Submitted by hornhead71 t3_105708p in rva
Can anyone recommend a local IT outfit that can help out a small business with various PC related things? Moving PC's around, configuring email, etc.
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WouldbeRVAtourguide t1_j396v2f wrote
Have you thought about offering a paid internship at like VCU?
hornhead71 OP t1_j398t6s wrote
hornhead71 OP t1_j398wap wrote
I have not. How would I even begin to look for that?
WouldbeRVAtourguide t1_j399ydt wrote
careers@vcu.edu this is what I found on the internship for vcu. It might be worth just reaching out and seeing what they think. You might end up with someone interested in your field who is tech savvy. Or just someone in a computer field that can save you a bunch of time good luck.
VCUBNFO t1_j3c7kza wrote
Probably the one time I would recommend against it. A young VCU student isn’t going to recommend the boring old reliable stuff that a small business should have. They’ll end up with a custom coded website in rust with dev, stage, prod environments all infra as code, on AWS for just a restaurant menu…
“You want to edit your menu, just install MySQL workbench, connect to the VPN, …….”
My first IT job was at a hosting provider and I saw this too often. I was also the VCU student who would have thrown arch Linux on an old laptop and used it as your server because no need to pay evil corporations
An intern might be good for general maintenance of whatever ends up getting set up though.
ITMORON t1_j3c7zrf wrote
Beat me to it! Hope this turn into a beneficial relaitonship for you both!
hornhead71 OP t1_j3ccl1j wrote
hornhead71 OP t1_j3ccu4k wrote
Please PM me if you are interested in discussing the scope of the work involved.
cmcm t1_j3jzgrr wrote
I won't be available until next week and they may need help sooner.
cmcm t1_j396u97 wrote
I do this as side work. Been working IT professionally for 15+ years, I have IT Director and System Administrator positions under my belt. PM me if interested and we can discuss details.