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Please tell me you didn't switch production to Proxmox without having the proper support for skillset...
Anyway this isn't the best place for this. Try !sysadmin@lemmy.world
Proxmox in general tends to be pretty solid. They key is to set it up correctly and to run in on proper hardware. My guess is that you didn't one or both of those.
You added this bit about your guesses after my first reply.
Surely you understand how hollow and weird that sounds? You guessing about the environments that I manage? Why would you do that? Strange behavior.
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.
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.
If you lack the skill to make such claims, then keep company with your own doubts.
I can build anything.
Anything.
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.
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.)
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).
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.