Bone-Headed IT Mistakes

snydeq writes "PCs preconfigured with stone-age malware, backups without recovery, Social Security numbers stored in plain view of high school students — Andy Brandt gives InfoWorld's Stupid Users series a new IT admin twist. Call it fratricide if you will, but getting paid to know better is no guarantee against IT idiocy, as these stories attest."

Comments

You're just as bad, sorry

[pandrijeczko]

So if you're so clever, how come you didn't warn the guy that might happen at the time?

It took me to reach my mid-30s (about 10 years ago) to realise that you can't go through life being an arrogant jerk and revelling in the mistakes of others - we ALL started knowing nothing and making far more mistakes than we do now.

Take my advice. Help people avoid mistakes, give them your advice respectfully and nicely, give them a chance to listen to you. In the long run, it will pay dividends - people respect you and occasionally thank you for bailing them out.