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Working in IT is not for the faint of heart. It may not be physically demanding, as it typically involves sitting at a desk for at least 40 hours a week, but it can be stressful, mentally exhausting and extremely frustrating. So if you’re going to enter this field, you better bring a sense of humor with you!
We took a trip to the IT Humor and Memes (Uncensored) Facebook group and gathered some of their funniest posts below. You might find these pics painfully relatable if you're a dedicated IT worker, but we hope that you’ll also find them slightly therapeutic. Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the ones that you’d like to send your colleagues!
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Deta Rossiter 1 year ago
this happened with a 60 page portfolio, where it took for 5 pages of screenshots, and layered them all over each other, at 11pm, with a 12 pm deadline.... Word is the work of the Devil!
Alpacas_Are_Life 1 year ago
Word is a pain the *ss for using images. I only use it if I absolutely have to for text documents.
Wim Cossement 1 year ago
People still don't know how to use page and section breaks? Just hit return until you reach the next page, way easier!
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
oh.my.god. I have watched matrix literally dozens of times and it never occurred to me. And I have worked in IT support.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
I didn't get it until just now and I've watched that movie a dozen times.
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munya mubaiwa 1 year ago
A guy in my office accidentally removed the fibre cable from a critical bank server and we spent hours pinging and call coming in until i happened to check the back and noticed the cable lying on the ground.
James016 1 year ago
I have had this happen to me and the bastards quibble the bill despite agreeing to the our charges. 5 hour round trip for a 2 min job. It took me longer to drink the coffee they gave me than to fix the issue
Robert T 1 year ago
I traced a cable in a hub that looped back on itself. Removed it and miraculously the "internet" started working again!
Science Nerd 1 year ago
That sounds very much like the situation where the server crashed every night at 8:00. Turns out that was when the custodian cleaned the room and unplugged the server so he could plug in the vacuum.
Janissary35680 1 year ago (edited)
Decades ago when ATMs first started appearing in Turkey there was one state-owned bank whose employees were all civil servants so it was managed and run like a government agency. For a time, the bank's ATMs would be dutifully turned off during the lunch break, on the weekends, and at night.
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AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
My dad had to deal with someone who didnt even know the computer was not plugged in. He has stories xD
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Ace 1 year ago
I once had a three-day trip to Barcelona to diagnose a problem that turned out to be a single key not working over an IBM (WAN) network connection. Screwed our software, not our fault.
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
Hopefully you got to do a bit of out-of-hours exploration of the city while there. That was the best bonus of onsites for me.
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Jess Smith 1 year ago
New idea: I, a normal person, work for an IT company and basically just go and follow the 'turn off and on again' at various levels (eg, page, browser, computer, server) protocol and see how many I can fix and leave it to the actual tech people to do stuff beyond that
Mr. Toast 1 year ago
Had one PC network issue just random connectivity. PC checked. Networked checked. Got right to basics. Turned out he was on 4 person desk pod. Every time his colleague went in a certain direction in his chair he ran over the floor plate where the network connections fed into. One network cable was being pinched...
If you want to work in IT, you don’t only need to be great with computers. You should probably also be incredibly patient and have a wonderful sense of humor, or the job might just start to drive you crazy! That’s why groups like IT Humor and Memes (Uncensored) are fantastic for employees who just need to blow off a little steam and bond with others who are all too familiar with the struggles of working in IT.
This community, which was created in July 2021, has amassed an impressive 427K members since its creation. It describes itself simply as a “place for fun IT humor and memes - without the oppression,” and it’s an incredibly active community. There have already been 121 new posts today, and the group is still on the rise, as 628 members have joined just this week.
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michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 1 year ago
Umm, let's see, 45 billion Nigerian dollars...worth $0.00
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Orysha 1 year ago
That's why we shouldn't work on IAs because the smartest thing and the best to do is erasing mankind from history.
Kat 1 year ago
Why the down vote? Isn't that the premise for like a hundred different science fiction books/movies?
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Agent Smith 1 year ago
Humans are on the way out. Let's hope everything else doesn't sink with them.
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Kat 1 year ago
I went to check out tic tok once. Maybe 20 seconds before I noped out of there. It's just....no
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Colleen Glim 1 year ago
My husband keeps sending me TikTok links. I keep ignoring them. TikTok makes me want to run away screaming
Guess Undheit 1 year ago
I never thought that there could be $hI++ier editing on videos than on youtube. Tiktok proved me wrong, it's ALL unwatchable garbage. None of them can speak two consecutive sentences.
Alistair .Brownlee 1 year ago
It's not any different to any other link you get, and you don't need to sign up to watch videos on the site... at least not on pc you don't. 🤷
Moira Munguia 1 year ago
I can't be doing with tik tok. It's probably just me, but when I see these people talking to the camera while slathering make up all over their face it just really annoys me 👹
Puppy Dancing! 1 year ago (edited)
Will never follow because I read what tik tok wants access to and it is ridiculous
According to Statista, as of October 2023, there were over three million people in the United States working in the IT field. And Forbes predicts that between 2022 and 2023, about 377,500 new computer and IT jobs will open up each year. So if you’re looking to get into this field, it might be a great time. But it’s important that you do your research and figure out what you’re getting yourself into before applying for tech jobs.
