A Day in the Life of an IT Technician: Racing Against the Clock

In this video, join me as I navigate a whirlwind day in the life of an IT technician, where every moment counts and challenges are aplenty. From troubleshooting technical glitches to optimizing systems, this fast-paced journey showcases the dynamic world of IT support. Buckle up for a glimpse into the adrenaline-fueled world of tech problem-solving and time management! 🚀💻
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[@cringetechnologies]

At 7:38 , it was pointed out that the abbreviation 'POE' text was incorrect. It should be 'Power over Ethernet'. Apologies for the mistake due to late night editing.

[@arnelgo3777]

The cables, they're all over the place Lol, back when I worked for the telco company, same job, just bigger scale, we can't just leave them like that. Gotta tidy up before leaving. Actually, a significant portion of our time is spent in labeling and tidying up the cables.

[@cringetechnologies]

Yep I agree, 😁

[@4ever1331]

Thanks for your video. Great work👍

[@TheMrDubstepic]

Funny enough at the end bit, Netflix has been around for over 25 years lol. Crazy it's been that long.

[@carlsonhenry]

Just a correction .. POE stands for power over Ethernet and not power over internet.

[@cringetechnologies]

Thanks I know , I pinned the Clarification on the comments a few weeks back👍🏾. I didn't have the opportunity to retake the video to make it correct so I just went with it, 😁

[@akumonei]

Love this video! Honestly, it looks just like teaching!🤣

[@cringetechnologies]

Glad you think so!

[@KooLaidStudios]

Nice video and great editing!

[@cringetechnologies]

Thanks!

[@JJFlores197]

2:05 - I try to do that as well. I work in school IT. I always try to do as much as I can before class starts, but sometimes it not possible. Always interesting how different schools run their IT. Where I work, we have 1 internet connection that is shared between nearly 20 sites using a metro ethernet connection. At 8:15, are your ports not labeled on either end? That would make tracing cables significantly easier than going one by one.

[@cringetechnologies]

Before school, after school, and during student break time a technician work never ends🙂, the schools we manage sign up for the services. A lot of the cabs we deal with have historical labeling. Considering school budgets and time constraints, they have to prioritise how to invest in IT equipment, and sometimes, fixing messy cabinets is at the bottom of the list unfortunately

[@JJFlores197]

@@cringetechnologies Oh that makes more sense. I totally get the messy cabinets. I spend many hours 3 years ago during the summer breaki cleaning out a few network cabinets. Luckily, all of our data drops are labeled on the panel and the actual wall port, but it still annoying dealing with a mess of spaghetti cables. Most of our wired infrastructure is under-utilized nowadays since we primarily use Chromebooks and wifi. We still maintain at least 2 data connections per room: one for the wifi AP and one for the VOIP phone.

[@darksider_999]

Great video man

[@cringetechnologies]

Glad you enjoyed

[@s.a.a.m5336]

Thank you for this useful video

[@cringetechnologies]

Glad it was helpful!

[@swampycord]

TIP: cable tracer with probe will find the cable faster

[@cringetechnologies]

Didn't have one on me at the time so went old school 🙂

[@raymondezell7817]

Great stuff 👌🏿👌🏿

[@cringetechnologies]

Thank you

[@oztechsolutions]

At 8:40 why did you not used a tone tracer instead of continuity tester? Must have been easier.

[@cringetechnologies]

I didn't have one on me at the time of recording, and yes, you are right; it would have been quicker if I had one.

[@RossCanpolat]

Get yourself an ethernet tone generator tester, way faster for finding a cable or port, you would have knocked that POE phone job out in 1 minute.

[@cringetechnologies]

I didn't have one at the time; my colleague borrowed it, so I thought I would show alternative ways of locating the port

[@FunnyLicious1]

Hello from Morocco, just start learning IT support specialist, what is your advices for me , keep going 💪

[@cringetechnologies]

Hi I hope you are well, depending on what you are specialising in my advice would be to focus on cloud base technology, Azure, AWS or Cisco. Good luck in your IT Career.

[@FunnyLicious1]

@@cringetechnologies thank you so much for the advice

[@kayjoe7237]

Why didn't you use a fox and hound to trace the wire?

[@cringetechnologies]

Didn't have one on me at the time,

[@Pooty_With_A_Fat_Booty]

Omg I am taking intro to networking and we use Cisco Packet Tracer for training. This looks crazy. All those cables man. 😱

[@cringetechnologies]

I know!!

[@cringetechnologies]

You will get used to it, it's also important to find the link cable

[@Pooty_With_A_Fat_Booty]

@@cringetechnologies Geez I'm trying to practice binary to decimal subnetting conversions at the moment. I just finished Connecting Physical Layers in Packet Tracer. I thought this was going to be my easy class. Pfft! Holy crap 😳 It's a lot.

[@alexcrow2905]

Worked a job on the City, this is nothing in terms of cables. >1000 drops over 5 floors. Comms room had 10 racks of equipment - and it gets a lot bigger than that. That's when labelling and cable management becomes a lifesaver.

[@Pooty_With_A_Fat_Booty]

@@cringetechnologies omfg I knew it. I'm in compsci Jesus christ God just kill me now. I'm in adv c++, C, Java and networking. I thought networking would be easy. I'm legit in a mental breakdown

[@thejunkmanlives]

1:24 i lol'd, nothing is ever straight forward. a month ago i went down to a user that just wanted a privacy screen added, i ended up having to rebuild her entire rig.

[@cringetechnologies]

Lol, that's just IT for you-something that should take a couple of minutes sometimes turns into hours.

[@zionzion1847]

Hi love your videos man!! I wanted to ask you if you could help me to get Job in the field. I have done deployments for NHS.

[@cringetechnologies]

Thank you, much appreciated. If you email me, we can discuss in more detail, and I can surely guide you in the right direction

[@mikesully110]

I applied for mine (school IT) after about 8 months working in an entry level garbage helpdesk job for a big ISP, but I do have a HND in computing (didn't bother with the degree). Not many people applying to schools because the pay is trash, so you might get in but beware if a tech has just left and they were the only one there, the school may expect you to magically know everything about their systems on day 1 because they are mostly clueless about how IT works and what is plausible or not. But I have worked in the school now since 2008, honestly these days I'd like to find a work from home job.

[@gastonhitw720]

terrible to see how it was setup, look all that mess of cables, how can you even work like that? I imagine that it would be terrible for you

[@cringetechnologies]

You get used to it, I rarely come across neat cabinets