Someone has to be responsible for the whole network, current and future. Not sure you can really contract that out.
Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell [email protected] > On May 11, 2017, at 2:15 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm very curious, primarily from owners with admin staff about staff > valuation. I'm a pretty critical guy here, I think a lot of that is due to > the fact I don't spread my role freely. I'm the admin, , that's pretty > straight forward. I'm the tier 3, or two, whichever you assign to tech > support that actually solves problems or initiates disconnects that cant be > resoled vi a call one. > > We also do network support, I only really generate 5-20 billable hours on > that. Not to be cocky, but a lot of those limited 5-20 is my efficiency... > I'm really good at my job. > > > Last year I recommended dropping one of our techs, which freed up a ton of > dough, gave us the option to go to serverplus. the frees uo a substantial > amount of my tier 2/3 time (their tier1 is much more inclusive than ours, > > We brought in a contractor on our ISP side to handle the BGP followed by IP6 > adoption. > > Their continued support for the transit component of our network is not a > terrible cost > > What I have found is my cost to the company is substantially higher than a > recurring contract with them. > > Essentially, we offset the whole of the transit on our network and more with > the ditching 0f the tech > > That leaves me with pretty much posting to afmug for advice on new stuff. > > We have "reliable" outsource site/tower guys > > As an administrator, I genuinely think I found a route to replace myself with > a substantial savings, with the exception of new product/technology > exploration. a pretty good discount. Installers are just s cost, if we need > more, we get more, like fish. > > Assuming you guys have a guy for everything other than going to Afmug to get > advice, how much is the afmug guy worth. ( I use the list just for example) > > I know I'm not the first guy who found what on its face to be a highly cost > effective solution to replace their "network guy" and found a flaw > > whats the flaw? >
