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there is Sticky Notes and Microsoft To Do. though, depends on the definition of basic in this context.. To Do requires a 365 subscription i believe.

EDIT: i guess you could also add OneNote to the list, but again not sure how “basic” we could call it since it also requires a subscription

i hate driving past that facility. it makes me sick, thinking of all the people who were forced to relocate for such a failure of a project. i also have not met a single person who has worked for Foxconn in Mount Pleasant, haven’t met a single person who works at their office in Milwaukee, nothing.

for the company computers we do COMPANY ABBREVIATION-DEPARTMENT#number(-LT if mobile workstation). has worked out nicely so far but we are a small operation. for home, i use Iron Man characters. I like to name my main gaming PC as villains, like Iron Monger. I am a HUGE Spider-Man fan, but I admit I don't think it is as cool to see Doc Ock or Kraven as opposed to... War Machine... light up on the network.

*edit - Monger not Mongrel

i've been trying to be more active on the site, and i have just installed the app. initial impressions: great interface. excellent usability. i especially like the reading list feature. i tend to dump threads anywhere and everywhere on the browser and tend to forget about them. thanks for your hard work!

for my news i go to:

BleepingComputer

_Cyber.Report

Hacker News

Current events - Wikipedia

National Weather Service

Teddit

to break up the day i check out:

1MB Club

Dark Roasted Blend

The Forest

Sinisterly

for music:

Radio Paradise

Spinrilla

other than that, nothing else daily. Dark Roasted Blend isn't updated as often as I hoped when I first found it and while i do get dupes from The Forest, I do still come across new links with The Forest.

hi esterly,

i survived. the greatest piece of advice i took from the community was to calm the hell down. i am certain when i crafted this submission that i was in the middle of a panic attack and just let myself be consumed. Monday came, and my boss was there remotely with me. I am not sure why i let myself believe he wouldn't be, or that i was supposed to carry this cross all by my lonesome. a couple errors occured with a few custom reports, but i was able to troubleshoot!

so, in all honesty, i may have written up and pleaded for help a bit too hastily but what i received back from the community i will never forget. it has been a long time since i have felt comfortable putting myself back out there on the web and for me to make this desperate-sounding post and to receive the support i did is, quite frankly, crazy to me. i thank you all from the bottom of my heart. sounds sappy but true.

always remember CTHD - calm the hell down

EDIT: fixed typo

i could use a beer right now! haha. thank you for the well wishes.

i am not a big fan of rollercoasters but i guess i'll ride this one XD

i think an important part of my job that i overlooked when i first started was my availability. i do not have all the answers, half the time i don't even know what i am doing but i know that i am available to try. and i think that is really important. i will be the guy that is there to try.

thanks for sharing your friend's story, it has helped put a lot into perspective for me

that is okay, i notice i left context out of my post as i hastily wrote it.

thank you for your kind words, i think it is definitely best to look at this situation from the angle of "learning opportunity".

ah, i reread my post and it lacks a lot of context and i apologize for that.

yes he and I are the only nerds in the company.

i believe the feature update gets doled out through a third party, and i am in the position to ensure that our workstations receive the feature update and troubleshoot should any issues arise. problem is, i cannot even access the program in question and am responsible to ensure a smooth transition. i just don't know where to even begin.

sorry if i had confused anybody, i myself didn't/don't understand the actions i may have to take in the case of a catastrophe.

i think what is most important to me at the end of the day is knowing i put in the time and effort to do a good job, no matter what it is.

i am old enough now to have experience in all sorts of things. i was a construction estimator, a retail store manager, a property manager/maintenance man... about a year and a half ago i decided that i wanted to follow my passion and that lied in the world of computing.

i know i am just an intern, but to me when you accept responsibility you do all you can to do a good job. regardless of the tools or information you aren't given.

i may not know anything right now, but i will know something eventually.

thanks for your kind words. i WILL be fine.

i wanted to take the time out and say to everyone that has responded to this post that i deeply appreciate all the words of wisdom and support.

in a time when i didn't know what else to do other than throw a post up on HN, the community came back and helped me temper my emotions and fill me with the confidence i needed to take stressful situations in stride... this will be a post i look back on with great, heartfelt emotion because i know you guys got my back and i know i got yours.

see you all on the other side... i've got some documentation to study up on

the bits i have learned so far leads me to believe you are right. but oh well, take what you are given...

i think this is something that is very very important and never thought about until now.

i will actually bring this up ASAP because i think it will be beneficial for me and for my boss.

i appreciate your insight

thanks for sharing. don't panic is the theme of this thread and just hearing that helps. i have to remember my position in this whole scenario is to just be available and take whatever problems as they come.

