Are you at work right now?

storker

anvilfour wrote: »

I work in IT, I don't define myself as an "IT Person" - I love history, politics and debating, all things which you can find in After Hours. Most of my life I've spent working outside the Technology Sector - if you work in McDonalds would that make you a "Hamburger person" out of interest? :-D

Good point. Among my interests are history, some politics, aviation and chess. IT for me is a job, not a hobby.

storker

Mint Aero wrote: »

Funny as well that IT people are like I work in IT blah blah and I have a iPhone blah blah. Probably loads of people here with cool jobs who are too cool to say what they do unlike IT people.

The profession does have some relevance in this thread, though, since sometimes the IT person is only able to access Boards from work because they're an IT person. Boards isn't blocked where I work, so I don't need to "run a bypass" on the firewall. (I did unblock Netflix for the receptionists over the Christmas holidays, when they were the only ones who were going to be in the building... )

Duggy747

Mint Aero wrote: »

Bit sad to see so many IT people here. No wonder AH went to sh*t.

Mint Aero wrote: »

Funny as well that IT people are like I work in IT blah blah and I have a iPhone blah blah. Probably loads of people here with cool jobs who are too cool to say what they do unlike IT people.

Someone sounds salty about IT, bad experience with the local techie? Did they ignore a ticket you submitted?

I work in IT too, we're all here because we're on top of everything..............or hiding from our problems :pac:

Mint Aero

Mint Aero wrote: »

Funny as well that IT people are like I work in IT blah blah and I have a iPhone blah blah. Probably loads of people here with cool jobs who are too cool to say what they do unlike IT people.

I have an iPhone, and a Nexus, and a Macbook Air, and a Surface Pro.

Also got a new chair with lumbar support to sit my fat arse is on.

And. AND. I have a walkie talkie :cool:

You only WISH you had a walkie talkie like mine Aero. You only wish.

jimgoose

storker wrote: »

Good point. Among my interests are history, some politics, aviation and chess. IT for me is a job, not a hobby.

I've said it before, but... a Renaissance Nerd should be well-able to Nerd about a variety of subjects, not just complex computer/engineering stuff.

The modern Nerd should be able to hack on computers, household electrics, car-servicing/basic repair, infant excrement-management, maritime navigation, bawling-child plamásery, truck-driving, Kenjutsu, dressing, table-manners, decent port and/or brandy, Ulster Fry cookery hi, and pint-lofting. Specialisation is for insects and sterotypes are for the school-yard.

FURET

I'm in a 5-star hotel in Riyadh on a business trip. I finished a customer meeting earlier and am waiting to fly home tomorrow morning. Ordered a fillet steak, fries and a banana split half an hour ago on the company's expense. I'll send a few follow-up emails later and then spend the rest of the evening watching YouTube videos and Skyping with my wife. Around 30% of my work is like this.

storker

jimgoose wrote: »

I've said it before, but... a Renaissance Nerd should be well-able to Nerd about a variety of subjects, not just complex computer/engineering stuff.

I didn't even know "nerd" was a verb. I really need to...ah...nerd-up.

storker

FURET wrote: »

I'm in a 5-star hotel in Riyadh on a business trip. I finished a customer meeting earlier and am waiting to fly home tomorrow morning. Ordered a fillet steak, fries and a banana split half an hour ago on the company's expense. I'll send a few follow-up emails later and then spend the rest of the evening watching YouTube videos Skyping with my wife. Around 30% of my work is like this.

How are you fixed for IT people?

FURET

FURET wrote: »

I'm in a 5-star hotel in Riyadh on a business trip. I finished a customer meeting earlier and am waiting to fly home tomorrow morning. Ordered a fillet steak, fries and a banana split half an hour ago on the company's expense. I'll send a few follow-up emails later and then spend the rest of the evening watching YouTube videos and Skyping with my wife. Around 30% of my work is like this.

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Aongus
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You logged in with the
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wrong account
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FURET

storker wrote: »

How are you fixed for IT people?

We are IT people.

FURET

Deleted User wrote: »

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Aongus
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You logged in with the
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Sorry I don't drive a BMW and my brother isn't wayward

maudgonner

FURET wrote: »

We are IT people.

How are you fixed for non-IT people then?

jimgoose

storker wrote: »

I didn't even know "nerd" was a verb. I really need to...ah...nerd-up.

In Nerdspeak, all nouns can be verbed. Conversely, all verbs can be nouned.

jimgoose

FURET wrote: »

Sorry I don't drive a BMW and my brother isn't wayward

Same here. I'm the wayward brother, and I drive a Jaaaaag. The other fella has the BMW. :pac:

The Backwards Man

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have an iPhone, and a Nexus, and a Macbook Air, and a Surface Pro.

