I believe that part of this stems from the way people perceive IS. We're seen as problem solvers and as helpful people who get things done. We tend to know who to talk to and where to find things. Not a bad thing, but it can be inconvenient when you have a system down and people want to know why the water fountain isn't working. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Infrastructure Specialist defined - was: OT - ugh! On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> wrote: > I seem to find people who think I know everything about anything > electrical, from mobile phones and games consoles to TVs and, > um, recreational massagers :-0 I had someone ask me today if we (IT dept) could provide them with a table. And I don't mean a database, I mean the wooden variety. It's bad enough that people hit me up for spare computer parts for their home PC, now we're a furniture store? WTF? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
