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[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 79 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Any mention of a server room reminds me of the fable of the guy, we'll call him Mike, who unplugged the Internet.

I can't remember where I read it, I think it was greentext on Reddit years ago.

So Mike is an intern, and due to some weird circumstances he becomes the only network admin in the building. Well, one day he doesn't esnt feel like working, so on his way in, he stops by the server room and unplugs the internet.

He then goes to his desk like a normal day. Then he starts getting phone calls. Everybody is freaking out because there is no Internet. So he begrudgingly descends into the server room and starts playing video games on his phone.

Close to the end of the day, he plugs the Internet back in and ascends a hero to the employees because they think he's been working hard all day to give them internet.

[-] savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 years ago
[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I never realized how versatile a program Adobe Reader is.

[-] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

The savior of mankind. We are not worthy.

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Oooh it's been a while, time for a re-read :D

[-] brockpriv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Why the link doesn't work for me?

[-] PHLAK@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago

I know this is just a joke but why would he be calling HR instead of security?

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago
[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 years ago

They're a programmer, do you expect them to know anything about security? Those are the people that "SELECT %s FROM foo"

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

He's new around here

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Until very recently, I wasn't sure my company had security.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago

I now consider my shaggy beard and unkempt long hair part of my resume.

[-] sysadmin420@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

The interviewer can tell by smell, look, and neck beard alone the senior Linux architect.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 15 points 2 years ago

I definitely don't smell when going to interviews. But yeah, the rest is true.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

"I know that guy! He is me."

[-] EnterOne@lemdro.id 35 points 2 years ago

Oh, look. Richmond's still alive.

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago

This is where another one of your pied piper boxes would go

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

That show was uncannily accurate

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No joke, I literally know a sysadmin who has a similarly "generic" English name, talks with the same sort of cadence, and even looks similar. I actually clipped that quote from the episode and set it as my notification when he texts me lol.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

I feel attacked.

[-] lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

What is the senior architect doing in the server room, that's the purview of the networking grunts

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Communing with his lesser minions.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

Senior architect. Is that high? With title inflation the real deal is the super ultra mega architect.

[-] Encromion@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Not really. 1 or 2 promotions. Can't forget lead architect, senior lead, principal architect, senior principal architect, distinguished architect, senior distinguished architect, and architecture fellow.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Beyond Architecture Fellow is Architecture Dude then you circle back to Jr. Architect 1

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I had made an mmo guild where the highest rank and the lowest where the same but the highest was capitalized.

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

OMG this is so true. We have consultant specialist, senior consultant specialist, and lead consultant specialist. Guess what happens when a lead consultant specialist gets a promotion? Senior lead consultant specialist.

[-] serratur@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 years ago

Not only does the title need a prefix, but also a suffix: Supreme leader architect of The Holy Roman Empire

[-] JoMomma@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Oh, I know that guy... He's me

[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

A building I used to work in got locks put on the bathroom doors because one of our senior devs would go out for a walk in ragged gym clothes and wash up in the bathroom when he got back, and someone from another company saw him in there and mistook him for a homeless person.

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 6 points 2 years ago

Delivery is too obvious. It just doesn't click.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Concordantly.

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023
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