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Confessions of a SysAdmin

Posted by Soulskill on from the type-with-your-fists dept.

Mr.Fork writes "Scott Merrill from CrunchGear has a confession. He really, really hates computers. He writes: 'No, really, I hate them. I love the communications they facilitate, I love the conveniences they provide to my life, and I love the escapism they sometimes afford; but I actually hate the computers themselves. Computers are fragile, unintuitive things — a hodge-podge of brittle hardware and opaque, restrictive software.' Does his editorial speak to all of us in similar IT-related fields? Do we all silently hate the complexities and idiosyncrasies computers have, like error messages and UI designs that make no sense to the common user, which make our tech professions miserable?"

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  1. Re:I don't hate computers by rajafarian · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The ones I hate are the developers who write the shitty bug-ridden code that gets loaded onto computers that I have to support.

    You mean Microsoft?

  2. Web developers by Mandrel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's your fault for being on the shit-receiving end. You should have gotten your comp sci degree and become a (proper, non-Web) developer.

    What makes you look down your nose at web developers?