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[ickyrica]

Oh believe me I will very soon! Because I have no idea what the fuck all this shot is in my master closet View attachment 128889

You guys still have brighthouse down there? I worked as a contractor through PBI for them for years. PBI was a north Carolina company I think?

Your security system should have its own dmark/headend. That pic is probably your basic broadband and telcom headend.

So you'll probably have a few different cable systems in there: coax, category for Ethernet and category/twisted pair for phone.

Easy stuff. Get a bag of zipties and some flush cutters (trust me, you want flush cuts when working with zipties). Separate out the different signals and wire it all purdy like. Not sure how the system was designed but you shouldn't be in a bad place once the cabling is segmented out.

 

[ickyrica]

I would love to help more, just don't know what you have pulled there. You're probably going to have a home network guy in there as well, right?

 

[ickyrica]

Oh believe me I will very soon! Because I have no idea what the fuck all this shot is in my master closet View attachment 128889

Give me the model of that box, and let me know how many of those cat cables are for internet and how many are for phone. I can see some TP peeled off for phone already. Also, am I looking at fiber in there, light teal color in the middle of the box. Multi mode? What's that for?

 

[ickyrica]

Oh believe me I will very soon! Because I have no idea what the fuck all this shot is in my master closet View attachment 128889

That bundle of wire above the box is your security system I'm betting.

 

[HIGHRISK]

That bundle of wire above the box is your security system I'm betting.

Yes sir it is. This is what I know. Some of that shit is cable,phone,internet,access points,surround sound I think. Hell I’ll just text you lol.

 

[ickyrica]

Yes sir it is. This is what I know. Some of that shit is cable,phone,internet,access points,surround sound I think. Hell I’ll just text you lol.

Yeah man, no rush.

 

[ickyrica]

Software updates at a local performing arts center. Covid 2020

 

[Logan44551]

Got offered a job in the office today as a production manager/ superintendent. Not sure if I want to take it or not. I'm not getting any younger, but enjoy being in the field still. I also have somewhat of an abrasive personality and am not.sure if I'd be any good at it. I know how to run work, material, man power. Never had aspirations to go in to the office. I told them only way I'd do it is if I got to stay in the union and got bumped to foreman pay.

Not sure how serious of an offer it was. I'm going to talk to them some more about it. I'm nervous because I've probably had 15 different production managers in my short career. I guess I could always go back in the field if I hate it or suck at the job.

 

[ickyrica]

Got offered a job in the office today as a production manager/ superintendent. Not sure if I want to take it or not. I'm not getting any younger, but enjoy being in the field still. I also have somewhat of an abrasive personality and am not.sure if I'd be any good at it. I know how to run work, material, man power. Never had aspirations to go in to the office. I told them only way I'd do it is if I got to stay in the union and got bumped to foreman pay.

Not sure how serious of an offer it was. I'm going to talk to them some more about it. I'm nervous because I've probably had 15 different production managers in my short career. I guess I could always go back in the field if I hate it or suck at the job.

You miss 100% of the chances you never take.

If you don't swing the bat, you can never hit the ball.

It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

one or all three of those sayings work in this situation haha. Try it, you'll never know unless you do. And not for nothing, a job title at one company doesn't necessarily mean the same admin job title at another company does the same thing. You may get some time under your belt as an admin and realize that you'd be a better fit a few miles down the road at another company as an admin but would be better off at your current place as a field worker. There will be trade off to it, from every angle.

You said it though, you're not getting any younger. My career direction changed when I had my leg trauma, luckily I was able to pivot and show my skills sets as a programmer and commissioning engineer. For the better part of a decade I've been working off a laptop and quality controlling every aspect of our finished installs. Far from the labor pool but still in the field. It's a good mix, and if I wanted to get my hands dirty to shut up a couple younger cunts that want to tell me how hard installing is, I get dirty (and leave junior installers frustrated and embarrassed in the process).

 

[Silentlemon1011]

You miss 100% of the chances you never take.

If you don't swing the bat, you can never hit the ball.

It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

one or all three of those sayings work in this situation haha. Try it, you'll never know unless you do. And not for nothing, a job title at one company doesn't necessarily mean the same admin job title at another company does the same thing. You may get some time under your belt as an admin and realize that you'd be a better fit a few miles down the road at another company as an admin but would be better off at your current place as a field worker. There will be trade off to it, from every angle.

