Comments on: What I do for a living http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Catharine Drozdowski http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/#comment-1771 Catharine Drozdowski Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:18:58 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=698#comment-1771 <p>Late post I realize, but nice topic. As I explained to my 10 year old daughter, " I keep the computers going".... and so she explains my job to her friends.... </p> <p>Neat. cd</p> Late post I realize, but nice topic. As I explained to my 10 year old daughter, ” I keep the computers going”…. and so she explains my job to her friends….

Neat.
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]]> By: Ben Evans http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/#comment-1655 Ben Evans Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:18:20 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=698#comment-1655 <p>Richard,</p> <p>An interesting explanation of what System Administrators (SAs) do. However, I feel some discussion of why experienced SAs should automatically be licensed to carry and use powerful automatic weapons in the workplace would really round the whole piece off.</p> <p>You might make some reference to “cluebats” , “LARTs”, possibly “lusers” and certainly alt.sysadmin.recovery.</p> <p>Best Regards</p> <p>Ben</p> Richard,

An interesting explanation of what System Administrators (SAs) do. However, I feel some discussion of why experienced SAs should automatically be licensed to carry and use powerful automatic weapons in the workplace would really round the whole piece off.

You might make some reference to “cluebats” , “LARTs”, possibly “lusers” and certainly alt.sysadmin.recovery.

Best Regards

Ben

]]> By: Sharon http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/#comment-1649 Sharon Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:40:02 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=698#comment-1649 <p>See, as a midwife, everyone says, "Oh you deliver babies then"...<em>sigh</em> </p> <p>I naturally then have to a) ignore them because I hate the word "delivery" or b) try and explain what I actually do on a daily basis (yes, occasionally helping a mum give birth is an option) or c) say "yes" if I really can't be bothered explaining!</p> See, as a midwife, everyone says, “Oh you deliver babies then”…sigh

I naturally then have to
a) ignore them because I hate the word “delivery” or
b) try and explain what I actually do on a daily basis (yes, occasionally helping a mum give birth is an option) or
c) say “yes” if I really can’t be bothered explaining!

]]> By: mavis http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/#comment-1644 mavis Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:21:44 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=698#comment-1644 <p>Whew........!</p> <p>Just think, I started out with upright typewriters and ended up working on a mainframe. And I still don't understand electricity, but marvel everytime I hit a switch.</p> Whew……..!

Just think, I started out with upright typewriters and ended up working on a mainframe. And I still don’t understand electricity, but marvel everytime I hit a switch.

]]> By: Paul http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/#comment-1643 Paul Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:44:23 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=698#comment-1643 <p>"...However, IT jobs suffer from being relatively new to the world. Job titles such as Accountant, Nurse, Lecturer, Postman are all well-understood..." Not so sure about that, mind you. I'm looking at accountancy job adverts just now, and, despite having worked as an accountant for three years, I still can't figure out what exactly a lot of them do, never mind trying to explain it to someone else! And I would think there's a lot that nurses and postmen do that I don't know about. Probably most people's understanding (mine, anyway) of what nurses do doesn't go much beyond "looking after people in hospital" - similar, I suppose, to being happy with the explanation that you, Richard, "make sure that computers are working ok".</p> “…However, IT jobs suffer from being relatively new to the world. Job titles such as Accountant, Nurse, Lecturer, Postman are all well-understood…”
Not so sure about that, mind you. I’m looking at accountancy job adverts just now, and, despite having worked as an accountant for three years, I still can’t figure out what exactly a lot of them do, never mind trying to explain it to someone else! And I would think there’s a lot that nurses and postmen do that I don’t know about. Probably most people’s understanding (mine, anyway) of what nurses do doesn’t go much beyond “looking after people in hospital” - similar, I suppose, to being happy with the explanation that you, Richard, “make sure that computers are working ok”.

]]> By: Techie Musings » A laymans guide to Systems Administration http://www.leyton.org/diary/2006/01/10/what-i-do-for-a-living/#comment-1639 Techie Musings » A laymans guide to Systems Administration Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:24:36 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=698#comment-1639 <p>[...] On my personal weblog, I’ve made a bit of an attempt to explain, in laymans terms, what a Systems Administrator does. [...]</p> [...] On my personal weblog, I’ve made a bit of an attempt to explain, in laymans terms, what a Systems Administrator does. [...]

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