract, thankfully). Hell the only reason they have server cabinets is because the IT director campaigned for months to get one built so that they weren't out in the open in the copy room .
When I asked about documentation, the IT director sort of laughed, and when I made the comment that it seemed like it had been cobbled together, she said it was a compliment. My first project is going to be network documentation, where everything is, how it's connected, and to what port. Should be interesting, and I know I won't be lacking for something to do.
Bonus: She showed me the telephone closet, and there's a bunch of cable without a jacket that I'm not actually sure if it's connected to anything, and neither is she. She cares and wants everything in working order, but is getting blocked by management/accounting, nevermind the fact that 70 legitimate help desk tickets is a good day.
When I asked about documentation, the IT director sort of laughed, and when I made the comment that it seemed like it had been cobbled together, she said it was a compliment. My first project is going to be network documentation, where everything is, how it's connected, and to what port. Should be interesting, and I know I won't be lacking for something to do.
Bonus: She showed me the telephone closet, and there's a bunch of cable without a jacket that I'm not actually sure if it's connected to anything, and neither is she. She cares and wants everything in working order, but is getting blocked by management/accounting, nevermind the fact that 70 legitimate help desk tickets is a good day.
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