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PHBs Getting "Secret" IT Training

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-funny-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As if all of us aren't already already aware of this, PHBs don't know jack squat about computer technology, and they won't seek any training from their own IT staff because that would be an admission of "weakness" so instead they are getting outsiders to train them in secret." Lucrative work for the secret tutors I s'pose. I guess getting tutored in secret is better than just floundering in ignorance.

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  1. This is prime PHB material, but... by stefanb · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Really? I'm not the only one who doesn't know what the two mouse buttons are for?"
    There is a reason Apple's sticking to mice with one button. And this is not ment in any condescending way.

  2. Igorance is better. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I guess getting tutored in secret is better than just floundering in ignorance.

    No. Floundering in ignorance is much less destructive than "a little knowledge". A completely ignorant PHB says "make me a system that counts sheep". A PHB with a little knowledge says "make me a system that counts sheep, and it should use an ACID-compliant database and J2EE, and I think XP will be the way to go..."

  3. no suprise by Jonathunder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "YOU'D BE SURPRISED by what they don't know" says the trainer.

    No one who has ever worked help desk would be.