Poll - Do you work in IT?

[bluestrobe]

.......and Bill Gates is trying to get the overseas restrictions lifted for hiring programmers because he says the labor pool in the USA can't keep up with his company's demands. I would love doing preventive and general maintenance on a server farm. I don't have the patience for programming.

 

[networkman]

Originally posted by: Spacehead
Luckily there's :beer:

Yep, I got that covered too... see the sig. 😀

 

[GLeeM]

Just had to vote. Only have a couple months left to qualify for the next to last age bracket 🙂

I don't work in the IT Department, but I too am "administrator of an enterprise-level software system"; know enough about our data gathering system that everyone comes to me about it (and just about all the other software we use too).

I once took pity on a secretary after the IT Dept said they couldn't help her so I made a program that saved her at least a months worth of work. The head of IT took exception to this (probably because I don't have a degree) and chewed out my boss for an hour - told him to not let me touch any of "his" computers ever again!! LOL so much for a programming career.

Haven't had much time to do the work of my job title - Rotary Driller. I used to drill blast holes in solid rock, 16" diameter, 60 feet deep. I miss the reading time (hours per day) but don't miss the shift work.

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: GeoffS

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
I'm a mechanic & I'm hating it more as time passes (stupid cars are more & more cramped to work on:|,frigging designers!:|) ,I would still like to go into IT

... and work on frigging cramped PC cases instead? 😛

Bah! ,their a breeze compared to some cars!😛

NWM
lol ,I think that must be in their rule book! (especially Renault & Citroens!)

 

[ssvegeta1010]

I'm 14, so the whole working thing doesn't really apply to me yet. (Although a summer job may be in order to afford that shiny new A64 system)

 

[mondobyte]

Yeah ... I'm an Old Fart ... Old .. but not dead and buried ...

At over 50, I have the business Saavy and experience to solve the problems that those not yet dry behind the ears can't.

I am definitely not "over the hill" when it comes to IT solutions.

I struggle everyday to keep well informed and "trained". As each of you in the industry age, I challenge you ti keep ahead of the "game". It takes a lot of effort ... more now than in my 40's and more in my 40's than in my 30's. Those of us who take the challenge seriously will continue, those who don't are subject to early Alzheimer's.

Get real ... age has nothing to do with this .. it is all about aptitude and attitude. Creeping senility may decrease either but there are many of us "old farts" who are still agile mentally and able to learn new technologies and compete with the new "brats" on the block.

mondo

 

[dmcowen674]

Doing Computer work in Telecom, does that count???

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Mondo-

I just have to say that some of the most recent posts by have been extremely insightful. I understand how other boards may not respect your views, but the main reason that I have stayed at Anandtech is the great amount caring normal people. I hope to hear more of your views, as the age comments you made hit very close at home. Previously, I have thought of my parents as stupid (naturally, being young, most children do), I have recently realized that they have knowledge far beyond what is exposed on a daily basis. I would write more, but its 2 AM and I have to get some cleaning done before I go to sleep.

~Tom

 

[mondobyte]

Originally posted by: ssvegeta1010
... I have thought of my parents as stupid (naturally, being young, most children do), I have recently realized that they have knowledge far beyond what is exposed on a daily basis. ...~Tom

Tom,

It was an increasing epiphany as I aged from 20 to 30 ... just how saavy and intelligent my parents "became" ... Perhaps my discovery was serendipitous but I would prefer to think that all of us with any reasonable IQ go through that stage. I would say that until I was about 30, I was totally oblivious to much of what is second nature now. On the downside, I have observed many who never "learned" or "matured". The sad part is that some who are wrecklessly charismatic have risen to heights that those individuals cannot support with intelligent action.

Thanks for your kind comments.

Steven