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IT Myths
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
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.
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."
It's only a prototype - we're not going to deploy it in production.
[Insert pithy quote here]
Slashdotters do RTFA.
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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!
Hey Stud,
Everyone has been talking about sex with a partner. Sorry for the confusion, sport.
-- Posted from my parent's basement