This computer's camera wasn't working. So we tried unplugging it and then plugging it back in, but that didn't work so i tried swapping out the cameras. That also didn't work. So what started as a 5 minute repair to knock out became a multi-day project to swap out cables. And if that doesn't work we just have to replace the motherboard.

IT issues are deceptively simple, you might think "oh this is just a small broken part, it cant be that bad!" and sometimes it really is that simple. Un-plugging it and plugging it back in has solved the problem more times than I have fingers to count. But other times you end up with a situation like this, where the initial problem spirals into many separate issues that all seem to compound onto each other despite not being necessarily all that hard to fix.

Also surprisingly simple. It's mostly a matter of unscrewing a bunch of things and disconnecting the right wires. A lot of the work in IT so far has existed on a binary spectrum of really easy but repetitive work or the most convoluted issue you will ever experience just for it to be one-upped by the next issue. Some days it's just a computer missing a key, other days its half a dozen projectors in the building not being properly networked. And even then, those two separate issues have many solutions and problems within problems that make them more difficult or significantly easier.
Example:
Those projectors I was reffering to were in the elementary school floor at media arts. Now, some of them were just not plugged in which was an easy enough fix. But some of them had some kind of underlying network issue which took upwards of half an hour to fix.

Second day of cable testing. Progress feels minimal, especially when most of the classes are occupied during supposed prep-periods. What also doesn't help is the lack of organization, carts are in the wrong rooms or are being shared between rooms which makes the job harder.

Despite progress feeling minimal, I've managed to knock out a majority of the rooms in high school, the main issue just seems to be timing and disorganization. 

This day marks the end of cable testing for High Tech High Original. It was much easier than the days before since I had Tod to accompany me to classrooms that still had people in them to just get the testing over with. It was also a very convenient day as all the carts were in their respective rooms. The two largest issues when it came to cable testing; Disorganization and scheduling issues, were effectively nullified.

With a combination of proper timing, planning, and just a general burst of energy from being within arm's reach of a project on the verge of completion, the cable survey for both HTHPL and HTMPL was completed. It felt good to get this done, instead of nibbling the edges to make room for bigger projects, this WAS the bigger project. A survey across schools mostly headed by me felt like a jump in responsibility which I gladly stepped up to meet.  Accomplishing this felt like climbing the last great hurdle, the last hill on the trail, its all smooth sailing from here.