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How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs?
An anonymous reader writes "I work for a small software company (around 60 people) as the sole IT guy. It's my first time in a position like this and after about 1.5 years I'm starting to get a bit burned out. I try to be friendly, helpful, and responsive and I get no respect whatsoever. Users tend to be flat-out rude when they have a problem, violate our pretty liberal policies constantly, and expect complex projects to be finished immediately upon requesting them. My knee-jerk reaction is to be a bastard, although I've avoided it up to this point. It's getting harder. For those of you who have been doing this a lot longer, how do you get a reasonable level of respect from your users while not being a jerk?"
Really? LIfe fucking really? Like SERIOUSLY fucking really?
I don't comment here much (check my user id and history) but I feel compelled to say:
YOU are the greatest example of whiny little bitches who think they deserve a good/great living just because their mommy paid for their education.
Hey! Here's a clue: go out into the REAL world, get a job, find out that YOU are not so more important than your neighbour.
In short: you are a whiny fuck. Therefore: shut the fuck up /me has never cared about karma