When it comes to the pros and cons of working in IT, MyComputerCareer notes that one big incentive for pursuing this career path is the salary. Depending on your role, Coursera reports that those working in IT can make anywhere from $60K to upwards of $140K per year. Considering that the average salary in the United States at the moment is currently at about $59K, many people decide that a little stress is worth it to earn much more.
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 1 year ago
Interviewer: When can you start? Interviewee : I already added myself to your payroll.
Patrick Linnen 1 year ago
Your final results for this 'CyberSecurity' course will be released next week. Currently you are all marked as 'Failed.' Good luck.
Jess Smith 1 year ago
Reminds me of this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2385/. And to some extent this one: https://www.xkcd.com/2756/
#8
Charlene Scott 1 year ago
I tell you I try and try to work with that dollar for SEVERAL seconds cause I need that cold drink
P R 1 year ago
A friend (more daring than me about what his tongue might pick up) would take a dollar bill refused by a machine (old bill, bent corner, wrinkles, etc) and lick it. 9 times out of 10 the bill would then work. I saw him do it in different machines. When I tried this several times on a refused bill, I would dampen it with water on my fingers (a few times when clean water not available, I would spit onto my fingers for moisture, then dampen the bill), works most of the time.
#9
munya mubaiwa 1 year ago
H aha. My ex used to whine about my bag of cables until she needed one.
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
I have a box of serial, parallel and multiple types of IDE & SCSI cables. The last time I said to some colleagues that I was going to throw them out, the howls of "Don't do it!" resounded. I've used three over the following 5-6 years. Now, about the lack of 5.25" floppy drives...
Cat servant 1 year ago
I saved driver disks. Years ago some of our computers could not be connected to the Internet due to patient privacy issues. (See recent health care identity theft for reasons why). Had to move a surplus printer to an older instrument. It did not have an onboard driver. We are looking back 10-15 years ago. My boss was lamenting they needed to print reports but had no driver disks. She had tossed all the ones she had come across as "clutter" and hoarding. I listened politely and went to my hidden stash pulled the driver disks and handed it to her. She told me hoarding may not always be a bad thing. She also thanked me so don't think she wasn't grateful. Also I am female so not just guys do this. I didn't toss the disks until the printers were obsolete.
Steven 1 year ago
Truly old printers never become obsolete. They were made before obsolescence became part of the design. The LaserJet 2, 3, and 4 are easy to configure, easy to maintain, and cheap to support. That Epson impact printer will keep printing multi-part forms until the end of time, though it may need a new print head every 25 years. Fortunately, drivers for them are still built into pretty much every operating system or print manager.
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Ilan Elron 1 year ago
TODAY(!) I dunked some 15 pounds of assorted cables into a recycling bin. Bet I'll live to regret it.
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
never again! just did the same thing--and realized too late what that one i looked at went to
On the other hand, however, one of the biggest cons of working in IT is how stressful the job can be. MyComputerCareer explains that working help-desk positions in particular can be extremely difficult, as clients are often super stressed before they even call for help. On top of that, IT workers typically have huge workloads and unreasonable deadlines. Because of this, you might have to work long hours to ensure everything is finished on time.
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MaxMi 1 year ago
Nah, Im good with just one connector. If they were all the same it would have been super
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The Other Guest 1 year ago
My flabber was gasted the first time I tried to plug my current phone into the car jack, and discovered it didn't have a port for it. There are several things I dislike about my phone and this is near, if not at, the top of the list.
JimSteve 1 year ago
"My flabber was gasted" I have *got* to use this. Someway, somehow, I *have* to!
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Karina 1 year ago
I have both, so im guessing this is an IPhone? All I know about Iphones is that you pay alot more, and get less..
Lady Lava 1 year ago
No, Samsung also doesn't have a jack anymore. Very annoying when I discovered that after buying a new phone.
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Joshua Seaman 1 year ago
THIS. My phone that had a headphone jack just bricked on me the other day, so I had to go buy an adapter yesterday for my new phone. Clearly a downgrade in this respect.
Matt Smith 1 year ago
Downgrade, yeah. Biggest in human history? Don't know if I'd go that far
P R 1 year ago
Yup, hard to give credibility to someone who exaggerates so much
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David Morgan 1 year ago
Being the inventor of something allows you to name it. It does not protect you from people pointing out how stupid the name is.
BrunoVI 1 year ago (edited)
Show me the person who pronounces "laser" or "radar" with a short "a" (as in "cat," instead of "cake.") The scorn triggered within me by anyone who pronounces the second "o" in "yolo" like the "o" in "once" ("yoh-lwah?") would be exceeded only by the scorn likely triggered by using "yolo" in the first place.
