For me, the worst part of the stereotype is that you have no knowledge of anything else but IT. "What you know about <fill in the subject>? You work in IT."
Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 _____ From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Humor This is probably a stereotype that will live on for quite some time, but it's possible to use the stereotypes to your advantage. I remember one casual-dress day wearing a T-shirt with my favorite NASCAR driver on it, threw off pretty much everyone because of course the stereotype of a NASCAR fan (beer swilling pot belly sister loving blue collar worker with double-digit IQ) and IT geek aren't exactly similar. Wearing a NASCAR shirt while working on an old Datsun adds to folks' confusion J Stereotypes, fun for you, fun for me. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Don Guyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 7:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Humor "Pretty funny, although I grow tired of the assumptions that everyone in IT is a Star Trek / video game junkie... etc." I agree. Funny thing though, it seems like this is not so much the norm any longer, at least in recent history. Most of the techies I meet nowadays have some kind of outside interests, not related to IT at all. I still run into one once in awhile who has a home network that they play on for 4 hours a night after working their day job. I can't do that, I would get burned out. Yeah, I have pretty much every game system available today (have 2 young kids), but I don't play more than a few hours a week, at most. If there's sports on, it's on my TV. If it's decent outside, I'm out there doing something. My favorite activity is crawling over big rocks in my Jeep. I don't think I've seen a Star Trek episode/movie in 25 years. :^) Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com <blocked::blocked::http://www.prufoxroach.com/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Humor Pretty funny, although I grow tired of the assumptions that everyone in IT is a Star Trek / video game junkie... etc. Anytime time I start a new position, everybody always tried to greet me with "You the new IT guy? I watch Star Trek TOO!" Yeah... I don't own a TV, and I don't play games... -Sam PS - I do love the IT Crowd though. This clip reminded me of it. If you haven't seen it, it's a great british sitcom: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=it+crowd&search_type=&aq=f _____ From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Humor http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-get-the-it-department-to-do-their-ac tual-job Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
