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Guys,

the company I work for are making the switch to a HP service contract mid-January.

Any hardware thats non-HP will be replaced and any hardware meeting a certain (HP - decreed) spec will be "refreshed".

Its not a massive office here (being a satellite), 15-20 users (inc laptops), around 10-15 printers, scanners etc.

My question is, would it be advantageous for me to offer to assist the HP bods during the move,so I can get some hands-on experience?

It will be done after office hours ( so I'm told) so technically its my own time, not the companies.

Any thoughts, or would it be a waste of my time?

Thanks

Declan

 

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Don't see what harm it would do, when I've done roll outs in the past i've always been grateful to have someone from the actual department there to ask questions and guide to the best location for a piece of kit.
Giving someone I.T orientated on the ground a quick brief on what I'm actually doing and why I'm doing it always pays dividends as well when it comes to fault finding at a later date. Nothing worse than trying to fault find over the phone when the only thing the users on the ground seem to have been known shown is an obscure network diagram by their management.

 

At least you can say you assisted in an IT roll out. Being familiar with what they have installed and why could have its benefits especially if its something you are interested in.

 

100% help out as it will give you great experience.