Who's using Proxmox? - eviltoast

I was a VMware admin. I drank the freakin koolaid. Got the certs. I was planning on a career as an architect. Did ok.

Then Broadcom. Fukers.

My boss said screw em, we go Proxmox. So now I live and breathe Proxmox.
PVE is a heap of janky hax, so you gotta get expert real fast.
PBS is cutting edge software that breaks twice a week, so ya gotta get expert real fast.
And now I’m an expert. Especially at PBS. DR. Site-to-site. I can do that shit.

Now that I have this new skillset, where can I use it?
Who’s using Proxmox?

  • dbtngOPEnglish
    34·
    24 hours ago

    Hehe. Have you been to a real job? Where real things happen? The mark of a good admin is that they can do anything at all.

    Oh, we are gonna switch to 100% Docker now? Ok, I’ll get up to speed on that. Ooops, no now it all goes to Azure. Ok, dust off my Azure certs. Nope, now we are gonna put everything on this gui on top of kvm called proxmox.
    Sure, whatever. Let’s just get it done.

    • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 hours ago

      It’s not a good idea to “yes man” every ask without consideration for long term supportability.

      What you mentioned isn’t the mark of a good admin, just one with a technical skill set that doesn’t question methodology at the whims of management. This eventually leads to poor planning, large tech debt, and burnout.

      • dbtngOPEnglish
        12·
        16 hours ago

        If you lack the skill to make such claims, then keep company with your own doubts.
        I can build anything.

        Anything.

        • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          16 hours ago

          I can do the above, and what I don’t know I can figure out. I’ve been at this for a long, long time. That’s not the point. I’d be asking why migrating our infra every other week is an effective use of technical resources and how this benefits the business.

          We’re not in this industry just to play with the tech, there are actual business goals and costs to consider.

          Please take your ego down a notch.

          • dbtngOPEnglish
            21·
            16 hours ago

            Sure. Everything you said makes sense.
            They laid off my entire infra department. My boss. The juniors.
            I’m all that’s left. So, ya see …
            (But you’re right, I’m being silly. I’ll leave it there. Remind me how silly I am next time something doesn’t work. Thx.)

            • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              16 hours ago

              Damn, sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself and remember no job is worth your health. Leave if you can. I’ve been there and I fucked off when I realized they were literally killing me (high blood sugar, long hours, and fell asleep driving home, turned in my resignation the next workday).

              • dbtngOPEnglish
                3·
                15 hours ago

                Thank you so much. I was headed there. Doc caught me 2 years ago, gave me the big warning. Cut back the booze, dropped 50 pounds, started eating fiber. Now I’m just a stress case, but a darn healthy one.
                I’m not scrambling to get a different job. I’m well paid, and good luck finding someone to do my job, so the boss takes some crap back from me. Plus, I don’t think we can do more layoffs and stay in biz. But the ceo does make bold architecture decisions.

                Lemmy is awesome. I act like a jerk and meet people regardless.
                Well met, friend.