Comment Have we brought this on ourselves? (Score 1) 246
I totally understand, the long hours, being under appreciated, under payed etc. I remember being young and thinking I could do it all. I've only got 9 years of experiance, but when I first started, I thought I could do it all and quickly, I tried to be "superman", provide really cool and useful apps, networks, etc. really fast. That way I would be "The Man". Unfortunatally, I learned the hard way. I ended up becoming overweight, mad and bitter. I've changed, I've admitted to myself I don't know everything, but I will learn and correct the problem. Probably the most important thing I've learned is how to handle management and politics.
We as system admins./network techs/etc. have delievered the message that we can make it work fast and easy. We know there will be problems, from my experince I though IT managers knew this also and would let other managers in the company know. Oh, well. The same goes for the Windows problem. I remember thinking "...I could get more done if I didn't have to tell people how to use a program...", "...if they just had a mouse and a icon they could do it on their own..." know I long for the days of a Mainframe and terminals.
Just my $0.02
We as system admins./network techs/etc. have delievered the message that we can make it work fast and easy. We know there will be problems, from my experince I though IT managers knew this also and would let other managers in the company know. Oh, well. The same goes for the Windows problem. I remember thinking "...I could get more done if I didn't have to tell people how to use a program...", "...if they just had a mouse and a icon they could do it on their own..." know I long for the days of a Mainframe and terminals.
Just my $0.02
