Let’s face it, IT is an industry built on negativity. Have you ever met an IT person? Negativity is their life blood. There entire job is either fixing problems or preventing problems. Just think about the things you may have installed on your personal computer.
Do you have antivirus software? You better. It stops 17-year-old college students who don’t have anything better to do to create a program that will destroy your computer.
Firewalls? They prevent hackers from getting into your files and learning about all the porn sites you visit that you thought no one would ever find out about. Uh…forget I said that. I mean, it prevents them from getting vital information from your computer like credit card info, social security numbers and passwords so they can steal your identity. And you thought no one would ever want to be you…ha!
Surge protectors prevent equipment from frying. Mass storage to prevent all those digital pictures you take from going *poof*. Cooling systems in server rooms. Simple things like “auto save” for Word so you don’t lose information if you forget to save your documents.
We are so dependent on computers and electronics that if some catastrophic event happened like an EMP, only the nutcases living in bunkers would be left to populate the Earth!
So please be nice to your IT professional. Treat them with kindness and understanding. They hold the fate of the world in their hands.
