My bosses want to be kept informed at all times. However, trust me and let me do my job. When I fix something, don't ask me what was wrong or how I fixed it. I don't have time to explain to you what you learn in 2 semesters of network infrastructure classes. Just back off and you'll be surprised how much an IT person will get done. Sometimes you just have to accept, 'It was a problem with the hosts file and it was throwing off sendmail' without probing into sendmail.mc theory. And as far as explaining it in non-techie terms, I can only dumb down SSH tunnels and the TCP/IP protocol so much before I want to jab myself in the eye with a spork. OK boss, it works likes this. A computer stands up and yells, 'Hey Server!!!' All the computers hear it, but only the server yells back, 'Yeah, what do you want?'go read it.
2006-04-06
required reading
just a quickie: some tech guy (ok fine, christopher koch) distills a recent slashdot thread and offers an analysis. hysterical:
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