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Norm Gilmore 1 year ago
Gif is the hill I will defend. I am not calling it by the name of a cleaning liquid.. Jif-66d03f...0f28a4.jpg 
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
I pronounce the Boston team the Celtics not the cell-tics, because I know how to pronounce Celtic. I pronounce this gif and not jif for the same reason.
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JimSteve 1 year ago (edited)
Actually its a Skoda. (BTW what brand is Kinship?) /j ("/j" means "joking" right?)
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ravn 1 year ago
I don't understand the title or the comments on this post. I can't find anything about it at all...
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago
Http is usually they start of a url(hopefully its https as the s is for secure) and the 404 is from the 404 website not found that used to pop up before you got generic scam websites that somebody puts 5 buttons with the words you typed into the url all leading to malware/Spyware downloads. I.e. if you typed smoking-hot-singles dot com or the like in the late 90s early 00s you would end up on a page that said 404 website not found. Still get it sometimes but incredibly rare.
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DON'T PANIC! 1 year ago
Always forgets where they park, have to walk through the lot with the remote.
One major plus of working in IT is that you will likely always have job security. Unless AI manages to make us all obsolete in the near future, skilled computer programmers and IT professionals will be in high demand. In fact, there’s actually a shortage of them. So if you can handle the stress that comes along with the territory, you shouldn’t ever have a problem finding employment.
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arthbach 1 year ago
I was playing a game on facebook, and you could buy extra energy by watching an advert. IT was brilliant. I'd set the advert going, and get up and do a micro task. It could be taking a dirty mug into the kitchen, or dusting the sideboard., literally something that would take a few seconds. It was brilliant. So many little things got done, and I gained extra energy without having to watch adverts.
Lene 1 year ago
I do that as well. It's like a mini-version of what I did back in the 80s and 90s when there was a commercial break on TV. Lol.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Or play several ads over a minute... it's really a mystery why ad-blockers became a thing
Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
I'm from the generation that used ad time for restroom breaks. I'm well trained.
Palo Sulek 1 year ago
freaking amateurs, I cover my monitor with hand leaving just a corner down below to see the Ad skip button....this is how I look when there is another ad following
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
That's what multiple windows/tabs are for. Or you can just use an ad blocker.
RedMarbles 1 year ago
Not so much anymore. Sites complain that if you don't allow them to bombard you with distracting, moving, flashing ads that make it nearly impossible to focus on the content, you aren't "supporting" them and they stop allowing you access (this site included). I'd happily allow all the stationary, non-moving ads they want to support them if they provided that option. I don't know why my support requires that I be aggravated. Did you successfully get an ad blocker accepted by Bored Panda? I have to use a different browser (and physically cover the right-side advertising chaos with something) than I normally use because I refuse to disable my blocker.
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frederick clause 1 year ago
Has anyone ever done a study of the effectiveness of internet advertising? I don't just mean Youtube but also the pop-ups everywhere else.
Aleksandras Tvardauskas 1 year ago
Yes. The people who pay for them do it all the time. You can either pay per view or per click on an ad. Usually, the clickrate is low but the scope of the audience still makes it worth it.
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hungryghost 1 year ago
Also applies to new phone. Open the box, turn it on, switch to silent mode then move to other things
Anxious Aardvark 1 year ago
I put special ringtones on for people I care about on it. And on this phone, can select the volume. Others get a generic quiet tone.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 year ago
That's what Do Not Disturb is for. About 99.9999998% of people will never have a reason to talk to me that makes it with being bothered at night. The other 15, OTOH, might.
Alpacas_Are_Life 1 year ago
No, because my father is 87 years old and I need to know if he needs me.
Another aspect of working in IT that can be a pro or a con, depending on how you look at it, is time management. Because emergencies will often come up that might require you to work outside of your typical 9-5 schedule, you might not have a super strict routine. At the same time, your employer may allow you some flexibility with when you accomplish your tasks, as long as it all adds up to 40 hours at the end of the week. This can be frustrating when you want to call it a night exactly at 5 p.m., but it can be beneficial when you want to take a long lunch or start a bit later one morning.
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Nina 1 year ago
Let's say 'in a service function'. Because really, you can work with co-workers who can be stupid, but untill you've had to provide service to humankind, the scope stupidity will escape you.
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Maurijn 1 year ago
Looking at the crossed out words... i do the IT support in a retails store, send help.
Internet wanderer 1 year ago
It was an honor knowing you, but I don't think I can make it through.
Load More Replies... Patrick Linnen 1 year ago
The idea of making things fool or idiot proof is over optimistic.
