@jarsky
I don't know why im sitting here in the NOC, late in my night shift @ 4:20 in the morning, watching a video about someone working nightshift in the NOC.....
@max-fj7np
Video feels like im being shown around on my first day at a new job
@Shaostie
Im dissapointed his title isnt NOCturnal Engineer
@trentmoore5349
I work at a data center as a NOC tech and work 12 hour days (3 day 1 week & 4 the next). I had 0 experience in the IT field and no degree. I primarily help clients through a ticketing system and some of the most common work I do is run cables and test them. I make 20 dollars per hour in the position in the midwest. All you have to do is apply to the job and show off your personality! There is a lot of turn over in this entry level position! Hope this helps someone
@Sniperkag
First time i see a "a day in <it job> video" and it's not all about eating! Thanks !!
@MrTitanation
The night was pretty straight-forward. I personally appreciated the level of physical security implemented around the worksite.
@MrSiJay
People like this keep the world working. Respect to every face shown in this video.
@breakfast-burrito
11:39 Smashing Windows + L : the mood of every IT person when done with their shift.
@kaylenm
We should give Raf two comments: one because we like Raf, another one for redundancy.
@Elias-ee3yp
I remember watching this video when it came out, right before I were going to apply for college. Now I'm a Network Engineer-- full circle.
@justins7796
I remember this call of duty mission.
@franciscomonge4930
Poor guy he couldn't check his Facebook and YouTube that day.
@Gutnarm
basically, the job itself is but another 24/7 shift model, sitting there and monitoring things. there's a slight difference, though: as soon as something goes wrong, you're supposed to work at 130%+ mental capacity, know every single piece of equipment involved (or, preferrably, your whole data center's worth of hardware off the top of your head), and solve the problem by yesterday without taking down the server. the customer will most probably be on the phone with you all the time , rambling on, while you try to figure out wtf actually happened and how to fix it.
("enjoyed" that kind of business mid-90s/early 2k)
@cms8199
We all know when the camera isnt turned theyre all watching youtube during work like myself :P
@timgridley1299
I worked as a NOC Engineer for years. Its a great entry level position where you learn a ton in a lot of different areas. Now years later, I am working as a Sr. Network Engineer. Before doing the network engineer route I did the Linux route and worked as a Linux Systems Administrator, but I would have not gotten either of those jobs without the experience, training, and knowledge I built working as a NOC Engineer.
@taiyoctopus2958
Time: 6am ~ Raf: Morning Denis. Had a good night? Akward pause. Denis: Have a good night. Raf: I will thank you. (love that interaction lol, clearly Denis hasn't fully woken up yet)
@aravindvissamsetty
I have no idea why this turned up at the top of my feed and why I then proceeded to watch it in its entirety
@geoffcrisp7225
I must have been one of the first IT guys to have done a job similar to this in 1969 in the UK. I worked as a Senior Equipment Controller with a team of three reporting to me on 24x7 shifts in a very large IBM mainframe data centre in the City of London monitoring the hardware, aircon, cooling towers, ups, CO2 flooding fire system. In fact everything to ensure the smooth running of the computer centre. Most of the time the job was very routine involving routine checks like in the video. I was there just in case there was a problem as a point of contact for the suppliers and field engineers to interface with. The job most of the time was very boring with little opportunity for career progression that it was hard to keep focused on the night shifts. I left and returned to being a large systems mainframe engineer in the field after four years.
@kevinfacey6975
I know that this video is 5 years old, however, just watching this video makes me want to get back into IT after more than a decade. This is a great video.
@djuuba