My wife alone is enough to accomplish that. She just continually and repeatedly makes a mess of her digital life.Between my sister, my wife, my family, my friends... My life is one big support call
And in public!!! But we’re only musicians so I’m not sure it counts.My wife alone is enough to accomplish that. She just continually and repeatedly makes a mess of her digital life.
And unfortunately for her, she's Apple, which <fingers in sign of the cross> I know very little about, so I try to help, to some extent, but gee golly gosh, I'm not very good at it, and like, I kinda wish she'd take responsibility for her own stuff herself.
Did I really just say that?
Pfft, you're all in IT anyway, so you definitely don't count. Nobody listens to those folks anyway!And in public!!! But we’re only musicians so I’m not sure it counts.
TIKTOK is to blame, some how it has fried more neurons than nuclear radiation!There's a concept of decorum that seems to have left the building with some folks.
There's also concept of logical thinking that has escaped some folks.
Sure, i've been called to fix home alarm and cameras ^^When you are in IT, people think you know everything about all technology. They expect you to help with anything that has a processor
Aiiii... everything that uses electrons. I get where they’re coming from — it’s all foreign weirdness to them, and they need help with it — but they often don’t realize how much they’re asking for,When you are in IT, people think you know everything about all technology. They expect you to help with anything that has a processor
I wonder if shevand my OL are related. My OL is a basket case 24/7/365....My wife alone is enough to accomplish that. She just continually and repeatedly makes a mess of her digital life.
And unfortunately for her, she's Apple, which <fingers in sign of the cross> I know very little about, so I try to help, to some extent, but gee golly gosh, I'm not very good at it, and like, I kinda wish she'd take responsibility for her own stuff herself.
Did I really just say that?
Yep since the 80s. Maybe before "IT" was a label lolDoes everyone here work in IT?
Sometimes seems like it.
Or retired, probably from IT.
def before in my case: punch cards, Cobol/JCL running on mighty IBM370 mainframes, command line only MS-DOS running on PCs with 5.25 floppy drives and RAM measured in "K",+ eager trips to ComputerLand to get my monthly Byte magazine (wish I'd kept some of those).Yep since the 80s. Maybe before "IT" was a label lol
I tell people I’m a chef but I don’t build ovens.When you are in IT, people think you know everything about all technology. They expect you to help with anything that has a processor
The first “real” computer I worked with was an IBM 1620....Cobol/JCL running on mighty IBM370 mainframes...
CP/M and a homebrew multitasker running on an Intel 4004. 8” floppies (back when they actually were floppy) and punch tape....command line only MS-DOS running on PCs with 5.25 floppy drives and RAM measured in "K"...
No you don’t. Seriously. I hung onto way too many magazines for way too long....eager trips to ComputerLand to get my monthly Byte magazine (wish I'd kept some of those).
1620! o boy - you have the crown sir:Can’t believe I’m jumping into a round of “My Geek’s Bigger Than Your Geek,” but what the hell...
The first “real” computer I worked with was an IBM 1620.
CP/M and a homebrew multitasker running on an Intel 4004.
No you don’t. Seriously. I hung onto way too many magazines for way too long.
Okay, I’m done. Now to strut around for a bit until someone tops me.
Nope, structural engineer here I do need IT guys at work to install or update my programs because they are the only ones who have administrator rightsDoes everyone here work in IT?
Sometimes seems like it.
Or retired, probably from IT.
When you are in IT, people think you know everything about all technology. They expect you to help with anything that has a processor