Load More Replies... AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Idk i dont expect everyone to be "tech savy" i do however expect people to know 3 pieces of chicken come in a 3pc. Chicken or than teriyaki and BBQ are not the same thing or that if the fryer is down you cant order ANY fire food
Rebecca Surette 1 year ago
Very early in his IT journey, my son spent two hours trying to get a system restarted via phone. He finally INSISTED that the client check to make sure that it was plugged in. The man responded that he'd need to find a flashlight, since the power was out. THIS is why IT workers get so cranky.
Blyss Blyssylb 1 year ago
I've always said that the general public are "Stupid A$$holes" who know No Bounds for their own stupidity.
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Cydney Golden 1 year ago
He's angling for a position in trump's next cabinet. Another reason to vote blue.
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
I heard the new CEO is basically musk's puppet...let trump back on the platform.
Load More Replies... Five Years 1 year ago
Elon: Should I suck up to Trump or should he suck up to me? Winner gets a blue check mark.
RedMarbles 1 year ago
I'm not a fan after the last handful of years, but it has nothing to do with smoking pot, or even using ketamine for that matter. It's more his refusal to take on the immense responsibility that comes with the incredible power of owning twitter, his arrogance in refusing to stay in his lane (he is not a doctor nor an epidemiologist and he needs to stay out of areas he is not an expert in), his cruelty toward people who are different, his acceptance of stereotypes to condemn entire categories of people, his lack of care for his own employees (and apparently at least some of his children), his juvenile insults (such as calling someone a "pedo" with zero justification), his refusal or inability to appreciate that "free speech" applies to government behavior and not to societal consequences for opinions shared publicly, and that he still uses all his influence for policies that benefit him when he has more money than any other human being on the planet. Just off the top of my head anyway.
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Hmmm hmmmm 1 year ago
It looks like you're writing a comment. Would you like some help with that?
Load More Replies... Karina 1 year ago
He came as a dog too, it made him make a lot more sence, popping up everywhere looking for attention
Laughing Orc 1 year ago
I don't know if Clippy counts as AI. He didn't really have any I at least, though he was completely artificial I guess.
Lisa Tetlow 1 year ago
I'd take him or the little dog named Rocky in the Hallmark Greets program.
Another aspect that can be considered a plus or minus is the fact that you’ll constantly be learning on the job. Because technology is always changing and improving, there’s no way you can ever know it all. This might make your job much more interesting than one that never changes year to year. But it can also be a challenge, as you’ll never get to simply relax and feel comfortable knowing exactly what to expect.
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ravn 1 year ago
Neal Stephenson's "In the Beginning Was the Command Line" (a great read btw...) has my favorite analogy of Windows vs. Apple vs. Linux. Linux was described as a tank that can go 60 mph (~100 kph for people that can't manage to hold 2 standards in their head) designed by hippies anarchists living in yurts, and they're giving away keys at the flea market.
Maikku 1 year ago
I've been working with mac for so long, that I'm completely lost when I have to use Windows sometimes.
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago
This is a bad thing as the world runs on windows specifically windows 98 and xp. I'm talking nuclear meltdowns and planes falling from the sky bad.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
The Windows one wouldn't have a manual shift, or analog gauges. There would be a big touch screen that allows you to dig through menus to find "slow down."
Robert T 1 year ago
And it would show the Blue Screen Of Death in an accident, or possibly before the accident. ;-)
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Anton Allen 1 year ago
That's why people like Macs. You don't need to figure them out. You just use them like any other tool. Windows is almost as dumbed down but plagued with vulnerabilities.
Chris Wilson 1 year ago
😂 S**t we're out of fuel... No worries, sudo apt-get install ejectorseat
Load More Replies... Frank 1 year ago
I guess this means that Mac is just a toy while Windows is for work. Probably right.
MadderPacker 1 year ago
Mac is for babies who think they're doing the compootir. Windows is just your standard OS which admittedly is being MAC-ified recently. Linux is when you want full control of every aspect of your experience. Personally, I'd like to go back to the WindowsXP days where we had an OS and that was it, it was great that it didn't tax your hardware unnecessarily and JustWorked™.
Load More Replies... Bob Brooce 1 year ago
I used to hear a lot of people say that Macs were intuitive. Maybe it seemed that way if you had to learn on a Mac without ever having used Windows, but as a Windows user my MIL's iMac seemed extremely obtuse.
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago
Nah Mac is simple just think duhhhhhhh as you try to do what you want and it magically works.(No, this isn't a joke with Mac stop reading anything over 3 words together and look more at the icons) It's literally a OS for a 7yo that can barely read. This also explains how alot of people find this to be a better OS.
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Alan Jay Weiner 1 year ago
"Password" - it's password but with a capital P so it's more secure... :)
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JJ 1 year ago
IT placebo effect is real. I do something to fix the issue. Doesn't work. Husband does the exact same thing. Problem solved. 😒
Sue User 1 year ago
I am a developer and the number of times i have hit a glitch, gone to show my collegues and it is suddenly fixed is annoying.
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Joshua Seaman 1 year ago
I once called up an IT guy from a phone company, and he literally started reading google search results and forum threads that I'd already been on and tried. Like bro - been there, done that.
