Not that I ever had any ambition to be a Supervisor or PM. You know how IT can be, sometimes the Supervisor / PM be the lowest paid and most stressed, especially in Govt Contracting. My title doesn't say Manager, but I'm responsible for everything IT at the site. Servers, backups, patching, restores, accounts, printers, ordering and installing everything IT and the IT budget. We do have a network that handles switches and IPs. The job description didn't really say I would be responsible for so much, but the pay range went from great pay to excellent pay for Louisiana. I chose the middle of the range, but I probably lowballed myself but I'm more than happy with it. This is actually a Hybrid IT/OT position. Are you guys familiar with Operational Technology??
Anyhow, feels good being on the other side. Hearing about the budget, firing procedures. Great thing, I don't really have to answer to anyone hear, my boss sits in Seattle, I don't do a time card, I set my own schedule. I can work from home a lot, I can schedule certain tasks on the weekend or after hours. I have a company card. I have to travel at times and they reimburse me really well. This is actually a dream job, especially here in Louisiana. Before this, I was traveling 150 miles a day and getting half of what I make now. Now I'm making DC money down here. Never dreamed of having a good IT job here in Louisiana. I was getting burnt out with IT and I've been running back and forth to DC for 20 years. Burnt out for real. I was considering going back and this job popped up. Thank God. I'm in a great position financially, damn near saving 5/6k a month. Time to make smart moves and buy land/property.
Oh yea, I got my own office with a locking door.
I got my Keurig, dumbbells and surround sound in here. Playing that Maxwell Cococure up in here.
Anyhow, feels good being on the other side. Hearing about the budget, firing procedures. Great thing, I don't really have to answer to anyone hear, my boss sits in Seattle, I don't do a time card, I set my own schedule. I can work from home a lot, I can schedule certain tasks on the weekend or after hours. I have a company card. I have to travel at times and they reimburse me really well. This is actually a dream job, especially here in Louisiana. Before this, I was traveling 150 miles a day and getting half of what I make now. Now I'm making DC money down here. Never dreamed of having a good IT job here in Louisiana. I was getting burnt out with IT and I've been running back and forth to DC for 20 years. Burnt out for real. I was considering going back and this job popped up. Thank God. I'm in a great position financially, damn near saving 5/6k a month. Time to make smart moves and buy land/property.
Oh yea, I got my own office with a locking door.
I got my Keurig, dumbbells and surround sound in here. Playing that Maxwell Cococure up in here.
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