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linuxwrangler writes "A special report in this week's InfoWorld tackles the six big myths in IT.
Among the findings: server upgrades
don't matter, 80 percent of corporate data is
not on mainframes, C[IT]Os really
do need technological savvy, most IT projects may be late or over budget but they
don't fail, IT
does scale and nearly all big shops
do run multiple platforms."
So, no need to read the article, then?
Fuck the system? Nah, you might catch something.
IT does scale
I got a big fat 503 Service Error that says you're wrong about this one!
Cretin - a powerful and flexible CD reencoder
Least likely upgrades... Replacing functioning hard drives
Hmm.. unless their most likely upgrade is replacing the F1 key on their keyboard..
Recipes for geeks -- no meatloaf, we promise.
Reality: Chicks don't dig geeks, no matter how much money you make, besides, they know you'll spend it all on computers and techy toys instead of them.
Myth: Computer wizards command respect
Reality: Once the PHB figures you can do things you'll be buried in no time with stupid, menial tasks with the same priority as critical tasks.
Myth: You'll continue learning as your employer sees it critical your skills are kept up to date and foots tuition and conference fees.
Reality: As soon as you can't do something or drop dead from exhaustion, you'll be replaced by another victim fresh out of school (or your job will go offshore for 1/10 what you cost)
Myth: Programming, constructing systems, et al are fun!
Reality: Most of the projects will be as much fun as getting a new filling at the dentist (any fun you actually have will be against company policy.)
Harsh Reality of IT Project Life Cycle
Phase 1: Uncritical acceptance.
Phase 2: Wild enthusiasm.
Phase 3: Dejected disillusionment.
Phase 4: Total confusion.
Phase 5: Search for the guilty.
Phase 6: Punishment of the innocent.
Phase 7: Promotion of nonparticipants.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Non-babyshit color scheme.
Now, anyone that feels like calling me a karma whore is an idiot. I posted this AC. Eat it.
Woah! You typed IT!
No! I typed IT!
Aargh! I typed IT again!
Aaarrrrgghh.. run awaaaay..
Recipes for geeks -- no meatloaf, we promise.
Of course, nearly everywhere I've worked has been a mix of 98, NT and 2000, not to mention 2000 Pro and 2000 Server variety all out the yinyang.
I've even seen msdos and win3.11 once in awhile. This whole antitrust thing was blown out of proportion.
-- RLJ
Your opinion matters to the one who authorizes purchases.
IT: I suggest we go with this option because of $x, $y, and $z.
Boss: How much does it cost?
IT: Well, the cost is $X but we we won't have to upgrade for several years, and it will handle all of our needs.
Boss: What can we get for $Y?
IT: We can get a remanufactured system that barely surpasses our current system.
Boss: But it IS better than what we have...right?
IT: Well....technically....
Boss: Great, let's do that!
Mod points are pointless when you browse at -1.
I saw an outsourcing project succeed. I was working for a company developing financial software. Against the advice of most of his staff, a senior manager outsourced a critical product to a firm in India. The product ended up being about six months late and cost the company several million dollars. It was also completely unusable. It was scraped and a new version was developed internally. But, by that time it had missed the market window. Though it was deployed, it was eventually withdrawn from the market.
So, how was it a success? The senior manager was sacked.
Last week I realized the error of my ways in running all one platform, therefore I took an old PC and installed DOS 6.2 and Windows 1.0 on it. I think the only way I could have gotten weirder looks from cow-irkers would be to find and install a copy of MS BOB.
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine." -- RFC 1925
Company technicians are not grouchy, they do not put down those idiots in accounting who can't seem to open email attachments, and they're always happy to serve their fellow employees.
Now fucking go away I'm reading slashdot.
---
Those who can, do
Those who can't, teach
Those who don't know how, supervise
New color scheme looks great.
"Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
"Server Upgrades Don't Matter"
sulli
RTFJ.
It's only a prototype - we're not going to deploy it in production.
[Insert pithy quote here]
Our server can survive a slashdotting...
the boss's hair is not always pointy?
The preceding message was based on actual events. Only the names, locations and events have been changed.
Slashdotters do RTFA.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit
We never said, "80% of data resides on mainframes"
We said, "80% of the important data resides on mainframes."
*snirk*
Slashdotting doesn't punish your site
With a name like "Nick Burns," he'll never be CEO of Gillette....
taken! (by Davidleeroth) Thanks Bingo Foo!
Only poseurs have girlfriends.
(That line was blatently stolen and mutilated from the movie SLC Punk. I believe the original line was "only poseurs fall in love.")
So, which bf upgrade are you?
I think I am version 5.0.
HGTTG: "I knew that there was something fundementally wrong with the Universe."
IT Myth 1: Server upgrades matter
Reality: Don't pay extra for upgradability; you'll never need it
great. although of course if it something's totally fucked and an upgrade will fix it..
IT Myth 2: Eighty percent of corporate data resides on mainframes
Reality: Try 50 percent, or even less
fascinating.
IT Myth 3: All big shops run multiple platforms
Reality: This 'myth' is closer to fact than fiction
so it's not really a myth then. just dull.
