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Geoff Miller (geoffm@purplehaze.Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: brerbear@netcom.com (Buddy Bear at L and M Enterprises) asks:

: > You don't perchance work for the government, do you, Geoff?


: Nope.  I'm a system administrator employed by a moderately well
: known computer manufacturer.

: You can pull your jaw up out of your lap now, Buddy Bear.  Hyuk!

No jaw lapping at this end, hombre. 
Boy, you get to work with the real winners, then: Software Engineers! 

Those are always my favorites. You'd think that people who actually 
write the code, would really know the finer points of how a system 
works, and not give you any trouble, hum? 

Of course I was surprised to meet the Aviation Hydrolics Engineer who
worked for Pratt & Whitney, who could not grasp the fundamentals 
of automotive brake systems, when I was a kid working in a Florida 
garage. 

Same mentality prevails in the computer industry.

The sad fact is that users are usually busy with what they do and don't 
really think about what your job is. They take the network operation for 
granted. there is always the occasional Bozo, (Look! I said it again) 
who simply expects the sysem and the system admin to be able to fix any 
problem that he may cause, and only understands the importance of his 
own work, giving no thought to the impact his problems may have on 
anybody else's work or productivity. 

While I would never call such a person a bozo, to his face, but would 
simply repair the damage and go on about my tasks, I am entitled to 
my opinion.  




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Buddy Bear   at L & M Enterprises
"It is a great mistake to try to cure a man of paranoia, for it gives him 
just as clear an understanding of the innards of the universe as Psychology
or religion."
             - Peter S. Beagle, I See by my Outfit. 
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