Has the Glory Gone Out of Working In IT?

An anonymous reader writes to wonder if the glory has gone out of IT. One blogger remembered his first impression upon entering a profession in IT that made it seem like the place to be, with a new shiny around every corner. What experiences have others had? Has a more pervasive technical culture forced our IT gurus into obsolescence?

Re:Huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

I accidentally the whole new shiny.

Glory?

[kenh]

The Glory of working in IT peaked with the release of the movie "Office Space."

It really has.

[snarfies]

I've been hard-working member of an IT staff for a while now, and I do sometime feel as though all the glory has been sucked out of a "glory hole" of some sort.

We really should have a staff meeting about it. Firm action is clearly needed.

Re:huh?

[eln]

Sweet, I KNEW spending all of my money on rubber chickens and platform shoes would be a wise investment!

Not for glory...

[Anonymous Coward]

FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

Re:huh?

[Opportunist]

So you're not rich anymore. FAIL!

Re:huh?

[sleigher]

No Way! When i pulled that bad drive from the 3140c, and replaced it with the replacement that had arrived this morning, the clouds overhead parted as the Valkyries sang and I rose to my rightful place, occupying the throne of Odin. As the gods before me gasped and awed at my most masterful replacement and saving of the data, 72 virgins were laid before me and I now rule in GLORY!!!!

Re:those days are not gone

[stefanlasiewski]

Those arcane tweaks are still there because the guy left 8 years ago and NOBODY REMEMBERS HOW TO FIX IT.

"Whatever you do, just don't touch that code. It's been working that way since before I got here. We tried to change it once and it took us 6 days to get the wolverine back in the cage."

Re:huh?

[Rei]

Ain't that the truth. When I first started work here, I thought it'd be really exciting, a way to be part of something big. But every day, it's just the same, "Where's my Death Ray command server?" this, "My patience grows thin!" that, "If I don't have my Death Ray command server up by midnight, I shall unleash my pretties upon you!", and on and on. Well, gee, Mr. Big Shot, perhaps if you didn't build the server room deep inside a freaking ACTIVE VOLCANO, perhaps we wouldn't have so many overheating issues.

There's just no respect in this industry.

Re:huh?

[Tanktalus]

With an attitude like that, the GP probably never showed a passion for the business, or a drive to maximize all synergies, protecting customer value and driving profits. Basically, he has the right attitude for life, automatically excluding any possibility at management whatsoever.

Signed,

Someone told by management he was ineligible for management, and, thus far, pretty happy about that.

Re:It was fun until...

[jimmyfrank]

* HR started getting involved in hiring decisions. * they stopped promoting from within for lower-level management, and started hiring clueless outsiders who didn't know a bit from a byte. * my idiot boss outlawed all use of Firefox for "security" reasons. * IT decisions, affecting those of us who have to make that crap actually WORK, are made on the golf course without ever asking the worker bees what they think. wait...do we work at the same place?

Re:huh?

[mujadaddy]

I'm seeing a chiptunes Village People cover band here...

Re:huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

... 72 virgins were laid before me ...

So you got promoted as head of IT with 72 of your fellow workers now reporting to you?

Re:huh?

[mandark1967]

If you'd find something you like doing, you could end up having fun at your job...

I tried that but "my" idea of "Condom Test Driver" and the Trojan corporation's version of "Condom Test Driver" didn't synch...now I repair computers

Re:huh?

[Rei]

If you'd find something you like doing, you could end up having fun at your job, and kill 2 birds with one stone, maybe ?

So you're suggesting that they work on improving control software for a poultry slaughterhouse? I'm confused.

Re:huh?

[sorak]

No Way! When i pulled that bad drive from the 3140c, and replaced it with the replacement that had arrived this morning, the clouds overhead parted as the Valkyries sang and I rose to my rightful place, occupying the throne of Odin. As the gods before me gasped and awed at my most masterful replacement and saving of the data, 72 virgins were laid before me and I now rule in GLORY!!!!

So, 72 of your coworkers were impressed by your l33t $k!llz. Stop showboating about it, already.

Re:huh?

[hodet]

That is good!!! Why is this reality talent show not already on the net somewhere.

Judge1: It was ait dog! I'm not saying it was bad, because can it ever truly be bad? Just sayin that you need to practice and come back next year.

Judge 2: That was a disgrace. It was the worst blow job I have ever had. A piranha with braces would have been more delightful than this fiasco you presented tonight.

Judge 3: I thought it was great and you two jackasses wouldn't know a good BJ if it slapped slapped you the face.

Re:huh?

[Thoughts from Englan]

A cited fact on Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] would disagree with you. The good old days were never that good.

And while we're on the subject nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Re:huh?

[maugle]

I don't think you realize just how many rubber chickens he bought...

Re:huh?

[geminidomino]

It's hard for a sane person to spend 30 grand for a watch, too.

Can we say "compensating?"