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Originally Posted by wotnartd
A monkey can put a computer together.
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Which is why $15/hour is pretty much top pay for hardware people. Can I typically design a better computer than people that think they know what they're doing? Yes I can. You're only as fast as your worst bottleneck, the same concept goes for servers and all hardware. Hardware compatibility is at it's peak as far as options. There's more types of memory than ever, there's 32bit vs 64bit, there's multi-core processors, there's ide vs sata, there's even RAID implementation on desktops now. RAID Is one of those things that most any know-it-all can explain the general idea of (raid 5, that's about all they understand because it's the most important) but 1% has actually setup their own RAID. Putting together computer parts is easy once they're in front of you... not limiting yourself by purchasing the best compatible hardware for your purpose isn't easy, and requires a good understanding of how everything works. If you could do this efficiently, you'd have a job already, you wouldn't be shooting for walgreens. It surely isn't brain surgery, but it isn't common knowledge either--which is why 99% of computers you run across in homes say "dell" or something big boy company on them.
Where's the money at? Obtaining better systems, for cheaper. It's cost-efficiency.
I'm just saying, too many people are rockin "IT" jobs that do not know what they're doing. My company sent me to a 2-day training course on Exchange 2007 implementation, and many of the people in there were not qualified to do absolutely anything in IT in my opinion, they were simply regular old people that knew how to install their own printers, and this is so common in "IT" from what I've seen. 2 people were there from a rather large college, who were going to be in charge of upgrading to exchange 2007. One asked, "what's the difference between a security group and a distribution group?" as it was shown on the screen... WOW. You're allowed to touch server2003/exchange, and you don't know this? When she manages to fuck up a large college's entire e-mail system, they'll probably screen people better. Where is her strong point? She can pacify people on the other end until she gets a geek to fix it for her. Strong communication skills can keep you a job, just by being able to listen to people and be a middle-man, because often, geeks are holier-than-thou, and users don't like that shit. This woman should still not be touching anything related to this project, because, she has no idea what she's doing.
Knowing "tricks" in windows xp, how to change mouse settings, how to burn cds, and download games isn't a job qualification.
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