You said it though, you're not getting any younger. My career direction changed when I had my leg trauma, luckily I was able to pivot and show my skills sets as a programmer and commissioning engineer. For the better part of a decade I've been working off a laptop and quality controlling every aspect of our finished installs. Far from the labor pool but still in the field. It's a good mix, and if I wanted to get my hands dirty to shut up a couple younger cunts that want to tell me how hard installing is, I get dirty (and leave junior installers frustrated and embarrassed in the process).

All I got from that ie commissioning.

I fucking hate commissioning, I still have nightmares from closeout submittals on previous projects

 

[ickyrica]

All I got from that ie commissioning.

I fucking hate commissioning, I still have nightmares from closeout submittals on previous projects

Dude, bane of my existence. It's a wonderful tap dance between consultant and customer, where design intent and customer expectations weren't aligned correctly from the start. All it leaves is a pile of expensive change orders and a pissy customer, all the while the consultant always walks away like nothing bad happened or attempting to blame it on integration or someone else.

I've gotten good at it. I'm pretty good at closing out the technology side of things and somehow got pretty good at dealing with the process. My company loves me in this role because I'm physically imposing compared to essentially any other technology consultant out there and I know what I'm talking about. Technology consultants love to act tough and over talk people, they know all the key words and details. Enough to talk circles around most end users. But then a dude like me walks in, tells them why they are wrong and shoves proof down their throats all while never breaking eye contact. Construction supers love it, my company loves it, end users love it, consultants hate it. It always makes for a good close out meeting : )

 

[Silentlemon1011]

Dude, bane of my existence. It's a wonderful tap dance between consultant and customer, where design intent and customer expectations weren't aligned correctly from the start. All it leaves is a pile of expensive change orders and a pissy customer, all the while the consultant always walks away like nothing bad happened or attempting to blame it on integration or someone else.

I've gotten good at it. I'm pretty good at closing out the technology side of things and somehow got pretty good at dealing with the process. My company loves me in this role because I'm physically imposing compared to essentially any other technology consultant out there and I know what I'm talking about. Technology consultants love to act tough and over talk people, they know all the key words and details. Enough to talk circles around most end users. But then a dude like me walks in, tells them why they are wrong and shoves proof down their throats all while never breaking eye contact. Construction supers love it, my company loves it, end users love it, consultants hate it. It always makes for a good close out meeting : )

But everyone hates consultants, so it's all good.

They just create extra worth to stack up billable hours and justify their existence at the owners/contractors expense.

The amount of time I've snapped on site with them lol

 

[ickyrica]

justify their existence

100% correct

We had a stadium build out a few years ago where the consultant spec's had my guys pulling Ethernet cable over 1000' distance. Ethernet technology stops working at a tick over 300'

As you could imagine that was a fucking riot in close out meetings. Justify that fuck up, douchebags.

 

[Silentlemon1011]

100% correct

We had a stadium build out a few years ago where the consultant spec's had my guys pulling Ethernet cable over 1000' distance. Ethernet technology stops working at a tick over 300'

As you could imagine that was a fucking riot in close out meetings. Justify that fuck up, douchebags.

lol that sounds like a serious fuck up.
I've just been fighting consultants over a SCADA point drawing, which is to be connected to a fire ventilation system
Not one of them understands how it works, my programming sub trades are losing their fuxking minds.

 

[ickyrica]

Back on the road for work. Beautiful day. State of Maine capital building.

 

[Logan44551]

Couple shots from the tilt up I've been working on. The roll up door guys have done some of the worse work I've ever seen, chains for motors have 4 inches of slack in them, as well as the wires on the doors. None of the tracks are plumb at all. It's embarrassing, I don't know how you could walk away from doing that.

 

[HIGHRISK]

Where the fuk is @kap73 ?

 

[Mdrock98]

Plumbing in a 1880 city home. Water line replacement, drain replacement, city basement bathroom fixtures. Plumbing puts hair on your nuts for sure.

Cheers [emoji1635]

 

[Logan44551]

Easy money

 

[Mdrock98]

Really want to smash! Not sure how I’ve made it this far in life.


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