Originally Posted By SuzieQ I confess I absolutely love driving! LOL Long day trips are huge with me ) I confess yesterday, I drove 2 hours to Coloma (original gold strike site in California) to have a solo picnic lunch alongside the fast moving American River, then drove the 2 hours home. I confess I almost drove to Yosemite yesterday, but my parents were there for a couple of nights and it seemed weird to go where they were.
Originally Posted By avromark friendofdd not every IT guy is boring. Then again i'm multithronged. Yes there are some that play Magic all day and RPG's (Look's up, that means in my case a guy who moonlights as a bouncer), yes there are some that live breath and computers (looking at the guy who plays a violin at work) and yes we do other stuff while working at times. However when something messes up we're the ones that get to stay there until it's done with pretty much anyone in a management position cursing at us watching us and thinking if they were in charge it wouldn't have happened. (Considering some of them call for help because they can't find something like it is on their home computer, only to find out their home computer is a Mac...)
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I confess I see no difference between the blame IT guys get and the treatment of most other employees who have to come in and clean up the mess or explain things to someone who doesn't 'get it'.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I further confess I totally understand why IT folks and Executive Assistants usually get along. They deal with the same type of behavior, LOL. I got out of that gig when I got tired of babysitting executives while they got all the credit for the work I did
Originally Posted By avromark And besides since many IT folks are men... We need the brains of the lady EA's
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I confess 90% of the IT people I know are female! (Hubby excluded - though I guess technically he's a DBA Manager)
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>not every IT guy is boring<<< I confess I know that. I think I had just been in WE prior to that post and used a broad stereotype the way they are used in that section. Actually, I have lots of IT friends and only some of them are boring conversationalists. The rest are, well, interesting.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I confess, yes avromark, the regional differences are great! I live near Silicon Valley - Great San Francisco Bay Area, so tech's cover the broad spectrum. I confess my experience is pretty similar to friendofdd's, LOL!
Originally Posted By avromark I confess not all techies are stereotypes and i'm not a typical techie. I can install flooring (ceramic tiles, hardwood, yucky laminate, sheet vinyl, vinyl tiles [but who cannot] but not linoleum [which is much better then vinyl], inlaid ceramic [I only do basic patterns], etc). I can do basic handyman repairs, install trim, paint, change light fixtures, basic stuff. For a guy under 30's I also collect antiques and collectables. (Not just Disneyana, but various glass like carnival, depression, uranium, world expo stuff, pressed wood...) I also enjoy sports, etc. I am not the most social person though. Although I hold some stereotypes (among the TV I "watch" is sci-fi including Star Trek), I read a lot. I do own an extensive media collection, I do collect old computers (such as the original Mac which is "signed" in the case), and yes I do have a home network that consists of more then 8 computers. This is not to say i'm rich, those computers with the exception of 3 are all older units that have been retired from active duty at work (and given to employees). Some are also Pentium's or older Macs for gaming (the best classic emulator is an old machine). Some games that run on clock cycles for instance will not run on new machines. As well some games and programs (cookbooks, etc) run in DOS or old windows much better or fail to run in new. My home network consists of a router and 2 switches, it is not just wireless. My home network is actually wired into the walls.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe I confess I just had maybe a litre of Diet Cherry Cola with caffeine, of course, trying to keep up with this whirling dervlish called Av. Forget getting up at 3 as now I have to go 24/7 to have any chance of holding a candle to this guy!!! Man I'd like him as my employee!
Originally Posted By avromark I confess it took me over 8 months to get my first job that wasn't menial labour after I graduated.
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>i'm not a typical techie.<<< I confess you had me convinced and I was thinking you were a real renaissance man with some tech in his resume. Then you told us about your home network.