IT Myth 4: CIOs and CTOs have a greater need for business savvy than tech expertise
Reality: Tech chops matter more than ever
mmmm chops..
IT Myth 5: Most IT projects fail
Reality: It all depends on how you define failure
some things work and others don't. whatchacomeanago!
IT Myth 6: IT doesn't scale
Reality: Virtually any technology is scalable, provided you combine the right ingredients and implement them effectively
no shit.
these are the dullest IT myths ever. where is "Goatse man dead!" ?
I'm sure your girlfriend is a very nice person, but the girl I dated who "liked geeks" ended up "replacing geeks" as often as Mozilla milestones. Unfortunately, she did this without first EOL'ing the previous version, or announcing that there was a new version.
Chicks may dig geeks, but they are also chicks, and thus not to be trusted. The Y chromosome may be smaller, but it does a very important task in nature: preventing Crazy
- Relativistic? That's barely Newtonian!
This one was repeated all through high school.
You will make a zillion dollars and be the boss.
If I could find a job, I could test that myth.
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I know a second hand account. Apparently, a competitor of a company I worked for tended to be a bit impatient with their MIS Vice President. So they'd hire a new one, see no results in a short time, then fire him. Rinse and repeat. One of the VPs attempted a conversion to 100% IBM. He was sacked for his efforts.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
My thoughts exactly. Chances are, any so-called geek that has a girlfriend is way too pussywhipped to engage any longer in true geekdom.
Seriously. Every geek that I've known who gets a girlfriend seems to stop being a geek after that. Sure they may still work in IT or be majoring in CS or whatever. Sure they may still spend hours a day programming, reading SF and playing video games. And they probably still call themself a geek. But it is like when they get a GF something dies inside them. They no longer seem quite as hardcore.
In the worst scenerios, it's when a geek gets a GF and starts acting better than all of his former friends. Like when you ask him to come over on friday night to hang out in the parents basement and play AD&D and he gets all snooty and says "Heh! I've got a giiirrrlfriend now. I can't hang out with yooouuu guys on friday. I have to take my giirrlfriend to the movies." Fucking fuckwitted scumfucks.
Whats wrong with my code! Just because I like goto's over functions, thats my own preference.
P4 Xeon servers because the box says they make the internet faster,
But they do! Those cute little aliens in the commercials proved it!
The only reason we have the rights we have is that people just like us died to gain those rights. -- Cheerio Boy
Live video streaming isn't scalab.....BUFFERING.....BUFFERING
The IT industry is picking up. (I hear this from recruitment consultants) It's usually the same job posted three times a week for a month.
Your IT job is secure (until they can find a cheaper replacement).
Googles going to make you rich.
There you have it. InfoWorld has debunked a myth using the informal comments of a nameless marketing manager from a nameless vendor from some unknown date and time at an unknown location.
Myth #7: That a company whose revenue is based on page-views and number of magazines sold is more credible than a tabloid.
-- The world is watching America, and America is watching TV.
>>other bullshit I see on Slashdot all too often.
uh yea. slashdot is reflection of reality.
"(blah blah blah snip)sexist jackass(blah blah blah snip)"
young women need to stop being irrational, double-standard holding, over-reactionary, cat-fighting, back-stabbing, gold-digging, know it alls.
"With that attitude, it doesn't surprise me at all that you get psychos for GFs. No sane self-respecting intelligent woman, geek or otherwise, would date somebody that regarded them as naturally "crazy" or otherwise inferior." You just listed 3 qualities that I have never seen combined in the same woman :O
buuuutt seriously. be glad we're calling it "crazy". In a guy, the same things would have him labeled either "idiot" or "jackass" that get a woman labeled just.. "crazy".
... still waiting for this free-as-in-beer free beer I keep hearing about.
Women have that effect on ALL men (homosexuals exempt); geek or not. However, in the immortal words of Sam Kinison: "It's either that or suck a big dick; thanks God....thanks for the big menu down here!"
[SIG] Remember Mattel handheld games?
Every geek that I've known who gets a girlfriend seems to stop being a geek after that
That's because they're getting laid. And one day, when *you* get laid, you'll see why it is we prefer chicks to computers.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
Chicks may dig geeks, but they are also chicks, and thus not to be trusted
Spoken like a true virgin.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
Hey Stud,
Everyone has been talking about sex with a partner. Sorry for the confusion, sport.
-- Posted from my parent's basement
You know, you could have just said you're a lesbian.
So when did forum campers and MMOG campers become the same breed of oxygen thieves? Who knows? I sure don't. I just want something to let me get back to work and not troubleshoot for endless days.
Linux... it just NOT works.
People prefer going back to the main page to find the link to the next part of the article, instead of having the obvious "next" button.
Hey, that really happened to a friend of a friend!
There too much to toy with on a Mac which will keep you away from the real work.
You mean like installing critical updates, updating antivirus definitions, and downloading, installing, updating and running Ad-Aware, Spybot SD and ZoneAlarm?
Oh, wait, I had a brain fart there... those are all the things I do for my Windows-using clients, while the endusers whose computers they are sit there idle and unproductive, waiting for me to finish delousing their PCs.
Now, what were you saying about people being kept away from real work?