I actually do work in a small shop. 250 notes plus 20 servers and around 300 users. There's only seven of us in the department, including the director and supervisor. So, I get to wear many hats: email admin, network admin and, sometimes, hardware support. I tend to try to gravitate towards the VPN and security side though; much more interesting that swapping out a hard-drive or keyboard.
The unfortunate side is that our Exchange (5.5) is pretty vanilla. I don't get to work much with all that fun stuff you guys (and gals) get to. Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -----Original Message----- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Experience poll 20,000 users Ed come to think of it I used to know someone in the company and they did mention that. What they want is someone to do the day to day admin. stuff (what ever they think that is), while they migrate from 5.5 to 2000. Would love to involved with that project. Nice to put on the old resume. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:02 PM Subject: RE: Experience poll 20,000 users > I would say that all differences are strictly arbitrary. In fact, > working at a 20,000-person company (or even larger) might give you LESS > relevant experience because administrators are often less broadly > exposed to their environments. For example, in some large environments, > an Exchange 2000 admin may hardly touch Active Directory. It's silly, > but they're so big, they erect arbitrary walls. If you work for a > 500-person company, you might do everything from Exchange to workstation > motherboard swap-out. If I were hiring, I'd be looking for the best > candidate instead of some arbitrary hoop. > > It could be that the 20,000-seat experience requirement is a restriction > which has the purpose of getting their own internal person promoted. > It's a common tactic in large companies that have policies about posting > job openings to so severely restrict the qualifications that only > someone who's already there qualifies. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I > Tech Consultant > Compaq Computer Corporation > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tony Hlabse > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:57 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Experience poll 20,000 users > > > I recently applied for a job which requires experience with at least > 20,000 users. The job would be as a Exchange Admin. , part of a team. > They said I have all the qualifications except no 20,000 environment > experience. Even though over the past 5 years I have had experience at > sites ranging from say a few hundred to 7,000, it seems its 20,000 > experience or nothing. I was curious as to how many here have experience > with 20,000+ and what is the real difference between say 5,000 and > 20,000 except for more servers, more connections and more users, hence > more calls? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
