u/Iggy_Farben

So, I am currently a wire tech for AT&T. It is a standard home internet installer/service tech position. Meaning, I am experienced with pulling and terminating fiber and copper network cables, just on a smaller scale. I have taken some classes related to head end/data center fundamentals through the my job's union, and I have occasionally had to mess around with the frames in the central office, but I am definitely a bit nervous about my lack of day-to-day, concrete experience with data centers. Especially because the phone screener who set up the interview let it slip that I would probably be competing with people who already have a few months' experience working in data centers.

I am confident that I can learn the ropes quickly if I get on board, but I am trying to learn some key data center vocabulary and concepts so I can show the hiring team that I am taking it seriously and making a real effort to learn. Are there any crash-course data center educational resources I can study? And for those of you who went from residential telecom to data centers, what's something you wished you had looked at before interviewing? And are there any things that would be useful for me to know before interviewing?

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks y'all!

Edit: the automod said to provide some more details. I am located in TN, the job is located in AR. The specific job title provided by CBRE is "Union Data Center Technician I."

Got back on DA today from being out of town, saw a task that said "[project] training -- complete by 6/5 (yesterday) to retain access to [project]." There was also a task that said something like "reclaim your [project] access," which led to a task with one check box that said "I still want to participate in [project]." I submitted that one and did the training one day late.

None of the projects are back after a couple hours. Am I really expected to not step away for a week and a half? Is there anything I can do/someone I can contact to get back on? I went from having 15 paid tasks to having 2.

I got a $150 worth of amazon gift card for my birthday, and was considering getting a smartwatch. I want a Pixel Watch because I'm gonna upgrade to the Pixel 10 Pro in a couple weeks, and pretty much all software I use is in the google ecosystem -- I have paid subs to Youtube Premium/YT Music/YT TV, an Onn-brand Google TV stick, use Google drive for all my office stuff, and I have the Gemini AI Pro subscription that includes the 5tb drive space/GHome premium. So naturally, I wanted the wearable that has the most support for the shit I already have.

Right now, there are pretty good deals for renewed PW2s and PW3s on amazon, like under $60 for the 2 and as low as $128 for the 3. I don't expect a ton out of a watch. I really just want to use it to check notifications, control phone calls/music/podcast audio, use google pay, etc.. I am also interested in the Google TV Streamer 4k, so if it's good enough, ideally I'd like to get the PW2 and use the extra money to buy the Streamer too.

My only concerns are 1) the possibility that the PW2 is too old to run good on new android updates, or might even get support dropped altogether soon, and 2) the possibility that the Amazon refurbs are bad quality.

So... for PW2 users: is it still decent for the barebones smartwatch features? Does PW2 + Streamer sound like a better value than just the PW3 alone? Since I have the fancy premium Gemini subscription, does the PW2 work alright with newer Gemini functions? And also: has anybody seen success with buying renewed/refurbed on Amazon?

Any insight is appreciated!

Been on DA for nearly a week now. I'm starting to get the hang of the tasks, but navigating the UI in the work mode window is kinda giving me a headache. I was wondering if any of the "old guard" DA guys in this sub had any simple tips that could help me spending less time scrolling and squinting at the screen. Useful browser extensions would also be cool to hear!

To get the obvious out of the way: Multiple monitors would be a big advantage (not really an option for me tho, I use a laptop and don't have a desk)

I use Hoverzoom+ and Maxfocus Link Preview (there's probably a better previewer, haven't really looked) in Chrome so I don't wind up opening ten thousand tabs. Also, I made Google searches more streamlined for fact-check/research by adding a "get rid of the AI overview" extension and also one that pushes wikipedia articles to the top of the search results.