(via Dark Bilious Vapors)
The top 10 reasons to work in IT:
- I love living the Revenge of the Nerds
- It’s a nice way to avoid the social and personal stresses that go with upward mobility
- It’s the satisfaction – every time I finish the re-install and reboot cycle I feel I’ve learnt something new and contributed in a meaningful way to my colleagues, my community, and my culture.
- Between the heat, the darkness, the double doors, and the noise, working in the data center is like returning to the womb every day.
- I’m hoping to use the contacts I make working on the help desk to break into top management and show all those pretty party people who ignored me in high school who I really am.
- I just love working with new technology – new challenges, new patches, new racks to install everyday.
- I love having that pager on my belt – it makes me feel, you know, manly.
- “Down, not Across” – IT just makes sense
- I love the travel – in my last job I spent six weeks training people in Lahore, now I’m looking forward to visiting Poland.
And the number one reason for for working in IT?
- It’s the babes! stupid.