It’s not even a senior thing. You become the family/friend IT guy and the requests don’t always relate to what your experience is in. If it has a cable , you’re expected to know about it now (and fix it for free or cheap)
I’ve surprisingly always had the opposite experience. I went from generic IT guy to datacenter engineer and no one in my personal life asks me for anything lol.
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Marduk73@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
Just never ever let anyone know that you know something about printers. Because everyone becomes super helpless and wants you to print for them.
Edit:. Yes! Agreed to these responses. Lol the pain is real.
Hairass@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Add anything technological (when you work with older people) and being able to lift heavier objects to that list too.
smolyeet@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
It’s not even a senior thing. You become the family/friend IT guy and the requests don’t always relate to what your experience is in. If it has a cable , you’re expected to know about it now (and fix it for free or cheap)
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I’ve surprisingly always had the opposite experience. I went from generic IT guy to datacenter engineer and no one in my personal life asks me for anything lol.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 3 pts · 3y
Can you take a look?
Yes... Ok, I took a look. Good luck.
0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, we do it all the time at work, but we get perks for it, so it's OK I guess.
Kerrigor@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Here's the template! Made it from a screen grab of a video of Fritz from the Cincinnati zoo.