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The Unhappy World of IT Professionals
npistentis writes "According to an article on ZDNet.com, only 1 in 7 IT professionals rate themselves as "very happy" with their chosen profession- which stands in stark contrast to one in three hairdressers, plumbers and chefs, and one in four florists. But then again, very few plumbers have to deal with users who consistently download BonziBuddy, blindly click on suspicious email attachments and use their cd trays as cupholders." Of course, it should be noted that by and large IT professionals earn more money then most other jobs - which I suppose is once again a warning of money != happiness.
I had a user bothering me during my lunch break, wanting me to come and restore her Office Assistant because she "Missed the little kitty". It took a great effort of will to keep my language pg-13.
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'
Fully 7 out of 7 Bastard Operators From Hell were "just peachy keen" with making users' lives miserable.
"It was a summer's tale: Just a boy, his Linux, and a head full of dreams..."
...making $19,700 a year and living in luxury in Bangalaore
He claimed to make a lot of money, and was actually quite happy... I personally think he was running dope on the side, though, so what the hell do I know?
Me too. I couldn't be a happier hacker! I work for a truly great company. And not only that, our products are designed to be nothing but hands-on, so its not even funny ...
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Wait a sec, that sounds dangerously like a haiku. Okay, let's give it a try:
Sitting here, watching
Uni department go mad
Mangled by the worm
"It's a very tangled subsystem." --Windows kernel guru
Well, not after 20 seconds with the good scissors.
I had a sucky sig.
Yes, but you have to admit, when you accidently unplug that fiber line, raw sewage doesn't usually come out of it!
"It's a very tangled subsystem." --Windows kernel guru
restroom? Do you touch their keyboards and mice when helping them? You may be getting more human feces than you think. :-)
Is the juice worth the sqeeze?
My boss just took the next two months off. I'd like to change my vote please.
You haven't seen the shit in their users mail boxes.
Those happy plumbers are the ones who enjoy the exhibitionist thrill of showing butt cleavage as they bend over to unclog your drain...
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Yes, but you have to admit, when you accidently unplug that fiber line, raw sewage doesn't usually come out of it!
;)
Well, sometimes it does. Cambridge Uni had some contractors come in to do some work a few years ago, and they managed to hook up the waste pipes to the network ducting. Insert dumb jokes about packet loss etc...
VP: "This is an emergency! The printer is not working".
Me: opens eye and mumble incoherently... "Printer?"
VP: "Yes! Yes! The printer!"
Me: "What printer?"
VP: "How am I supposed to know which printer? I need these figures by morning."
Me: "The name of the printer is on the front, near the display".
VP: "This display? Is that the thing saying out of paper?"
Me: "@$#%*@%#... Put some paper in the printer."
VP: "How do I do that?"
Me: "There is a box of paper beside the printer? Yes. Pull the drawer on the front of the printer and put some paper in."
Do you think it's worth it?
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
Your life is awful after you switched to linux. The lies you heard from /. about how great and easy it is use that crap OS. Now you're just trying to save face in front of your oss "friends".
Well I say drop those losers and came back to Microsoft, where you a great Desktop/Server package WITH support for a fair price. We understand it will be tough, but we're forgiving here. Unlike the zealots in the OSS side who have no life outside of computers and kernels.
You should check out our server room.
But then again, no IT guys have to work in feces in a sweaty, humid, tiny room.
True. But Plumbers only have to remember the two rules:
1. Shit flows downhill.
2. Don't bite your nails.
"I planned within my means and got a fixed rate mortgage, so where's MY bailout?" -cafepress
I hear what you mean about the hands-on, physical aspect. Personally, I'm waiting for someone to burn this building down so I can get a job with the wrecking company charged with the cleanup. After all, the guy in the apartment next to me seems happy to do that day in, day out.
These people shit on the IT guys and the plumbers. Where's the unity?
...and he grinned, like a fox eating shit out of a wire brush.
many of the "other 6 of the 7" got into IT for the money.
Not me, I got into for the women....er...wait.
Pretty sad that there's a higher percentage of people that are happy fixing toilets clogged with shit then the perecentage of people supporting computer users....
that is because Toilet bowls full of shit usually has a higher IQ than most computer users in the office.
I'll take a Turd over the entier marketing department any day.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Working with stupid people is dangerous. Its a documented (Swedish study I can't remember) mediacl fact that working with stupid people raises your blood pressure, and causes heart attacks. Having to cover up for stupid co workers (the BonziBuddy/MyDoom crowd) is almost as dangerous. Beware, beware, the stupid will kill us all.
They're getting laid off left and right.
.... go Arnold!
That's terminated
Ok.
Boy, the Internet really is Crap!
You guys have a shitty connection here, ya know?
I feel like I'm wasting my life on this computer.
I think your network is hosed.
You guys took a new swipe at "the porn hose" definition, eh?
This new network protocol stinks!
Dude! Get that Cat-5 out of your mouth! You don't know where it's been!
Hey, honey? Flush again! My download speed triples when you do that!!
Any sufficiently well-organized Government is indistinguishable from bullshit.
And what do they have to be so unhappy about? I gotta stand in here in this stupid white coat and count stupid pills all day. One of these days I'm just going to wear a BLUE coat...I'll show 'em. I told 'em.
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
Not many plumbers have to "support users" who repeatedly try to flush grapefruit down the toilet.
but still use my greek knowledge to solve problems
So this implies
a) You dispel IT problems with an apt line from Aristophanes or Aeschylus
b) When stumped, you can summon a horde of frat boys to drunkenly demolish the computer in question
c) A blade server makes a warm platform to be bent over when getting your salad tossed
Zoloft.
Mmmm, serotonin.
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts:
"Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
"You must work in information technology" says the balloonist.
"I do," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must be a corporate manager."
"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
Cognitive dissonance.
"My job is to clean up crap. Why am I doing this? I must love my job!"
You call us lusers. I can see the smile on your faces when you think about that word.
Self-importance has gotten you lot into the shit you are in at the moment. You all thought you were far too good to be laid off. The amount of $ you commanded made you even more expendable.
Here's the deal. Don't call me a luser and I'll stop phoning up with phantom problems.
1. Pull network cable out
2. Phone service desk. Tell them my internet is down.
3. Try and sound confused when I'm asked "Intranet or internet?"
4. Tell phone monkey "I have checked the network cable. It is plugged in" until he/she gives up.
5. Book 4 hours to computer problems. Use those 4 hours to drink coffee.
Troll? I resent that too.
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I'm 29, I started programming when I was about 10. I love to program. But I don't work as a programmer; if I worked as a programmer, I'd hate it. Instead I program for fun, and love it.....Go and do something boring (finance, accounting, law), so that when you program, you're doing it for fun.
This logic reminds me of, "I smack myself in the face 30 times every day because it feels good when I stop."
Table-ized A.I.
He must have got his skills from working tech support at a major isp.
Two words: Office Space
I use phrases like "darn good" and "rootin' tootin'", but only when there's a darn good, rootin tootin' reason!
As am I.
I love my current job. It's a blast!
But the IT guys in the basement might not feel the same ways about their jobs. Don't know. Haven't asked them...
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Shh, dude. Someone will hear ya. Then the cubicle police will come and drag you to the dungeon of the evil human resources director.
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy