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« Reply #120 on: Thursday, August 31, 2017, 12:51:10 »

Cheers.  But why don't you have to contribute to the pot. It seems a funny game whereby you don't have to put in then clean out the others who have. A metaphor for neoliberal capitalism perhaps.

I worded the example badly, of course you do contribute to the pot but no one can win more than is put in. Hence zero sum.
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« Reply #121 on: Thursday, August 31, 2017, 14:23:31 »

I always thought it was like making love to a beautiful woman.....

I can only think you must be doing it wrong.
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« Reply #122 on: Thursday, August 31, 2017, 20:03:48 »

I can only think you must be doing it wrong.

I hope so  :gay:
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« Reply #123 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 09:19:59 »

I work in IT but computers bore me.

Me too
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« Reply #124 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 10:27:15 »

Me too
Serious question Posh Red, if you are in it as a job and it bores you then why don't you have a change of career to something you will like?
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« Reply #125 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 12:06:47 »

I can work in IT (well, software development) and I think it's great!
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« Reply #126 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 12:17:07 »

It's the end users that annoy me. There's no appreciation. People expect 24/7 support.

It's a thankless job.

With commitments, it's very difficult just to change career on a similar salary.
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« Reply #127 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 12:40:36 »

I can work in IT (well, software development) and I think it's great!
Smug bastard. Me too, though (enjoy it and smug about it) Smiley
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« Reply #128 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 12:41:58 »

It's the end users that annoy me. There's no appreciation. People expect 24/7 support.

It's a thankless job.

This. Worked in hardware & software support for many years.
Both internal & external support. Lack of appreciation was appalling on both fronts.

Just got fed up in the end of copping the flack that should have been going the way of cowboy sales departments and untouchable development teams.
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« Reply #129 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 13:13:27 »

untouchable development teams.

Awwww yeah
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« Reply #130 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 13:38:01 »

Awwww yeah
Quite.
At last company an email went round to the support team on how to read the body language of a particular developer prior to approaching him.

That was the final straw for me.
Just get him a mini set of desktop traffic lights.
To cap it all he also had a ponytail.
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« Reply #131 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 13:40:52 »

You are all so needy!  You'll be moaning you didn't get enough house points next.
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« Reply #132 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 15:04:50 »

Quite.
At last company an email went round to the support team on how to read the body language of a particular developer prior to approaching him.

That was the final straw for me.
Just get him a mini set of desktop traffic lights.
To cap it all he also had a ponytail.

To be fair I work(ed) for a start up (we got purchased a few months ago, but not much has changed). Everyone here is pretty young and approachable.
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« Reply #133 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 15:15:06 »

To be fair I work(ed) for a start up (we got purchased a few months ago, but not much has changed). Everyone here is pretty young and approachable.


That's good.
Software development & support should be interlinked & not separate and competing departments.

The alternative would be for developers to also front line support their own software.
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« Reply #134 on: Friday, September 1, 2017, 15:29:35 »

Yeah we work closely with our support, which does make for a much smoother process. You do get some devs, unfortunately, who refuse to accept change and live in the 'dark ages'. Questioning their code is like telling them you're gonna murder their family.
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