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Your historic IT moments...
MD Draco:
hah hah hah, could well be! The only problem there is where to begin... Actually; personally I don't mind if a user doesn't know how to do something, (that's what I'm here for) what really gets me going is when a user doesn't even make a basic effort... I've had a few of those ... I work for an educational institute, and have worked for a few others in my time, as a result of which I have attended, and do attend a lot of "class can't work" calls, so user calls up and if it can't be fixed on the phone, I get sent to fix the issue and this is one of the things that came through; the user could see the image on the projector, the computer was working, but there was nothing on the monitor... I walked in, noticed it (the monitor) wasn't even turned on, pressed the power button and low and behold, it started working!! Amazing the things people will call for!!! lol
Worse than that though; was the time I got a call and the person giving the class started shouting at me the minute I walked into the classroom saying that the IT gear never works when they're in a class and that they always have problems, and nothing ever works how it should. During this tirade; I turned on the computer and the projector for said user, and everything started working. This user than had a barney at me asking why it always works when I walk in, so I told the user; quite loudly in front of students: "it helps if you turn things on before assuming they don't work" ... and left the class with the students laughing at said user!!
Please note; I've purposely left names of places out, and even whether the users in question were male or female to make sure they're completely unidentifiable, if this thread does take this route; please be aware that names and places should be changed and amended if necessary so that you don't lose your jobs!! Neither of these instances were during my current role, and I suspect I should keep it that way!!
ark_ader:
I don't know about historic, but I wished I studied a proper trade than computers...
Ti994/a
Atari 800XL
Acorn Electron
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
Commodore Amiga 1000
Atari STFM
Apple 2IGS
Commodore PET (rescued)
Amstrad PCW 9512
IBM PC XT Clone (I built my own and sold them)
IBM 286/386/486 SX/486SLC/486DX 100/P60/P75/ you get the idea
Amstrad PCW 9512
Apple Quadra
Apple Lisa
NEXT
iMac
2600
ColecoVision
CDi
PSX
MegaDrive
NES
SNES
N64
PSX2 & 3
Dreamcast
Saturn
PSP x2
Gamecube
Wii
Xbox1 x3
Xbox 360
Certified as MCP, A+, Network +, CNA, HNC, BSc IT, Prince 2 Practitioner, 25 years level 2 tech support. :blah:
Yeah so about the same I guess.
spoot:
I believe my historic IT moment was that I didn't shoot an idiotic "programmer" today for writing crap sql which nuked the DB again. :censored: :angry:
Drnick:
The day I got a job with a PC Manufacturer :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: Nothing but the best PC's available. Started with a 486sx (Which at the time was the newest and best) Then worked my way through the entire cpu range that followed , Anyone remember IBM's Blue Lightning, Then onto Pentium chips that couldn't do math's properly and then onto the first of the P3 range. At that point I quit working on/with PC's for about 6 Years.
@Ark, Damn 25Yrs continual. I needed that break from it all.
MD Draco:
Wow! 25 years lvl 2... longer than me!! I hit 16 years this year!! More Q's too, though I have to say; awesome sauce! I do love working in line 2... something about it, get less of the mundane that l1 get, and still have a support structure for the "big issues" heh heh :) Nearly applied for a lvl 3 job... pay rise was good... stress level was not, decided I'd stay where I am for now!! lol
I did CCNA once a few years ago, and decided that the darkened rooms required to do such dark voodoo were not for me; we have a team of guys who love the darkness... Working underground for 9 years (ex forces) has left me with only one pre-requisite for all the jobs I go for... I either get to wonder about talking to people and fixing things on the move, or have a window that actually goes outside, so I can at least see daylight or moonlight and get a taste of what's going on in the world!! lol
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