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Friendships in the IT Workplace?
Greg Cantori asks: "We've seen stuff like this on TV and in movies. Policemen, Firemen, Astonauts, Army guys, etc, all gathered round a BBQ on a sunny weekend, chugging a few cold ones and maybe talking shop, wives and girlfriends preparing salads, kids running round the garden. Middle class bonding and fun, eh? Now, picture your IT workplace. Look around at your workmates. Do *you* get together on weekends? Do your spouses know any personal details of your workmates' spouses, beyond what may have slipped out during a long forgotten company Chistmas ball? Do you go bowling, play poker, or help your colleagues pave the driveway of their new home? Do you even have drinks with them after work? Is it just the professions who share some element of physical danger where this stereotypical bonding occurs, or can it occur with nerdy programmers? What are your experiences with friendships in the code-cutting office?"
Damn, man, you mean socialize? As in, hang out? With the users? WTF?
Oh, other IT. Okay. Had me panicked for a second.
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Are you mad? IT guys don't drink after work. Espescialy *WITH* other IT guys. We drink *during* work.
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... why would i want to hang out with people that aren't as smart as me?
It is more true of IT companies than others, mainly because a lot of IT workers are anti-social.
We are not fucking anti-social! Idiot.
We dont have weekends or friends, we have THE SIMS!
Do we need a Socializing HOWTO?
1. Introduction
2. Buying Rounds
2.1 Always Buy your round
2.2 Even if you don't like everyone.
3. Make Small Talk
3.1 The Weather
3.2 Not latest Kernel Versions (unless you're all geeks)
3.3 Sports are good
3.4 Geeky sports like Karate, Judo, Fencing are ok, but don't go overboard
3.5 Chess is right out
4. More drinking
4.1 Drink less than Alcoholics
4.2 Seriously, don't try and keep up
4.3 Don't get sick on the Boss
4.4 Get Happy, not stupid.
4.5 If you buy rounds when everyone else is drunk, you're not obliged to drink alcohol.
(otherwise known as 'chuffing heck, he didn't even look drunk after 15 pints of lager!'
4.6 Do Not Call the Boss a Wanker even after 15 pints of Lager.
4.7 Be able to Discretely Go Home early if required. (Wives are good for this)
5. When you get home
5.1 Drink Plenty of Water, eat something
6. Next Day
6.1 Don't be Hungover
6.2 Don't Show the Photos of the Boss and the inflatable Sheep.
6.3 Reserve them for Staff Appraisals
6.4 Eat fried egg and bacon sandwiches in front of the worst offenders from last night.
7. Summary
7.1 Don't get too Drunk
7.2 If you must get drunk, don't be obnoxious
7.3 Rember people who are obnoxious drunks
7.4 If they piss you off, portray them as alcoholics to the management.
> 2. Buying Rounds
Hollowpoint...
-- My Weblog.
Do I know you? Job's not as cushy as you think, pal.
A real career-killer.
Of course, when you risk your life on a daily basis with a group of people in similar circumstances, you can't help but bond with them. I don't think many IT people (myself included) consider our profession life threatening (unless you're AOL tech support, and that's just from suicides.)
No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. - Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
I think you need to make this more clear to the Slashdot crowd:
#include "beer.h"
#include "socialize.h"
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int beer = 0;
int drink;
int alcoholic = 24;
while((beer = buy_rounds(beer)))
{
make_small_talk(ST_WEATHER | ST_SPORTS);
if(!everyone_else_drunk())
{
for(drink = 0; drink < alcoholic; drink++)
if(beer) consume(beer--, drink);
}
}
goto home;
home: drink_and_eat("water", "food");
return 0;
}
You want cameraderie? Forget firemen -- what about accountants? Take your typical CPA firm. Not only do they refer to their collegues as their "brothers" (or "sisters"), but I've heard a typical accountant will even let his brother accountant borrow his pencil sharpener.
So who's compensating for the 190+ in your avarage of 140?
i can already know all their deepest secrets. why waste time getting superficial information in person? ;-)
L'etat n'a pas besoin des savants.
- Robespierre, refusing clemency for Lavoisier
"I don't think many IT people (myself included) consider our profession life threatening"
You clearly have never had to deal with a Vice President or CEO who just lost a proposal an hour before their meeting.
You omitted a few critical variables...
double vision;
float vomit;
static struct urinal;