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By: Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 317: Inane Mastery

Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 317: Inane Mastery — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:57:07 +0000

[...] is a pseudo-followup to The System’s take on Powerpoint, as well as a followup from Monday’s on “Downtime Round the [...]

By: solar panles

solar panles — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:09:07 +0000

This is so true! I just had a friend basically tell me the same thing yesterday. He sees me as a total expert, because I can do a few things on the computer.

By: rosscott

rosscott — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:17:03 +0000

I don't even know what half those things mean.

By: TaylorMatic

TaylorMatic — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:28:14 +0000

I made the ultimate mistake… I'm known around the office as the guy who figures things out. I have become the metaphorical junk drawer for every strange/impossible/ridiculously big request that gets tossed out by clients. My current jobs include Business Analysis, Forecasting, and Scheduling.

By: mrsleep

mrsleep — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:56:14 +0000

I work in IT, however, where I work, IT seems to include TV's, VCR's, Laminators, Phones, Copy Machines, anything made after 1920 that uses electricity.

Being inquisitive and learning to teach yourself things seems to be a lost skill in 99% of the people out there.

By: Water Bear

Water Bear — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:46:37 +0000

I so relate to this. In any position i've held im the only one that seems to be willing to learn software. As soon as i put the time in to play with something i become known as the "go to guy". I put it down to the general laziness of others and the fact i love figuring stuff out!
Learning how to learn is life's most important skills.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:41:32 +0000

At my job, sending packages to Kentucky.

By: new techno

new techno — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:09:29 +0000

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By: new techno

new techno — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:07:13 +0000

this rocks man!

By: DFade

DFade — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:30:05 +0000

Oh yeah, that's me. It's not easy being the son of an IT engineer. When people think you know stuff, they'll be ready to risk their whole day's work on the belief that you know how to do magic with a system they can't be arsed to learn to use in the first place.

But hey, I'm not complaining. I'm currently typing with a 2-yo home entertainment laptop I was ordered to take with me after installing two new ones at a friend's parents' place. The previous owners had diagnosed the machine permanently dead , which turned out to be just some simple Windows crashes after repeated battery failure. Now I'm dreaming of a lightly seasoned ThinkPad… Anyone?