# SDMB Technology Advisory Council (-or- IT Dopers Check In) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236 "2006-05-10T16:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/21 "2006-05-11T11:34:34Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Senior IT Program Manager > > …which to be honest means I really don’t know how to actually **DO** anything… > > […slinks slowly out of thread with head hung low…] Sr. Systems Engineer is the title, but I really do program management and farm out the techie type stuff nowadays. I do know (or have a darn good idea) how to do some things, but they don’t actually give me systems admin access to DO anything. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/22 "2006-05-11T11:41:16Z")
> [@cabdude](#): > > Hey there - Operations here. Ah, one of the folks who executes my incomprehensible requests. Operations dudes are my buds. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/23 "2006-05-11T12:13:16Z")
Yet another developer here. Working on Oracle based stuff, PL/SQL, Pro\*C (SQL embedded in C), Forms and Reports\*\*\*\*\* ☹ for just over ten years. We are supposed to be moving to C# and .Net at some point, but I’m not holding my breath. \*\*\*\*\*Or maybe :eek: – anyone else had to use Oracle Reports? Forms is pretty bad but Reports is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/24 "2006-05-11T12:41:26Z")
Systems Administrator here for a regional educational service agency in MI. Of course the title doesn’t mean a whole lot here as I wear a lot of different hats. I run, maintain, and update our web server, e-mail server, RADIUS server, proxy-cache server, and DNS server. I also am responsible for running our 2 financial servers both of which have their own firewall. In addition to that I maintain our phone and voice mail system and also do hardware and software support for a department here. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/25 "2006-05-11T13:23:08Z")
_Code Monkey Intern_. I work in C#, ASP, and [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) so far. Nothing fancy here, though I fancy the idea of starting my own dotcom… ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/26 "2006-05-11T13:27:18Z")
My title is Senior Applications Developer, I analyze, design and implement applications using a vast arsenal consisting of SQL, PowerBuilder and VB 6. I am in the process of developing some apps in .NET on the side so as to get the hell out of my job and live a fulfilled life as a rich bastard. To hell with Open Source 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/27 "2006-05-11T13:31:40Z")
Sr. Analyst here, doing some PL/SQL and Oracle. Mostly my days are making sure that what the programmers programmed matches some sort of specification and the results are independently verified. More than a tester, less than a "real"programmer. As the programmers manage to insinuate almost daily. (there’s some bad blood between our new startup team and the programmers that have been here for years). Eli ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/28 "2006-05-11T13:32:26Z")
Senior Graphics Administrator at an ad agency. In short: I’m a Mac geek. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/29 "2006-05-11T14:06:06Z")
Network Engineer checking in. I’m the guy who tells you that you can’t get to your files because the network is down. I’m getting ready to switch a bit, and have been looking for a job in network and desktop security. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/30 "2006-05-11T14:14:33Z")
Ah, so this is what Geek looks like in writing. I’ve heard it before, just never seen it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/31 "2006-05-11T14:14:39Z")
Title says Sr. Programmer/Analyst. Reality says only Programmer/Analyst. Our staff got cut in half a few years ago. I made the cut. I am primarily an \*\*RPGLE Programmer \*\* on an AS400/Iseries Box. I work on maintaining the Microsoft Servers especially Exchange. I build, troubleshoot and repair PC’s and act as surly help desk tech for Microsoft, Printers and our ERP system. I haven’t seen an operator since 1999. Must be nice to work someplace that still has them. I was a Cobol/RPG/C programmer in the past. Jim ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/32 "2006-05-11T14:15:56Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Senior Graphics Administrator at an ad agency. In short: I’m a Mac geek. 😕 Wait a minute, your not only a guy, but not even a nurse? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/33 "2006-05-11T14:42:59Z")
IT titles can be a bit nebulous, but I have done lots of SAP configuration, written code in obscure languages, managed systems team, written specs, run projects. Just about every IT thing at one point or another. Sort of a jack of all trades… ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/34 "2006-05-11T14:48:03Z")
I’ve been doing technical support since 1994. So I’m the person your end users can call. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/35 "2006-05-11T15:00:55Z")
I’m a systems and application administrator, which means I am part of a group that’s expected to keep the back end of the business running while somehow not complaining about the manipulative bullshit heaped on us by ignorant jamokes with “senior vice” at the beginning of their job titles. (I’m currently dealing with an incipient shitstorm centered on the sharing of passwords by lazy executives.) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/36 "2006-05-11T15:31:57Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > 😕 Wait a minute, your not only a guy, but not even a nurse? I really gotta change my user name someday. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/37 "2006-05-11T15:33:30Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > 😕 Wait a minute, your not only a guy, but not even a nurse? I thought the same thing. **NurseCarmen** has got the most nebulous username on the boards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/38 "2006-05-11T15:50:47Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I really gotta change my user name someday. or at least your location field, maybe something like: “Not a nurse/Male” Jim {Guy/geek or IT dude} ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/39 "2006-05-11T16:01:04Z")
Sr. Programmer Analyst, going on 22 years :eek: in Unix/C; 14 or so years programming in Oracle. Sometime this fall I will cross the line where I’ve been a professional programmer longer than I haven’t been. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236/40 "2006-05-11T16:20:17Z")
I am a computer engineer (the kind with an actual degree in engineering), systems administrator, head of network administration, freelance consultant in networking and computer systems and an instructor in IT. I’m also one of those who dislikes the renaming of job functions to ‘engineer’ to make it sound more prestigious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-technology-advisory-council-or-it-dopers-check-in/356236.md?page=3)