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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:23 PM Original message |
Are Information Tech People Too Arrogant? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. You don't see arrogant auto mechanics? Oh really? |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't have a Car, So Maybe I was Wrong There |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I work in an IT dept at a college in a semi-tech position and I think |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. adjusted |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Librarians? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They know BOOKS! |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. IT People |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Most IT people would agree with you. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Here's why I ranked them tops: > |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. I see the perception of IT guys as arrogant on TV and stuff, but in real life, |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm Not Saying That Some of Them Aren't Nice |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. First response from any IT person after a call/email: |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ah, that's a generalization... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Arrogance is the mask of the moron |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Bingo! |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. It's very often a mask for SOME sort of insecurity. |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. We're just tired of your stupid fucking questions. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. No problem. I just reinstalled everything. Where do you keep your backup files? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yep. There are a few on this site. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. In the end, It's Still Just A Machine |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Absolutely. |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. "MOOOOOVE!" |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. Of course not. My only demand is that the mere mortals bow before me in the proper fashion. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. Primary computer problem: loose screw on the keyboard |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think it's an unfair characterization, for the most part. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Shut Up |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nearly everyone is good at something. So I get really annoyed when I deal with |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. No. End-users are too ignorant |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
27. No, the users are stupid |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Do you remember everything anyone told you on the first day of your job? |
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Pied Piper (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Actually, they don't need to remember a fucking thing |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. Our IT people |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
29. On a related note, "IT" is just too generic - misleadingly so |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not when they're around programmers. |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
31. Maybe not arrogant, but sometimes I get a bit indignant. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. i don't know about arrongent |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. What is it you do that you are good at? |
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