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10 Ways IT Staff are Different

Baseline has an interesting slideshow on the subject, but here are the reasons in brief. Apologies to those who are offended by the term “geek.” Also, I think I understand why I like working in IT so much.

  1. Geeks are a self-selected group.
  2. The nature of geek work is different (requires creativity).
  3. Power is useless on geeks.
  4. Geeks are more attached to the technology than they are to you.
  5. Geeks are judgmental.
  6. Geeks are introverted.
  7. Failure is normal to geeks.
  8. Geeks at the keyboard know more about the technology than their managers do.
  9. Geeks are goal oriented, not task oriented.
  10. IT creativity springs from the environment, … Continue Reading