New Member Introductions Thread

[Rllavona13]

Hello my name is Raymond, Network Engineer(NEW) for a ISP in Puerto Rico. Keep Learning ppl!!

Awesome, welcome to the forums, Raymond!

Thank you dude, im literally pissing on myself with your rant thread lmao

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[deanwebb]

Glad I could help keep your trousers well-irrigated!

We do have fun here, and we're glad you're getting right into things. What's your background? I do network security at a major multinational global company.

[Rllavona13]

Nice!! Currently I am a Jr. Network Engineer at a ISP/SP in Puerto Rico. Before a network engineer/network admin/security/assistant/chef/accountant/RF Engineer at a small company lmao. But my thing is simply network engineering

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[Digital Whispers]

Hey guys! I just joined and wanted to give a brief (i'll try) introduction of myself. I live in Staten Island, NY and have been a computer geek for over 20 years. I worked doing regular computer support like software and hardware upgrades, teaching people not to click the ads that pop up, and deleting porn from the boss' computer because he made it crash again. I was introduced to the world of networking almost 10 years ago. The head IT guy at my old job asked if I could help him set up the network, so I Googled some things that evening and eventually decided to study for my CCENT. Since then I've also passed the CCNA and CCNP ROUTE. Now I'm studying for the SWITCH exam. I'm also teaching myself Python, Red Hat Server, and learning ethical hacking/penetration testing. Hopefully I'll take the Offensive Security course to get my penetration testing certification (OSCP).

Besides computers, I love writing (one of my short stories is going to be published), reading (fantasy geek here), fairytales (I have a "unhealthy" Snow White obsession), music (I've been playing guitar for over 30 years), photography (I'm fantasiaphotopia on Instagram), films, genealogy (100% Italian-American here), baseball (I'm a numbers geek and love sabermetrics), cooking (Italian and Japanese are my favorites), hiking, exploring, and the list goes on.

Feel free to message me about anything if needs be.

[icecream-guy]

Hey guys! I just joined and wanted to give a brief (i'll try) introduction of myself. I live in Staten Island, NY and have been a computer geek for over 20 years. I worked doing regular computer support like software and hardware upgrades, teaching people not to click the ads that pop up, and deleting porn from the boss' computer because he made it crash again. I was introduced to the world of networking almost 10 years ago. The head IT guy at my old job asked if I could help him set up the network, so I Googled some things that evening and eventually decided to study for my CCENT. Since then I've also passed the CCNA and CCNP ROUTE. Now I'm studying for the SWITCH exam. I'm also teaching myself Python, Red Hat Server, and learning ethical hacking/penetration testing. Hopefully I'll take the Offensive Security course to get my penetration testing certification (OSCP).

Besides computers, I love writing (one of my short stories is going to be published), reading (fantasy geek here), fairytales (I have a "unhealthy" Snow White obsession), music (I've been playing guitar for over 30 years), photography (I'm fantasiaphotopia on Instagram), films, genealogy (100% Italian-American here), baseball (I'm a numbers geek and love sabermetrics), cooking (Italian and Japanese are my favorites), hiking, exploring, and the list goes on.

Feel free to message me about anything if needs be.

Welcome to the show.

[deanwebb]

Hey guys! I just joined and wanted to give a brief (i'll try) introduction of myself. I live in Staten Island, NY and have been a computer geek for over 20 years. I worked doing regular computer support like software and hardware upgrades, teaching people not to click the ads that pop up, and deleting porn from the boss' computer because he made it crash again. I was introduced to the world of networking almost 10 years ago. The head IT guy at my old job asked if I could help him set up the network, so I Googled some things that evening and eventually decided to study for my CCENT. Since then I've also passed the CCNA and CCNP ROUTE. Now I'm studying for the SWITCH exam. I'm also teaching myself Python, Red Hat Server, and learning ethical hacking/penetration testing. Hopefully I'll take the Offensive Security course to get my penetration testing certification (OSCP).

Besides computers, I love writing (one of my short stories is going to be published), reading (fantasy geek here), fairytales (I have a "unhealthy" Snow White obsession), music (I've been playing guitar for over 30 years), photography (I'm fantasiaphotopia on Instagram), films, genealogy (100% Italian-American here), baseball (I'm a numbers geek and love sabermetrics), cooking (Italian and Japanese are my favorites), hiking, exploring, and the list goes on.

Feel free to message me about anything if needs be.

