Is it just me or does this happen to everyone in IT? I was once call a PDTA or Permanently Designated Technical Advisor by an ex girlfriend and from that day it seems to fit so perfectly. I think this is worse than being a mechanic or a Doctor. The get ask only things related with the car or the body, but me? I get hit with every thing in the book, from how to get that old VCR to work, or how to set a watch, to how to buy some thing on the internet. It just never ends. This is with family and friends, but at work!? Help me Lord!
Apart of knowing how all the computers, FAX, Xerox machines, work, I some how have to know how all cell phones work, how to program the Satellite Dish, how the A/C units works, or why the coffee machine is not working!
Don’t get me wrong, its nice to be the one that everybody comes to…. But come one……are IT the only ones what can figure things out?
I would love to hear some stories or what you think and deal with this “super hero” status.
George.
The Captian
My view from the Captain's Chair. 16 years in IT gives me a bit of view how things are in IT. So here we go!