Jean Jacket 1 year ago
That placebo effect is wonderful and horrible. Like yeah it's working NOW but I SWEAR it was not!
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
I have minor IT placebo effect: the card reader at work was being a pill and wouldnt read cards...until i walked over to check it out myself. Second i got to it. No more issue xD
Mary Masavage 1 year ago
Heck, I just walk in the door to the house and the IT issues the my aunt or uncle have is instantly fixed. The stuff knows to be scared of me, 😂
Dina Lubman 1 year ago
My dad is an IT consultant. "You see that little red 'Power On' button over there? Ok, now press it." -My dad, after he was asked how his day went
If you’re curious about what it’s really like to work in IT, CompTIA spoke to a few professionals who spilled the tea about their jobs. When it comes to what kind of person is right for working in IT, Angular Architect and Google Developer Bonnie Brennan says, “Curious and stubborn personalities. I got to this point because I had curiosity and tenacity. I'm stubborn, which is a good thing in this career. I come across things that I don't know how to do, and I have to have the tenacity to figure it out. A patient personality is also helpful.”
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The Other Guest 1 year ago
"Slightly more advanced" is a really low bar. I once had to explain to my at-the-time boss that he had indeed received all of the spreadsheets, but he had his screen zoomed in so much that the tabs were hidden underneath the task bar.
Sue User 1 year ago
I once showed my boss how to resize the column. She said" I thought you said in the interview you did know how to program in excel".
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Jenna Kay 1 year ago
Never ever let your leadership know you are amazing at creating PowerPoints! I swear once that gets out, every single supervisor and manger will seek you out before whatever conference they have to attend. No, I DO NOT have time to do your presentation!!
Load More Replies... Jenna Kay 1 year ago
I get calls from coworkers for assistance with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, etc. I am not an expert by any means, but the questions I get asked make me want to throw things! What do you mean you don't know how to change the font, add spaces, add page numbers, find the print button 😱 I am old! If I can figure it out you can too!
Gracie Mae 1 year ago
took a basic & advanced class on microsoft prgs--now the only thing i know is that i can't afford the subscription to it!
Cat servant 1 year ago
My PhD boss and I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why suddenly I could not scroll in Excell. I have used Excel for over 30 years. I had to Google it. I had accidently hit scroll lock that morning. How?
P R 1 year ago
These things can happen to anyone, which is why blanket calling folks stupid for these errors is premature or over-generalization. It happens. Go with the flow
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Orysha 1 year ago
Is that the same guy who made Windows11? I would love to have a little talk with him about ergonomy.
Ordhaj 1 year ago
Windows peaked at Windows 7 (IMHO). Ever since, they've been sliding downhill. They've replaced "User friendly" with "User aggressive".
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Donna Peluda 1 year ago
There's no mammals big enough to describe the defecation that teams is. Not now, nor in prehistoric times,.and for the Bible thumpers, the boat would have sank
QueenKittyCat 1 year ago
What's the problem with Microsoft Teams? Mine is having to log in repeatedly.
Bec 1 year ago
Its great, if you like being interrupted throughout the work day, especially great when there are teammates who 'thank' and <3, more pop-ups
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Darth Continent 1 year ago (edited)
He needs to be keelhauled for Teams constantly changing my explicitly-set status all the damned time, and for muting my mic. I have a mute button, Teams! P**s off! 🙄
D. Pitbull 1 year ago
"You will be updated to be removed from my house, and then reset - as if you were never here at all."
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Bored Seb 1 year ago
it is actualy more "efficicent" this way. A straight one would not look as nice.
D. Pitbull 1 year ago
This is why I don't use the standard Windows arrow-cursor thing. Might as well make it enjoyable to see (I found a fountain-pen nib cursor, much better).
Peter Trudell Jr 1 year ago
It's how the human brain works. It's canted upwards because it's pointed upwards. It would look totally wrong if it were symmetrical.
Brennan also says that she’s able to have an excellent work-life balance thanks to her job. “I'm getting paid not just for the time I'm working but for the time I spent learning those skills,” she shared. “My job can be intellectually difficult, but I get every weekend off and every Christmas off. I can take off time for family when I need to. I didn't have that luxury in previous positions, and I think my work–life balance is a lot better now that I'm a developer.”
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Deson 1 year ago
Yes, i know what limewire is but my knees don't make a sound instead I FEEL sound when I stand up.
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Gerhard “Obi-Wan” van Staden 1 year ago
Brave browser on pc, YouTube ReVanced on mobile. Never deal with this s**t again. You're welcome.
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Ace 1 year ago
I don't care what the 'new' definition says, a gigabyte is _not_ 1000 megabytes.
Whether you’re hiding in the bathroom during work or relaxing after a long day at the office, we hope you’re getting a kick out of these IT memes, pandas! Keep upvoting the ones that you find particularly relatable, and let us know down below how you feel about working in such an intense field. Then, if you’d like to check out even more IT humor from Bored Panda, we recommend this article next!
