Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

Yes, it's you...:rofl:

Never reads an email from IT Dept or Network Ops...But then moans about not being told :frown:

How do I know?

Because there is no way IT dept would be able to email you if email isn't working!

They emailed you before the email went down...

D'oh:p

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

I think people mix common sense with practical ability, or, even manual skill or craftsmanship. It's fair to say that people who hone their skills in particular environments get better at it.

I've met people who will dismiss graduates as having no common sense but yet can't get on in life, are always in debt and have poor relationships, and poor judgement.

Many graduates with degrees often have reasonable judgement, and therefore common sense, even if they can't sand a floor. They may never have practised it enough.

Some (a minority) of IT geeks could do with broadening horizons a tad but this last 10 years the Internet has made them very respectable, IMHO.

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

:confused::confused::confused:

A technical writing course should be included in all IT education. It's communication that is the problem, not the IT.

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

Oops. I agree though.

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

So what was actually bust?

There are more than 1 way of accessing the office emails:
Outlook
Blackberry
web based outlook via exchange server
pop3
etc

Maybe they sent the mail so that the managers with Blackberrys could let the minions know that outlook wouldn't be working for a while? Its all well and good taking the pi55 but we know what we meant.:frown:

Sorry,
IT nerd:ohmy:

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

I always say, turn it off and on again!!

I'm coming over to live in April, any IT jobs where you guys are?
I have Infrastructure, Project Management (Prince2) and ITIL experience.

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

I always say, turn it off and on again!!
That's the no 1 secret that IT guys keep... :rofl:
That's what cures 99.9% of all IT issues... :p


I'm coming over to live in April, any IT jobs where you guys are?

Plenty in Sydney for .net people...:thumbup:

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

99.9 % of Windows issues, not IT issues.....

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

99.9% of IT Issues = 99.9% of Windows issues

Windows is 99.9% of the market...The rest is the also ran:rofl:

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

dalek voice "re-image, re-image..."

dalek's are good at re-imaging

Cooler

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

Typical Windows guy, not realising the rest of the world exists...:p

Typical Microsoft lover - cant write your own code, so use .net to do it for you :p (coming from an ex Visual Studio developer)

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

In fact, mate..I do write code in php too!


The computer you're using to type these comments on, be honest, is it running on windows by any chance??

Mate, don't be a geek!

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

Funnily enough, one of the initiatives that Thatcher's party introduced during the late '80s was based on exactly those lines. They encouraged arty A'level students to do degrees in computers and engineering in the misguided hope of breeding some super race of geeks who could express themselves. Such students were offered entry to the premier courses in the country with off-subject A'levels.

And that's how, sucker that I am, I ended up starting a degree in computer science - complete with modules in degree level maths. Funnily enough I had no problem with the subject matter (despite getting my A'levels in arts-oriented English, Geography and Economics) but had an epiphany one day in a tutor group. I looked around the classroom at my fellow students and said to myself, 'Jesus H, if these are the people I'll be working with when I graduate, then I'm off'. And so I dropped out. And ended up working for HSBC on the currency trading floor where I had a similar epiphany and went back to college to do the English degree I should have done in the first place. Even funnier then, I suppose, that I ended up working in the geek industries anyway ...

:D

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

Fair comment - my browsing is done on XP:o My bad. The other 800+ boxes I look after are non windows though.;)

Re: Do IT nerds have sense?
 

No probs...You didn't realise the extent of windows domination...:eek:

Specially into the non techie world

Only pen pushers use mac...Which now almost all run windows anyway...:p

Question is why not use any of the 800+? Not nice GUI? hard to use?