Agreed. It's like the saying, "Show me a plumber, and I'll show you a guy with leaky pipes." Or something like that. After working with computers and networks all day, the last thing I want to do is work on my own stuff when I get home.
I do love video games, but play them veery sparingly. I LOVE TV, and watching movies in HD. Most people I know have no clue I'm a "computer guy", and I prefer it that way. I don't let it define me. On Nov 26, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Don Guyer wrote: > “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 > [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-actual-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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
