You know, that is exactly what I love about Linux...I don't have to deal with all of that. I install my machine without any open ports but ssh, and I'm done. A good password and background auto-updating is all that I've needed so far to keep me virus, malware, and Microsoft free.
But I think there probably is more than a kernel of truth to them. IT careers, at least the ones I've had, aren't in fact very social. Aside from the not-so-infrequent game of foosball, there was not a heck of a lot of interaction going on. Let's face it, IT-centric jobs are not exactly hubs of social activity, so why pretend otherwise?
Well, for me, your social life is what you make of it. I am a programmer/web developer/dba at a mortgage company, and while my "work" doesn't involve talking to people, I'm rather social in the office, probably spending 2-3 hours a day in conversation with my coworkers.
Plus, when you think about it, the only people actually in a "social" field are ones who have interaction with customers in their job descriptions. The rest just make it that way.:)
For the IT field, what I see is a lot of young men who were so devoted to their "arts" as it were, that they didn't pick up some of the finer points of socialization. So, they meet a bunch of similar people who socialize in the same fashion, and think that it's the way it has to be. So open up a little, start a conversation in the break room, learn about the people around you.
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Oh,I'm sorry, I must be in the wrong place. I thought this was a MiCRo$oFT SuCKz site. My mistake.
You know, that is exactly what I love about Linux...I don't have to deal with all of that. I install my machine without any open ports but ssh, and I'm done. A good password and background auto-updating is all that I've needed so far to keep me virus, malware, and Microsoft free.
I actually thought for a moment there that you were going to join the "dup" hordes attached to this story...
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For the IT field, what I see is a lot of young men who were so devoted to their "arts" as it were, that they didn't pick up some of the finer points of socialization. So, they meet a bunch of similar people who socialize in the same fashion, and think that it's the way it has to be. So open up a little, start a conversation in the break room, learn about the people around you.
Diane