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Gogubaci 1 year ago
product manager and scrum master have to be the most useless positions in IT, if you're looking for a reason why your app has bugs, your game is unoptimised, with bugs, or it has an unjustified number of paid dlc, it's their fault. if someone introduces themselves as one of these, it's imperative that you slap them into the next dimension
Sue User 1 year ago
The number of times i have argued that " doing that" will make a program/app worse/ not friendly is so sad. Dont blame devs, blame pms ( and i was once a pm ). I have had some good scrum masters. They cleared roadblocks and kept us moving.
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
I have passed these two little goodies on to various managers and developers over the years - The Hacker FAQ (a guide for managers to help them understand and relate to technical types), and The Manager FAQ (a guide for technical types to help them understand and relate to management). Invariably, I have been told that these are *very* useful reads. Here's the links - https://www.seebs.net/faqs/hacker.html and https://www.seebs.net/faqs/manager.html
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Mariët 1 year ago
Since you have these very very important private interesting things to hide. Like ehhrr?
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ilewono_photography 1 year ago
For me it would be "we can sell all those cameras and lenses now, after all my iPhone can do what he does"
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Ace 1 year ago
I don't get it. Surely you have browser settings to automatically reopen all tabs from the last session?
𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊 (𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢) 1 year ago
*sigh* This is what happened when I had a math competition and had to close all my BP, YT, c.ai etc tabs… all 132 of them… never getting them back.
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
My best buddy (SysAdmin / Network Admin / Database Admin) was once at a corporate function, and was introduced to a very high-level manager. She told him, "I don't remember hearing your name before." His reply: "Good - it means I'm doing my job right." She asked, "What do you mean?" He responded, "I'm an Admin. We're like the Shoemaker's Elves. If we do our job right, as far as everyone else is concerned, things just spontaneously happen, as if by magic. If Management knows our names, rest assured it's because *somebody* fouled something up somewhere." "I *see*," she replied, with a newfound respect.
Greg Baughman 1 year ago
I had almost the exact same conversation with our new owner. He said "Are you busy?" I said "Nope." He looked at me funny. I said "You don't want me to be busy. If I'm busy, something is broken."
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AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Remember when that airline had that huge outage but no one for the IT could be contacted cause they were all at furry con xD
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Dawn Bodtke 1 year ago
I worked in field service for a globally known copier company. One year you could win a prize of a trip to the Olympics. Winner traded his first place with the second place winner (cash). Turned out your "prize" was getting handed a beeper and dropping everything and go fix any copier that broke.
Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
Best part of the job. Anger and frustration abound. Walk in, reboot something, unplug and replug a couple of cables, and suddenly there is internet and angels are singing!
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xolitaire 1 year ago (edited)
I still have a PC with windows 7 running on it and I almost cry every time I use it because damn. Everything was so easy and clean. No cloud b******t, no apps. As it should be.
Avoidance_Panda 1 year ago
It all went to s**t after 95, the only thing I'd improve on is usb compatibility... Games came in boxes with manuals, you owned the games. No pay to win, everything was unlocked, no micro transactions.... Oh and win amp for your limewire collection...
xolitaire 1 year ago
Man I loved the game manuals, some were so well made, like artbooks
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WickedLibra70 1 year ago
I remember way back when people would wait in line when a new windows upgrade was coming out, that's when you had to buy a disk. Anyone remember windows ME and Vista?
Moosy Girl 1 year ago
Yes, I remember ME and Vista, my heartburn just got triggered by doing so. :p All the inbetween Windows were balls: win 1 ok, win 2 balls, win 3.1 acceptable, win nt 3.1 balls, win 3.11 fine, win 3.2 balls, win 3.5 decent, win 3.51 balls, win 95 great, win NT balls, win 98 great, win ME/2000 balls, win xp great, win vista balls, win 7 awesome, win 8 major balls, and then update hell broke loose with win 10.
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Wendy Neumeyer 1 year ago
I had XP on my desktop from 2001 through 2013 Same computer, same software. It finally just froze up one day. I still mourn.
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Sky Render 1 year ago
They said that 20 years ago too. Thanks to technology we work more, for relatively less pay than we did before technology came along to "help". Can we go back to 20 years ago instead?
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CK 1 year ago
And they got away with changing it, as if it weren't pretty much an overt announcement of their intention.
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InfiniteZeek 1 year ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA breath HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAa
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
I started using Google back when alternatives things like Ask Jeeves and Hot Bot. How the mighty have fallen.
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Me. Just Me. 1 year ago
Given the state of YouTube and Chrome, these are minimum requirements.
Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
I have 64 GB of ram, twin 2 TB SSDs, liquid cooled CPU, and a 6800xt GPU. What do I use it for? Text editor, mostly. I've been writing a lot of Lua code for Civ modding.