Welcome aboard, looking forward to your participation! I'm also a writer, and I've been working on a series of stories about what happens when the generally bad practices of network security meet the Internet of Things We Had No Idea Could Be Hacked Like That.

[icecream-guy]

Hey guys! I just joined and wanted to give a brief (i'll try) introduction of myself. I live in Staten Island, NY and have been a computer geek for over 20 years. I worked doing regular computer support like software and hardware upgrades, teaching people not to click the ads that pop up, and deleting porn from the boss' computer because he made it crash again. I was introduced to the world of networking almost 10 years ago. The head IT guy at my old job asked if I could help him set up the network, so I Googled some things that evening and eventually decided to study for my CCENT. Since then I've also passed the CCNA and CCNP ROUTE. Now I'm studying for the SWITCH exam. I'm also teaching myself Python, Red Hat Server, and learning ethical hacking/penetration testing. Hopefully I'll take the Offensive Security course to get my penetration testing certification (OSCP).

Besides computers, I love writing (one of my short stories is going to be published), reading (fantasy geek here), fairytales (I have a "unhealthy" Snow White obsession), music (I've been playing guitar for over 30 years), photography (I'm fantasiaphotopia on Instagram), films, genealogy (100% Italian-American here), baseball (I'm a numbers geek and love sabermetrics), cooking (Italian and Japanese are my favorites), hiking, exploring, and the list goes on.

Feel free to message me about anything if needs be.

Welcome aboard, looking forward to your participation! I'm also a writer, and I've been working on a series of stories about what happens when the generally bad practices of network security meet the Internet of Things We Had No Idea Could Be Hacked Like That.

nothing like a good horror story.

[NetworkGroover]

Welcome to the dysfunctional family, peeps! 

Careful of Dean... he bites.

[SimonV]

Welcome to NFs! How have you stumbled upon this forum?

[Digital Whispers]

Thanks, everyone. I'm looking forward to being a regular participant.

Hey guys! I just joined and wanted to give a brief (i'll try) introduction of myself. I live in Staten Island, NY and have been a computer geek for over 20 years. I worked doing regular computer support like software and hardware upgrades, teaching people not to click the ads that pop up, and deleting porn from the boss' computer because he made it crash again. I was introduced to the world of networking almost 10 years ago. The head IT guy at my old job asked if I could help him set up the network, so I Googled some things that evening and eventually decided to study for my CCENT. Since then I've also passed the CCNA and CCNP ROUTE. Now I'm studying for the SWITCH exam. I'm also teaching myself Python, Red Hat Server, and learning ethical hacking/penetration testing. Hopefully I'll take the Offensive Security course to get my penetration testing certification (OSCP).

Besides computers, I love writing (one of my short stories is going to be published), reading (fantasy geek here), fairytales (I have a "unhealthy" Snow White obsession), music (I've been playing guitar for over 30 years), photography (I'm fantasiaphotopia on Instagram), films, genealogy (100% Italian-American here), baseball (I'm a numbers geek and love sabermetrics), cooking (Italian and Japanese are my favorites), hiking, exploring, and the list goes on.

Feel free to message me about anything if needs be.

Welcome aboard, looking forward to your participation! I'm also a writer, and I've been working on a series of stories about what happens when the generally bad practices of network security meet the Internet of Things We Had No Idea Could Be Hacked Like That.

I like that story idea. I've always thought about writing a humorous book about some of the ludicrous things people say to an IT guy.

[deanwebb]

The whole IoT mess is extremely fertile ground for science fiction, especially for authors with IT experience.

[wintermute000]

The whole IoT mess is extremely fertile ground for being pwned

FIFY

[Aryan]

Hi, everyone. My name is Arianne, Electronics Engineer. I worked in a semiconductor company
but I am now in an IT company as a System Engineer for almost a month.
I will pursue a career on networks but it is not clear to me if being a System Engineer is
a good start for a career on networks.

[icecream-guy]

Hi, everyone. My name is Arianne, Electronics Engineer. I worked in a semiconductor company
but I am now in an IT company as a System Engineer for almost a month.
I will pursue a career on networks but it is not clear to me if being a System Engineer is
a good start for a career on networks.

welcome aboard

your electronics background should be useful, since computer are all electricity and logic.

the knowlowde to build circuits with AND & OR gates, XOR logic and all that good stuff will help you visualize what is happening in the computer when you for example subnet. you will easily grasp the concepts of why subnets masks make different networks.

all the routing and switching is all based on electricity, where it's either on or off in groups  of 8 (bits)

so you got a good base.

[deanwebb]

Also hello.