it really did help. thank you for sharing an experience you had.

sometimes its nice to know that you aren't alone, even if you feel like you are. i never expected so much support from all of you guys but it has filled me with a lot of confidence and generally good vibes that i didn't know i needed.

thanks again

he must, and i noted on another comment that if he is proceeding in this manner and is calm about it, then i should follow his lead and feel the same. no sense getting myself worked up and dreading an outcome that may never even come to fruition. i think what this post's replies have really opened my eyes to is that the burden of change rests on my shoulders and mine alone. i can take this scenario for what it is - an opportunity. maybe i won't have to troubleshoot, but at least i was there.

i do think that i have fallen into a mental trap of thinking this might be way bigger than it actually is. if he is not concerned, why should i?

poise is an excellent way to describe what i need moving forward. i never though about it that way.

thank you for the notes.

i'm leaning toward there isn't one and that whatever my boss has cooked up is going to go fine, or go haywire and i am the warm body to get beat up on when production goes down.

they already gave me a gas card, i think Arby's might be asking for too much... XD

we are... XD

thanks for the kind words. helps a lot.

you nailed it on the head. i did leave out some context and i see now this post is just the ranting of a madman.

i am an Intern, and my boss is the ERP Systems manager. My company is not large. Before I came along, it was just my boss. He is the heart, soul, and backbone of the IT department here. Now i am one of the limbs.

it is just us 2. i think you absolutely banged it on the head that i suffer from the inability to effectively communicate my anxieties/concerns with my superior, and i feel i have done him an injustice with this post and i wanted to say that you are right. My anxiety is coming from my inability to communicate properly. he may totally be under the impression that i can handle this, but i also want to say i don't really know WHY not because i don't think i can handle this if i were adequately prepared, but that i attempt to ask these questions and am sort of... left on read. i know that if this does go awry, i will not be the sole blame. but i am struggling with this like desire to make sure that my company is able to carry on production without a blip. vmaybe i am in la la land and care too much about the company that would replace me in a heartbeat, but i want to prove to myself i can be a part of this field, be a part of this industry.

thank you for your advice. i want you to know that i am genuinely taking all points made in this thread to heart.

i think you're right and in my rambling i forget that i work for THEM and the company will always be concerened about THEM.

it has happened to me before. i think i am just feeling a bit... imposter-y. i have put my nose to the ground to get where i am, but i must bring my nose back up and assess before i get myself into a place i don't want to be.

thanks for the reminder.

well i like soup but don't know that i want to be swimming in it XD

thanks for your advice, i think i have been trying to prove myself by spinning my wheels instead of taking a step back and evaluating the situations that get presented before me.

appreciate it again, hope you enjoy your weekend

thanks for the advice.

to add some context, i have been voicing concerns and i just feel that i may be in a position where i have to take the silence and work it out for myself - i must remember all the resources i have available to me (including you kind folk here at HN) and work with what i have been given.

i have gotten myself this far, and only i can make it better for myself. time to nut up or shut up i suppose and stand up for myself.

yes I am very pleasantly surprised to find the support i've gotten back so far. it has already put me at ease.

i also really appreciate your outlining what i can do. document document document, communicate communicate communicate.

thank you for your kind words.

hahaha thanks for the laugh, i needed it...

and i think you are right. i need to remember my place/position.

right and i read back my post and i leave out some context and do not mean to disparage my boss or the company i work for. and i think you may be right, instead of being afraid and, lack of a better term, paranoid about this situation i could instead embrace the challenge, and communicate better what i do know and what i don't know.

you had me at "pay raise" hehe..

this is where i get stuck - the operators on the shop floor use the program to print their labels, whereas a sales person in the office is using the program to draft purchase orders. it is an absolute beast software and i think i am just getting... in my head.

thanks for the "calm down" it sincerely helps. i will continue to ask around here, as communication is probably the best tool i have at my disposal right now.

thanks again -

i appreciate your candor. i think you may be right. in my current position, i feel at a loss. i think sometimes people, like me in this case, can feel almost indebted to a company that took a chance on them. i have no professional experience in this field and this was known at time of interview. i feel like i am not being utilized in a fashion where i could actually LEARN instead, but then again i struggle with my own head telling me "well, am i really not prepared to be in this field?". it almost feels like imposter syndrome and i know i am ranting now.

all in all, thank you for mentioning this - i definitely have things to consider.

yes i agree that assumptions make asses out of people... i like my boss, he seems to have confidence in me but let's say he is a man of few words. maybe i just needed to get this off my chest haha.

excellent point, though, about the support. in my haze i seem to have forgotten that support systems exist... thanks for your advice