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Originally posted by Fir3start3r And it's simply a perquisite when it comes to visiting family. More like I come prepared to do some maintenance with an army of small little apps on a USB drive everywhere I go...

I had my uncle come over with a computer the other day... he got it free from someone and wanted me to fix it -- turned out it had no HD. lol

...but yea, been there, know the feeling.

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Originally posted by Swamper he got it free from someone and wanted me to fix it -- turned out it had no HD. lol

Bahahaha....oh thats funny..

so did you fix it?..lol

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Originally posted by TheNeonAlien RAM became a buzz word....no one knew what the fuck it did. If you had a shit computer......need more RAM! RAM!! RAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!

That's so true, few years ago it was all about CPU's 1 GHz this 2 GHz, how this processor? Can this run Doom 3? etc.

Now customers come in with their motherboard manuals and ask how much memory can they put in their computer.

I seriously don't know where to start....I have been working in the IT industry for 4 years...it has tought me nothin but how people really are, that you are only needed, not wanted. They don't want to talk to you about anything else, and when you are seen doing it others will see you as not working, I happen to like talking to some of my users thank you so fuck off.

I have even gone as far to no longer assist family members with PC issues or even people that know them....even when I was at the company xmas party some were even talkin shop with me, one girl who is so pretty I told her, this is not the time or place, unless you wanna continue the party in one of the rooms in this hotel don't talk to me about work. Disgusting profession that we need to take major advantage of, because most people simply do not appriciate us therefore we can't grow.

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Today i charged someone 50 bucks because he couldnt connect to internet on his laptop. It was $3000 toshiba laptop. After clicking here and there for 10min, I turned the little switch on front of the loptop and started working. well always forgetting that you need to think simple. Anyways, thats what you pay for ignorance to technology.

Oz.

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I personally think the author of this article is a whinner. I'm a technician and yes it can be frustrating at times, but hey, being the "computer guy" is better than being the "garbage man".

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Originally posted by phlog I personally think the author of this article is a whinner. I'm a technician and yes it can be frustrating at times, but hey, being the "computer guy" is better than being the "garbage man".

Yeah, but on the other hand I bet garbagemen don't get asked to take out their friends' garbage whenever they come by.

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Garbagemen get paid a lot more than IT people so personally, if I could stand to actually do the work, I don't think I'd really care about the reputation.

And garbagemen don't get asked to do shit, ever, because they're unionized and incapable of doing anything other than refusing to pick up garbage because the ratio of garbage to recycling and compost was too high and/or the container was too large and/or the individual bags weren't arranged in a perfectly symmetrical pattern.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Garbagemen get paid a lot more than IT people so personally, if I could stand to actually do the work, I don't think I'd really care about the reputation. And garbagemen don't get asked to do shit, ever, because they're unionized and incapable of doing anything other than refusing to pick up garbage because the ratio of garbage to recycling and compost was too high and/or the container was too large and/or the individual bags weren't arranged in a perfectly symmetrical pattern.

...k

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...my point is that there are PLENTY of jobs that are much worse than being in IT, regardless of these 10 reasons...

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yea there are worse professions...like working at Radioshack...I mean they make it like you have to be a science professor to work there, and they pay nothing, plus the only thing that is a sure sell is batteries.

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"I don't care man, the fuckin music at the clubs is usually way too loud...that one beat all night long"

"(hears phone ring) "OH FUCK HERE WE GO! (picks it up) SHITT what what??"

-Dane Cook