You techies ever get that aMaZiNg feeling?

[bladder23]

You experienced techies ever get that feeling of incredible happiness when you fix the problem with your computer?

I have been toying with hardware for nearly 5 years and I love it!

 

[eldorado99]

Don't worry, it goes away.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Then I suggest you never start fixing computers for a living.

 

[bladder23]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Then I suggest you never start fixing computers for a living.

Why not?

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: bladder23

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Then I suggest you never start fixing computers for a living.

Why not?

It stops feeling so amazing in a hurry!

 

[olds]

Not any more. Most things work out of the box now.
I remember a time when I was trying to set up RAID on an Abit KT7A RAID board. I had windows 98, a creative sound card and IBM 75GXP hdds.
Nothing wanted to work together as I had IRQ conflicts left and right and the chipset and the sound card didn't like eachother.

Finally getting that working gave me the feeling you describe. At least until one of the hdds developed the "click of death".

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: eldorado99
Don't worry, it goes away.

I agree. It disappears when I glance at the clock and think, "I spent how much time?"

 

[legoman666]

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: eldorado99
Don't worry, it goes away.

I agree. It disappears when I glance at the clock and think, "I spent how much time?"

its more fun to spend hours fighting hardware problems than software problems.

 

[JohnCU]

If you think that's an aMaZiNg feeling, try touching a real live woman.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: legoman666

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: eldorado99
Don't worry, it goes away.

I agree. It disappears when I glance at the clock and think, "I spent how much time?"

its more fun to spend hours fighting hardware problems than software problems.

How true that is.

Originally posted by: JohnCU
If you think that's an aMaZiNg feeling, try touching a real live woman.

You... know where to find a real live woman? *seizure*

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: bladder23

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Then I suggest you never start fixing computers for a living.

Why not?

It stops feeling so amazing in a hurry!

precisely the reason I got out of the IT field. I was going through curriculum meant to prepare me for CCNA certification, and I wanted to go into computer engineering for school. Then I realized I would never be happy if I had to do it for a living every day, and I pretty much just sputtered out at the end of high school and gave up on the idea for a career. Wanted to go into the Signal Corps in the Army like my buddy did, and at the same time gave up on that idea (switched focus to Military Intel, and that's where my current major is taking me, although presently I prefer Armor or Infantry).

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: legoman666

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: eldorado99
Don't worry, it goes away.

I agree. It disappears when I glance at the clock and think, "I spent how much time?"

its more fun to spend hours fighting hardware problems than software problems.

I like adding hardware, and troubleshooting problems with new hardware is the only time I mildly enjoy troubleshooting. If a problem comes out of the blue, frustration is the only thing I know.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: bladder23

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Then I suggest you never start fixing computers for a living.

Why not?

It stops feeling so amazing in a hurry!

precisely the reason I got out of the IT field. I was going through curriculum meant to prepare me for CCNA certification, and I wanted to go into computer engineering for school. Then I realized I would never be happy if I had to do it for a living every day, and I pretty much just sputtered out at the end of high school and gave up on the idea for a career. Wanted to go into the Signal Corps in the Army like my buddy did, and at the same time gave up on that idea (switched focus to Military Intel, and that's where my current major is taking me, although presently I prefer Armor or Infantry).

you don't fix computers as a CpE.