Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
The day of a computer hardware technician
Here is just a brief breakdown of the typical day in the life of a computer hardware technician:(25%) Waiting for an LSI or Adaptec controller to initialize (25%) Waiting for a computer to reboot (10%) Explaining something simple to an end user (5%) Just doing that something simple FOR the end user (10%) RMA'ing failed equipment (5%) Explaining to corporate why something will or won't work (10%) Trying to find a way to make whatever it was corporate bought that won't work for what you were trying to do since they ignored the above explanation (5%) Turning a BIOS floppy image into a bootable ISO because manufacturers don't understand that no computer has a floppy drive anymore (5%) Explaining to tech support that it IS their problem and then explaining how they should fix it Labels: annoyances, computers, tech hell (C)2003-2008, Bob K Mertz - Some Rights Reserved |
