# IT man here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817 "2012-12-12T09:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edwardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@edwardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/1 "2012-12-12T09:16:03Z")
I am a network administrator. Anyone who also in IT field? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/2 "2012-12-12T10:06:03Z")
> [@edwardz](#): > > I am a network administrator. Anyone who also in IT field? I’m certain we have plenty, but you’ll get a better response if you look at forum descriptions and post based on those. I’ve reported this thread so a moderator will move it. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/3 "2012-12-12T12:30:22Z")
MOved to MPSIMS. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/4 "2012-12-12T13:27:09Z")
You can’t swing a CAT-5 without hitting an IT geek around here. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/5 "2012-12-12T13:39:57Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > You can’t swing a CAT-5 without hitting an IT geek around here. Or their significant others, in my case 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/6 "2012-12-12T15:31:05Z")
I was IT until September, but now I’m just another stupid user, mua ha ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/7 "2012-12-12T15:32:41Z")
I am in the IT field. Principal Systems Administrator at my regular, full-time job and sort of Consulting Director of IT at my part-time side job. I don’t really do any desktop support. My area of work is building infrastructure and making it all work harmoniously (SAN, Network, Servers, racks, power, cooling, monitoring, performance tuning and datacenters). ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/8 "2012-12-12T15:55:49Z")
I am but a lowly Service Desk Technician - general troubleshooting covering, according to my callers, anything that plugs into a wall socket, beeps, or makes them curse. Overall, it’s a fun job. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/9 "2012-12-12T16:37:18Z")
When people as me what I do IRL, I tell them I am a Computer Janitor. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/10 "2012-12-12T16:38:56Z")
Occasionally I’m an Ignorant Twat. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/11 "2012-12-12T16:48:26Z")
IT man here, IT man there, IT man everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/12 "2012-12-12T16:52:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Occasionally I’m an Ignorant Twat. Does that count? No, of course that doesn’t count. That just means you’re the customer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/13 "2012-12-12T16:52:35Z")
I enable bad development by fixing things. I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/14 "2012-12-12T17:34:26Z")
We have a very small company so **I** am the IT dept. I’ve renamed my title as “Grand Poobah in Charge of Keeping the Shit Running” Therefore, I \*am not \*an IT guy. I’m a “Keep the shit running” guy. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/15 "2012-12-12T17:45:40Z")
I’m majoring in IT as we speak. I just started. Next semester I am taking Information Technology, Ethics, and Society, and a course in BASIC. Come back in a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![y7xzh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@y7xzh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/y7xzh1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/16 "2012-12-12T17:57:18Z")
i know so many it man they are in a place baidu’s xiankaba (display card forum) they never only talk dispay card ,they talk everything 24 hours they not sleep so many guys ，they all college and they teach me too much they just like talk any title about money ,about I.T about the company ,everything ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/17 "2012-12-12T18:07:55Z")
Basic what? And why? Seriously - does anyone still use BASIC? My current livelihood is based on people who know FORTRAN, so I may not be the best person to poke fun at seemingly archaic programming languages. At my sister-in-law’s business, I am the “One And Only Who Knows How to Keep Windows NT And Modems Working. Yes, I Said Modems.” :smack: At work, there are about 27,000 people in the “IT Department” so we tend to become rather specialized. My particular specialty is security administration on CA Top Secret mainframes. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/18 "2012-12-12T18:12:19Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Basic what? And why? Seriously - does anyone still use BASIC? My current livelihood is based on people who know FORTRAN, so I may not be the best person to poke fun at seemingly archaic programming languages. VB still gets a lot use, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/19 "2012-12-12T18:12:24Z")
Visual Basic, computer programming. My mentor recommended I take C++ but they weren’t offering that next semester. Visual Basic was a second recommendation, and I figured it couldn’t hurt to have it. ---
**Author:** ![y7xzh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9c0ed/32.png) [@y7xzh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/y7xzh1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817/20 "2012-12-12T18:20:59Z")
i only know c/c++ were higher but haven’t learn that they programmer in chinese , always learn java and some linux ,android,sql [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-man-here/643817.md?page=2)