Also got a new chair with lumbar support to sit my fat arse is on.

And. AND. I have a walkie talkie :cool:

You only WISH you had a walkie talkie like mine Aero. You only wish.

I have two Android phones, a Nexus 7, a two way radio, a dashcam and a mobile credit card terminal that's fcuked. Bet he's more jealous of me

maudgonner

jimgoose wrote: »

Same here. I'm the wayward brother, and I drive a Jaaaaag. The other fella has the BMW. :pac:

I always figured you were Johngoose's brother.

maudgonner

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have two Android phones, a Nexus 7, a two way radio, a dashcam and a mobile credit card terminal that's fcuked. Bet he's more jealous of me

I have a beartrap. And an axe. Genuinely.


I am not a lumberjack.

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have two Android phones, a Nexus 7, a two way radio, a dashcam and a mobile credit card terminal that's fcuked. Bet he's more jealous of me

I have boobs.

I win.

dinorebel

Deleted User wrote: »

I have boobs.

I win.

Some Nerds would prefer the phones.

dinorebel

dinorebel wrote: »

Some Nerds would prefer the phones.

Nah, just they wouldn't know what to do with the boobs :P

jimgoose

Deleted User wrote: »

Nah, just they wouldn't know what to do with the boobs :P

A lot of them don't know what to do with the phones either, except play with them and twiddle the bits. Win-win!

Duggy747

Deleted User wrote: »

Nah, just they wouldn't know what to do with the boobs :P

Do you have a link to a PDF manual or even a wiki page?

hairyslug

My job isn't exactly challenging, as long as I get the work done, my boss doesn't really care what I do.

storker

hairyslug wrote: »

My job isn't exactly challenging, as long as I get the work done, my boss doesn't really care what I do.

Mr Noonan, Enda's looking for you...

recylingbin

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I have boobs.

I win.

We've all seen the pic.
Stop lying :P

Aongus Von Bismarck

When I posted my frustrations about the IT profession in a thread here last year I was subjected to prolonged and nasty abuse.

Yet here we have people who work in IT boasting about slacking off work. This is a profession that doesn't have a good reputation amongst those of us who work in the core profit generating parts of an organisation. I'd humbly suggest that more time is spent making IT systems cost effective and reliable in the way electricity, telephony and other utility services are provided to us, instead of arsing around on the Internet.

It's a damning indictment of a profession that still sees itself as being innovative, when in reality it's rapidly approaching middle age and not exactly excelling in even getting the fundamentals right.

Adyx

Deleted User wrote: »

I have an iPhone, and a Nexus, and a Macbook Air, and a Surface Pro.

Also got a new chair with lumbar support to sit my fat arse is on.

And. AND. I have a walkie talkie :cool:

You only WISH you had a walkie talkie like mine Aero. You only wish.

I have a walkie talkie and I wear a throat mic so I look like a secret service person. :cool:

I'm only rostered to work Fridays and Saturdays at the moment. I have other work to do but I can do it any time as long as it gets done, so that's a lie in every day of the week.

jimgoose

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

When I posted my frustrations about the IT profession in a thread here last year I was subjected to prolonged and nasty abuse.

Yet here we have people who work in IT boasting about slacking off work. This is a profession that doesn't have a good reputation amongst those of us who work in the core profit generating parts of an organisation. I'd humbly suggest that more time is spent making IT systems cost effective and reliable in the way electricity, telephony and other utility services are provided to us, instead of arsing around on the Internet.

It's a damning indictment of a profession that still sees itself as being innovative, when in reality it's rapidly approaching middle age and not exactly excelling in even getting the fundamentals right.

You mightn't have to worry about it much longer. My brother is over in Wall Street replacing cocaine-snorting Gordon Gecko wannabes with KDB analytics systems and a few (short) scripts.

The Royal Scam

I work 9 to 5 hours but have to come in late to a customer site as I am under pressure . I am as we speak temperature mapping an oven at 250 degrees. I am on boards until the temperature profile stabilises and them Im out the gap.

dark crystal

No - Boards.ie is blocked at work :mad:

Polo_Mint

dark crystal wrote: »

No - Boards.ie is blocked at work :mad:

Thats just evil

Time for Strike Action

dark crystal

dark crystal wrote: »

No - Boards.ie is blocked at work :mad:

Can you use your phone to access the site?

kfallon

dark crystal wrote: »

No - Boards.ie is blocked at work :mad:

Complain to HR, this is basic civil liberties being denied to you!!!

Maguined

kfallon wrote: »

Complain to HR, this is basic civil liberties being denied to you!!!

