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Ask an IT guy
We have the Gamingforce Computing forums for in-depth tech topics, but maybe you want to find out why demo systems at stores always seem broken, or why the IT guy at your office always seems so pissy.
Here we are. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Why do you always seem so pissy at the office?
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Because 99% of users are morons who lie to us and say "I didn't do anything to the system" even when we can see the P2P apps and Spyware right on the desktop while complaining that our filters don't let them mail their porn around (without actually saying that).
Oh, and because we're sick of all of you asking us to spend our out-of-work time repairing your computer for free. We have lives too. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
How often do you get some? Is the stereotype true or do you guys really have lives and girlfriends?
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Are you fat and ugly like my IT guy?
I was speaking idiomatically. |
Um, Counselor Troi.
Duh. Seriously, though, many of us are either involved or married. All depends on personality, I guess. Some of the IT crowd are as socially inept as the stereotypes dictate, and others are more socially averse than incapable. I was among the latter avoidant types for a while, until I realized that girls don't bite (well, not unless you want them to, and that's all behind-closed-doors stuff). I'm kinda-sorta involved myself, though admittedly we met online and we still need to arrange an in-person meeting. The best times are when you can find a woman/man who's as much into technology as you are. There's NOTHING better than being able to talk about shell scripting with your significant other and, instead of getting eyerolls, get "uh, yeah, but you can do that in 5 fewer lines if you put that statement up there." As for out-of-work time, I fix people's computers, but sure as hell not for free. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
How ya doing, buddy? |
... ... ... Oh. In my case, I weigh more than I probably should, more than I'd like to, but part of it is just build. As our webmaster once said to me, "See, though, if you lifted weights a few times a week you'd be scary." So I'm not like Richard Stallman. More...recent pictures of Torvalds. Not beanpole, but not Hindenburg either. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Last edited by CelticWhisper; Mar 6, 2006 at 10:40 PM.
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Salary?
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
It depends on where you work and what you do. Major companies can afford to pay a lot, and small businesses or nonprofits (such as the library where I work) can't. Helpdesk generally makes less than sysadmins, then there are the specialty guys like DBadmins or security gurus (yo). Best money to be made is in consulting contracts, since you can pretty much charge whatever you want. Of course, the tradeoff is in stability. How ya doing, buddy? |
I'll go ahead and be the village idiot.
What does a systems adminstrator actually do? I must admit, my knowledge of this profession is quite shallow once I sort past the steretypes and prejudices. What does your usual day look like? Does it challenge you intellectually? Or does it merely piss you off that you need to deal with idiotic end users? What pleases you the most about being an IT guy? Is it the feeling 'hey, check it out - it's supposed to work, and it does!"? Do you actively learn while working or is the same old every day? If yes, what's the last thing you've learned due to your own initiative and actually found usefull in your everyday tasks? What's the best way to introduce someone to Perl? Is there a specific API you'd recommend to a complete newbie? (A newbie with two first year university level courses in programming. Both in Java.) What can Perl do and what is it the most suitable for? Yes, I can do my own research, but a language's strengths and weknesses aren't usually laid out in layman's terms. What makes you smile and think 'man, there's no other job in the world where I can do this!'? This is a bit offtopic, but for some reason or another, I remember both of your avatars - CelticWhisper and Arainach, and they were both far more awesome than the ones you currently hold. Is the change of your own volition, or has the crash forced this cruel fate up you? I tend to associate people to their avatars, you see. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Frickin' idiot. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Neus: Sysadmins are usually in charge of managing servers and networks. They manage user accounts, monitor network activity, set up servers, generally perform administrative duties on computer system infrastructures. As for Perl, it's a scripting language primarily for UNIX systems and derivatives. Commonly used for scripting internet sites as well. A typical day for me is really difficult to classify, since I work in a smaller environment and have to deal with a more generalized range of problems, whereas others can address concerns specific to their area of expertise (i.e. Motorola can hire a dedicated DBadmin, and all he has to worry about are database issues). What pleases me most is figuring out better/faster/more efficient ways to do things, or tracing an intrusion on our network and patching the hole, usually along with others I see on the way (InfoSec being my area of expertise). You always learn, but I think that's true for a lot of professions. Yeah, I get slow days, but those are the perfect days for cracking open the books or browsing Wikipedia's tech articles. Perhaps it's indicative of a limited worldview, but I can't think of anything that's an "only in this job" sort of bonus. I think it's harder to see from the inside than it is from a third-party perspective, as I don't know anything else-only what I've been doing all this time. Finally, as for my avatar, I still have the Magna Carta one, along with the sig. I'm banking on ChocoSig coming back up, but if it isn't, I have a backup plan. In the meantime, I've been on a Twin Peaks kick, and find director Lynch's in-show cameo character particularly amusing, so I figured I'd pay him tribute while sig hosting gets worked out. I was speaking idiomatically. |
I'm nice to the people who display intelligence, and I'm really nice to the cute girls who display intelligence. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
Spoiler:
That said, I guess I have a life of some sorts. Only without the girlfriend part.
FELIPE NO |
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Yeah maybe they do, but I don't think it's just that; I think it's that nobody considers you superior to them, which bothers you deep down inside.
So you wouldn't (don't?) use P2P apps and e-mail porn to your friends while at work? You always play by the rules, huh. Hence why I crossed out lives and put in "lies". There's nowhere I can't reach. |
How ya doing, buddy? [ SCHWARZE-5 - Helger Collins ]
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I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
So much truth spoken on the last few pages.
When I was working in IT, nothing could piss me off more than a stupid IT user or someone playing petty office politics to get a new PC, I just felt like going over to their desk and slaping in a new sense of reality Needless to say I don't work in IT anymore, I'm a student bum now Ohh and in regards to porn and P2P and stuff like that. You would be an idiot to do that sort of stuff on a company network, regardless of your level in the company. Although the IT department could get away with it easier, no-one I know that works in IT does it, purely because it is unprofessional and causes unneccessery risks. I found people at partner level in the firm with P2P programs on their PCs and moaning that the PC is slow and blaming us for it. Guess who didn't moan to IT after a long time after that little incident ? I was speaking idiomatically.
May contain traces of sarcasm, cynicism and pink fluffy bunnies
Last edited by Chiribo; Mar 7, 2006 at 03:58 PM.
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Wow, you guys totally bummed me out. Okay.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Does that mean that you're too sad to continue posting {living}?
FELIPE NO I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
On the contrary; the only way to cure my sadness is to bother some more people. I also now have a list of the most uptight GFF members, so my work is just now beginning.
I got a question for the IT people, if no one ever fucked up your networks and thus waaaaaah made you guys have to do work that involves fixing them, would you have jobs? Most amazing jew boots
Last edited by Eleo; Mar 7, 2006 at 05:10 PM.
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Yes of course. Someone has to build networks, and I'm sorry but there is always work to be done. People screwing stuff up just takes us away from other work that is to be done. Whether it is by reorganizing file and folder structures on network file servers based on needs of departments, divisions, or individuals, or creating new user accounts, or configuring and deploying new equipment, such as workstations, application servers, or physical network equipment. There is so much to do than clean up so-and-so's latest booboo.
Most amazing jew boots I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
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