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A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, (eight characters or longer at a minimum). It should include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

http://www.passwordmeter.com/

I went for an interview on Saturday. I thought I won’t get the job as I was a bit late and I didn’t bring my resume + certs copies + mobile phone with me. My interview went on for nearly an hour with the Senior Director of APJ. When I was about to leave, he asked me when can I join the company? I was stunted! I simply said my notice period is 1 month. Then I realized, OMG I was offered the job. On the way home I kept thinking about the offer. I would be getting an offer letter from Germany after my Manila trip. A part me wanted to resign and accept the offer but deep inside me there’s voice keep reminding me that I love my current work.

After consulting hubby and ayah (dad) I send the following email to the person in charge :

I want to express my sincerest appreciation for the opportunity to interview with xxxxx. I valued my discussion with Mr. xxxx about the position responsibilities, as well as the career possibilities within the firm, but find that they do not closely match my goals . I am therefore respectfully withdrawing from consideration. Sorry for any inconvenience cause.

I thought everything was done. I was wrong. Today I got a called from the person in charge. She asked me why did I withdraw my application as the Director like me a lot and everybody thought I’m joining them in December. I told her after a deep thought I felt like I’m moving backward instead of forward (I’m currently an Advanced Consultant). She told me that I would only need to sacrifice 2 years before I can move to their engineering team or professional services  and I can choose which office in the world i want to be eg Milan, Paris, US, Australia or Canada. She asked me to think about it and she can get me a better package.

Current Company:

Pro :

• I love my job
• Flexibility on location and time
• Willing to invest on trainings
• Good benefit and health package
• Got contractual bonus and performances bonus
• Good relationship with my manager
• Non Shift work

Con :

• Don’t really work well with my team lead
• Office Politics everywhere
• Need to meet utilization hours
• Need to learn and become trainers
• Sometimes too much admin work and meeting

Company XXXXX

Pro :

• More challenging job
• More $$$$
• Not much politics as 80% would be working with machine
• Non customer facing environment
• More on focus job (no pre-sale work + proposal + sale doc)
• Willing to invest on bringing trainer to KL

Con :

• No flexibility on location and time
• Shift work (MY Time / Europe Time / US Time) 24 x 7
• Feel like my first job role (support)
• No bonus at all only variable salary
• office in middle KL

Should I resign and join a European Company or should I stay in my current American Company? Please give your comment …

I just found out from a colleague of mine that in my company there’s a leave called Monday Blues leaves. I can choose not to work on monday for a year. Wow may be I should apply for this leave.

My friend lappy was having problem. It got stuck in a loop when trying to start Windows Vista. It fails, attempts to restart, and fails again repeatedly. Here are some steps on how I fix it.

1. Turn on the laptop and press F8 before Windows start to access the Advanced Boot Options menu.
2. Select “Disable automatic restart on system failure” and press enter.

This will prevents Windows from automatically restarting if an error causes Windows to fail. Choose this option only if Windows is stuck in a loop where Windows fails, attempts to restart, and fails again repeatedly.

3. Then her laptop start and stuck at BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) with the following error :

Stop:0×0000007b(0×81e03ba0,0xc0000034,0×00000000,0 x00000000)

4. Restart the laptop and go into BIOS configuration menu.
5. In the BIOS settings, change and revert back the SATA mode to original value, i.e. in ATA (or PATA) or IDE emulation mode). Doing this will allow system to get passed BSoD and boot up properly.
6. Restart the laptop and now it boot into Windows Vista.
7. Exit all Windows-based programs.
8. Click on Vista Start Menu, type regedit in the Start Search box, and press ENTER.
9. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
10. Go to the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci

11. In the right pane, in the Name column right-click Start , and then click Modify.
12. In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
13. Then go to File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.
14. Restart laptop and go to BIOS menu (F2 key for my friend laptop), and enable ACHI mode in BIOS again.
15. This time the computer should be able to boot up properly without error or BSoD.

“Working in IT isn’t always pretty. After all, we can’t all work on the cutting-edge technologies all the time. Some of us have to get dirty — in some cases, literally. Unfortunately, dirty jobs — whether you’re being chained to a help desk, hacking 30-year-old code, finding yourself wedged between warring factions in the conference room, or mucking about in human effluvia — are necessary to make nearly every organization tick. (Well, maybe not the human effluvia part.) The good news? Master at least one of them, and you’re pretty much guaranteed a job with somebody. We don’t guarantee you’ll like it, though. Here are seven of the dirtiest jobs in IT, and why your organization needs them.”

~”The Seven Dirtiest Jobs in IT”, March 2008, by Dan Tynan.
Read the full article on IT World at: www.itworld.com/dirty-jobs-080314

Dirty IT job No. 7: Legacy systems archaeologist
WANTED: INDIVIDUALS FAMILIAR WITH 3270, VAX/VMS, COBOL, AS/400, AND OTHER LEGACY SYSTEMS NO ONE ELSE REMEMBERS. MUST BE ABLE TO TYPE ENTIRELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS. APPLICANTS MUST MEET MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT OF 55.

Dirty IT job No. 6: Help desk zombie
Excellent entry-level opportunity for multitasking individual with low self-esteem. Ability to read from scripts a plus. Potential to move up to bug scraper, password reset technician, or tape rotation coordinator.

Dirty IT job No. 5: On-site reboot specialist
Seeking individuals for on-site support of end-users. Must be familiar with three-fingered Ctrl-Alt-Del salute and power cord reconfiguration. Ability to withstand a variety of environments and personality types; concealed-weapons permit a plus. Individuals with anger management issues need not apply.

Dirty IT job No. 4: Interdepartmental peace negotiator
Looking for self-starter skilled at moderating tech disputes between warring factions within the same company or between company and its client. Must possess experience in ego-stroking, manipulative massage, and hand-to-hand combat.

Dirty IT job No. 3: Enterprise espionage engineer (black ops)
Seeking slippery individuals comfortable with lying, cheating, stealing, breaking, and entering for penetration testing of enterprise networks. Requirements include familiarity with hacking, malware, and forgery; must be able to plausibly impersonate a pest control specialist or a fire marshal. Please submit rap sheet along with resume.

Dirty IT job No. 2: Datacenter migration specialist
Position involves relocating and reconfiguring datacenter over impossible distances within a ridiculously short time frame. Prior experience as cable jockey, rack-n-stack grunt, console monkey, and/or log zombie a plus.

Dirty IT job No. 1: Sludge systems architect
Seeking individuals with demonstrated ability to squeeze over, under, or between confined spaces to solve technical problems. Candidates should be prepared to work long hours for low pay under adverse conditions. Must not be allergic to sawdust, vermin, airborne pathogens, or sewage.