Lady Miss Pie 1 year ago
A rehash of Chandler’s joke with his computer: Chandler: Alright! Check out this bad boy: 12 megabytes of RAM, 500 megabyte hard drive, built-in spreadhseet capabilities and a modem that transmits it over 28,000 bps. Phoebe: Wow, what are you gunna use it for? Chandler: Games and stuff.
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Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
an IT GF would have updated your keyboard driver to conform to the new disposition
D. Pitbull 1 year ago
This is why you use your keyboard 'til all the letters/numbers are worn off.
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Elizabeth Joy 1 year ago
A company I worked for sent out an email about how amazing a manager was to give up his imminent, already paid for, holiday to travel overseas to watch the rugby world cup, to help with some issue at work. They gifted him a footy jersey. As an employee would expect, it did not go down well with fellow employees - much to the surprise of management!
Jenna Kay 1 year ago
Boss: Who authorized your time off next week? Me: You did. Boss: When did that happen?! I don't remember doing that! Me: You told I need a vacation. You were worried about me getting burned out. Boss: Yes, but there is only one of you and I need you here. Me: 😶 Boss:🥹 Me: No. Boss: Pizza?
SnootWaggling Fox 1 year ago
A lot of people would love to have TOIL. Usually I just see them get nothing :(
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Gogubaci 1 year ago
I genuinely saw tech companies that wanted 10 years of experience working with a tool that came out only 4 years ago
The Other Guest 1 year ago (edited)
That should be "with 30 years of [software released 5-10 years ago] experience" (Edited because I forgot the close quote)
Catherine Spencer-Mills 1 year ago
Ad says 5 years experience with Windows 2000. It's 2000 and Windows 2000 came out just 6 moths ago. Obviously years ago but nothing has changed except the year.
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Karina 1 year ago (edited)
Almost unrelated, but how do I get rid of mcfee security? They were never invited, removed completely ans still pop up every time with s**t I didnt ask for. The irony is lost on them, but I need them gone from my "house"!!! eta Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions🥰
John Carr 1 year ago
Google McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool mcpr. Far more reliable than normal uninstall
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WickedLibra70 1 year ago
My last laptop I bought 2 years ago would not allow me to install Google, I had to search how to do it, I had to go through my settings and do some things Dumb
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Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Of course we've herd of you. Court records are mostly public records.
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Joshua Moore 1 year ago
Wow, that’s a very user friendly explanation, I’ve been in IT for 15 years and working with computers and networking for more than 30.
Hugh Crawford 1 year ago (edited)
Now explain it in a way that the finance department will understand so they pay me my worth
Janissary35680 1 year ago
It's not *trying to" it *is* mimicking. That's how LLMs work.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Look. I know Macs kinda suck. But I just want to be able to upload photos for my assignments without downloading three different apps and selling my soul to the school district.
Eternal Progress 1 year ago
Linux: I believe I have been called to assist here
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It's funny... I was very anti-mac for a long long time. I have a macbook pro now, and I absolutely love it. No, I don't game on it... I have my PC for that. But, for weight, portability, flexibility and battery life... this little beasty rocks!
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
He smiles every time the big bad corporation sues a five-year-old kid for innocent breach thereof.
Robert Sissco 1 year ago
Yea, these are mostly written by lawyers and not tech people. Techies will write the manuals, but the T&C are lawyers
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visacrum 1 year ago
They're written by lawyers, but transcribed by computer geeks. That's somehow even worse.
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Khall Khall 1 year ago
Yeah sorry. No 'guy' does this. It's a committee of lawyers, paralegals, and contract law experts. There might be one guy in charge of it. But...even a small software company is going to have a team of lawyers to prevent someone using their software in a way that gets them sued, allows injections of hacking progs, or lets someone pirate it. $$$ is the bottom line.
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Bored Retsuko 1 year ago
This hurts my brain. I always used to worry it would break even without this!
Legendbird 1 year ago
Wasn't there some program that'd give you a "coffee mug holder" and just opened the CD drive?
ShiverMeTimbers 1 year ago (edited)
What about when it closed automatically after a period of inactivity???
Gogubaci 1 year ago
if you;'re old enough, you will remember a little IT support story with the old lady that took her PC in the shop claiming her coffee mug support on her PC is broken, and the guys at the store scratching their heads not understanding what the f she is talking about, and it turned out the old lady used the cd drive tray as a mug support.
Stephen Wilkinson 1 year ago
Whilst working IT, I once used Dameware to add a cd tray opener to a PC across from me and wait for Simon to put his coffee in front of the tray as he always did. Ah, fun days.
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Manana Man 1 year ago
Why are they fumbling with shadows in their cave when they could be out in the sun?
Strahd Ivarius 1 year ago
because Sun was in the end worse than Microsoft
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I've never met a zebra printer I liked. Little bastards.
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Wim Cossement 1 year ago
Zebra printers are OK, it's just the people that don't know how to configure and use them. Still way better than HP inkjets.
