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Plumber, Electrician... Digitician?

Posted by michael on from the gotta-eat dept.

Alien54 writes "This article from the Sunday Boston Globe describes the rise of a new type of tradesman called, for lack of a better term, a digitician, a label describing the burgeoning army of overqualified, unemployed, or free-spirited computer technicians being deployed to front porches around the country."

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  2. My definition by Eradicator2k3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...a label describing the burgeoning army of overqualified, unemployed, or free-spirited computer technicians...

    Uhm, how about "welfare and unemployment recipients?"

    --
    Mr. T pitied this fool on 27 July 1992.
  3. Re:Mechanics for the 21st century by Kanasta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    computer techs don't pull shit. they just don't know shit. 'your modem is flaking because you use Win98. Here, buy this copy of WinXP and it may help'
    ok, they occasionally pull shit too.