weird ass day
so... it's been a strange-ass day. ever since I was absent from class this morning.
That's right, I skipped class. and you know what? I didn't even want to. Even though it's the most boring class, I actually wanted to go. Not that I missed being there, but I just am upset because things came crashing down right before I was to leave.
With my boss out, and our main systems guy out, the place is dark and silent, and we are without our guidance on most projects. And being without the experienced leaders, it's difficult to get things done.
We're trying to spec out SANs and such. 5 to 10 Terabytes. I know next to nothing, and my coworker knows next to nothing, and all we're seeing is 900 gigabyte systems and nothing is making sense.
So, I message Mr. T on my Sidekick, and he gets frustrated from all the typing and decides to call... so coworker and I pick his brain on network storage and local storage. It's fun. We learn lots. Mr. T gets to show how smart he is, but gets no reward (well, I'll have to come up with something... soon... maybe coworker and I can take him out for a beer or two...)
We get a quote back from one vendor (our "preferred" one) and it's MUCH MUCH lower than we had seen (and been scared of). We all did a happy-dance.
And now, I have to go learn about Web Accessibility. Fun.