Anyone who works in HR has no soul and so cares not for your civil liberties.

jacksie66

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dark crystal

dark crystal wrote: »

No - Boards.ie is blocked at work :mad:

IT tried to block a heap of stuff there a few years ago like boards, facebook etc. There was uproar and they had to undo it all again. Think they took it upon themselves as even the bosses didn't agree and thought it was bad for staff morale etc to have such a nanny system in place. If people are getting the work done then who cares if you go on boards or facebook for a while everyday.

Isaac Breezy Book

Isaac Breezy Book wrote: »

IT tried to block a heap of stuff there a few years ago like boards, facebook etc. There was uproar and they had to undo it all again. Think they took it upon themselves as even the bosses didn't agree and thought it was bad for staff morale etc to have such a nanny system in place. If people are getting the work done then who cares if you go on boards or facebook for a while everyday.

It likely had nothing to do with being a nanny system, some social media applications carry the highest security risk.

We have facebook blocked for most users, because unfortunately a lot of people are stupid and will start clicking on all sorts of links that pop up in their feed. Not because they're not allowed to look at facebook. They can do that on their phones on the free wifi no bother.

Martypants1

IT people are the biggest slackers alright.

Maguined

Deleted User wrote: »

It likely had nothing to do with being a nanny system, some social media applications carry the highest security risk.

We have facebook blocked for most users, because unfortunately a lot of people are stupid and will start clicking on all sorts of links that pop up in their feed. Not because they're not allowed to look at facebook. They can do that on their phones on the free wifi no bother.

Sounds like its the stupid people that are the highest security risk. Maybe get rid of them so the sensible people can still have it all.

Maguined

Maguined wrote: »

Sounds like its the stupid people that are the highest security risk. Maybe get rid of them so the sensible people can still have it all.

The sensible people here do have it all.

They're called the IT Department.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

It likely had nothing to do with being a nanny system, some social media applications carry the highest security risk.

No because they were still allowing people have 30 mins per day on on sites on the ban list so I doubt it was a security thing.

Anyway they undid it all after no more than a few weeks, all that's blocked now is gambling or the other obvious things you aren't going to go into at work :P. In fact the blocking software ended up being less sensitive after than before and I can get into some websites that were being blocked before due to their topic being betting related but not actually betting sites themselves.

rainbow kirby

I work in IT and I'm in my last week before I take 8 months off for maternity leave. Level of ****s given right now is approximately equal to zero.

jimgoose

Maguined wrote: »

Anyone who works in HR has no soul and so cares not for your civil liberties.

I'll say. The HR lady here is more likely to tell you to "fuck off out of my office and sort yourselves out like adults!!" than anything else. Marvellous girl.

Maguined wrote: »

Sounds like its the stupid people that are the highest security risk. Maybe get rid of them so the sensible people can still have it all.

Mmm. That'll be <flippity> sleet on computerised points at Didcot. You're going to need a toothbrush and a tub of Swarfega. Now go to it, and good luck. :cool:

Tipperary Fairy

No, not at work. It's currently 21:24, 26 degrees and i'm sweating the arse off myself just lying down.

Will be working again tomorrow, but Im in a call centre at a really busy time of the year so i'm lucky if I get to read three pages of a thread in total in between calls. Sucks monkey balls that you just can't get a minute to switch off, even just to talk shyte with your colleagues, more so than being able to do nothing. Will not be getting a permanent job in a call centre any time ever.

suicide_circus

Yep, going into a meeting now, have two pens with me so I have something to ram into each eye.

drake70

Deleted User wrote: »

It likely had nothing to do with being a nanny system, some social media applications carry the highest security risk.

We have facebook blocked for most users, because unfortunately a lot of people are stupid and will start clicking on all sorts of links that pop up in their feed. Not because they're not allowed to look at facebook. They can do that on their phones on the free wifi no bother.

All webmail sites were blocked here for the same reason.

"Someone has posted a video/pic of you" etc.

anvilfour

drake70 wrote: »

All webmail sites were blocked here for the same reason.

"Someone has posted a video/pic of you" etc.

AdBlock Plus?

drake70

anvilfour wrote: »

AdBlock Plus?

We are blocked from downloading and installing that

As an aside, it took me 5 attempts to post this as all but "Quick Reply" is now blocked

etoughguy

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I work in IT and I'm in my last week before I take 8 months off for maternity leave. Level of ****s given right now is approximately equal to zero.

Best of luck

ElChe32

I'm in work right now, feck all to do today. So bored, thankfully open internet access..so I can hunt for new exciting jobs outside of this whole of a country -_-