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M O'Connell 1 year ago
Fun fact, even in the very most recent version of Solidworks (which costs over $1000/yr to license), after you install a new version it presents you with a screen where one of the options is to view the change notes PDF, which it tries to open in Internet Explorer rather than your default browser. That bug has been in there for SO long.
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Manana Man 1 year ago
I think the joke is that Apple, being obsessive about maintaining a very closed and tightly controlled environment, would have undoubtedly made it impossible to get their stuff anywhere else.
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Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
I slaughtered a LOT of people as a mercenary in Assassin's Creed Odyssey... An awful LOT.
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ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Pfft. When I was your age we didn't have GUI, we used DOS. Yeah, I'm 38.
Dan Flo 1 year ago
Pfft, but did your dos-machine have a external cassette player? 😏 Yeah, I'm 48.
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Brain-In-A-Vat 1 year ago
This. Not only is my current computer so quiet that i can't hear the hard drive working (it's not an SSD), it doesn't even have a Hard Drive Activity light . . .
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Karina 1 year ago
She took it, so we dont have to. Thats the power of knowledge
Load More Replies... ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Pretty sure it was fruit from the tree of knowledge...not an apple tree...
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Luke Oakridge 1 year ago
If the mother had an affair, then she would still be his half sister.
Panda Kicki 1 year ago
He didnt bring his towel. So he dont know the true answer to everything.
TribbleThinking 1 year ago (edited)
Fired from Accounts department. Hired for mesmerising and bedazzling clients until they're grateful to be rescued by an account manager or salesman at which point they'll sign the contract to buy.
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
My friend was used for that - his degree was designing and building nuclear power stations. We used him to develop data sorting software. The "showcasing" was unintentional - it was just him happily describing how everything worked - clients would just end up with a dazed rabbit in headlights look after half an hour. 😄
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TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Nobody ever asked me why the game "Avert Fate" is 86 GB big, because its not unusal for games to have such size nowadays....'
Corvus 1 year ago
Get ready for your mandatory 30 GB update! 10 bugxies... but also 50 new bugs introduced ;)
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Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Syntax error: plausible deniability failure. Suggested correction: If you have any questions don't, hesitate to ask.
Load More Replies... TribbleThinking 1 year ago (edited)
This is brilliant. It really should be included in a lesson.
WakandaPanda 1 year ago
Ta. = Thanks , Thanks = I think you're a complete moron and shouldn't be allowed to breed !
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Colleen Glim 1 year ago
Been through this just last week. Government site refuses to accept my user nam and password and refuses to admit my email exists. This is the THIRD TIME!!!!
Mike F 1 year ago
Try creating a new user ID by using the old one, it will SUDDENLY remember you and your credentials, but you will still have to create a new one. My Real ID experience was one for the books, I had to get on a video call with a representative and hold the documents I just uploaded (that the site had trouble with) up to the camera for him to see. What a waste of time.
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Erin Geiger 1 year ago
Zoom is a customer of the company I work for. The account manager lives in California and the Zoom offices are on the east coast. They're requiring their account manager to go to their office for a meeting...the irony is amazing
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RosenCranzLives 1 year ago
BoobTube. That's what my dad (born in 1930) called the TV. I think that's where it came from.
Ace 1 year ago
"The Tube" was common back in the 1970s. And then there was the Channel4 music TV show of the same name which came some time late on the 1980s, IIRC.
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M O'Connell 1 year ago
This thing ran the worst version of Frogger you've ever played. Oh and the cords have melted into the styrofoam.
Pirate Luxe 1 year ago
Omg, I got one of these for free in like 1982 or 3 .... My mom worked at a store that sold Timex watches and they gave the store as samples
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Kelly Scott 1 year ago
Reminds me of one of my managers who asked that we not put backgrounds (the ones that came with the computer) on our screens because they "might hurt the computer".
Mike F 1 year ago
We got new ones a year or so before I retired and one of the owners decided that the "new" logo was the only acceptable wallpaper. My reply was "watch this" and loaded mine from a stick. It's an old Dr Seuss thing called "Raising Money for the Arts" and I've had it for years.
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nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
Ubuntu. The developers went to great lengths to make it Windows-like.
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Igor914624 1 year ago
I once worked for a medical lab that named all their servers after venereal diseases. When I left they only had chlamydia in the server room. The worst part about it was that was the anti-virus server.
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john doe 1 year ago
Idk kids now suuuuuuckkk maybe it's time to bring some light discipline back into fashion.
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Greg Baughman 1 year ago
We shouldn't be pursuing Artificial Intelligence until we combat natural stupidity.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Yah. I did a chat gbt, "girls names that start with a vowel, are 4 letters, and end in a". And of the list of ten, 5 were 3 letters. Yeah...
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Greg Baughman 1 year ago
Good lord... as someone who is OCD about cabling... so much in that picture makes me shudder.
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