Originally posted by LoudMusic
Hey now, geeks are people too! (: I am probably the most well-rounded person you will ever come across. I put people and morals ahead of everything else. Friendships are the most important thing to me.
If your view of 'geekdom' has been damaged by some jerk sys-admin, tell your boss, PLEASE. The industry needs more people, but first and foremost they have to be good people. I hate that system administrators are known only for their computer skills and large paychecks. The SNL skit with the computer tech that screams "MOVE!" at his co-workers is funny, and true, and annoys the CRAP out of me.
I had two geek roommates last year, worked with one of them (actually, he had my current job before me). By chatname - Mayco is a server application genius, but he's never been much of a people person. He's a nice guy, but he can't handle people who 'just don't get it'. Fade is a bit different. He just hates people. That's bad, real bad. We keep him in the back room with the servers (:
Everyone thinks I'm so great because I'll actually talk to them. I show a little personallity and suddenly I'm not the big scary tech. Mostly I make the users fix the computer and I just watch. It's a learning experience for them and they love it. I also explain things to them instead of just telling them to get out of my way. I'm on a firstname friendship basis with everyone (roughly 55 employees) where I work, and I have no enemies. I've been there three years (anniversary this week), and the only person with complaints about me had a nervous breakdown and was fired - I don't concider that to be my problem (:
I helped Jordan move to his new webhost. He deamed me "Holder of hands". I thought this was very fitting. I don't usually end up doing the work, I just hold someone's hand while they read the instructions and do it themself. And they PAY me for that ... amazing.
~LoudMusic
Nice poster, by the way... 
