[UbuntuWomen] OT... sort of. Your scariest moment as an IT professional?

[Esther Schindler]

	Oh god YES!

On Oct 18, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Cathy wrote:

> Esther,
>
> Will this fit your article?
>
> *~*~*~
>
> I am working to supply schools with hardware to replace their eight  
> to nine year old desktops. Just seeing these old systems  
> Frankensteined beyond recognition is a horror story in itself, but  
> my most scary moments have been:
>
> * Working with a school district the size of a college campus: I  
> work my way up the ladder until I finally get to talk to the head  
> honcho in charge of IT for the school. He explains that they just  
> updated "all the school's computers". I ask what they updated since  
> I know that most classrooms have old non-functional systems. His  
> reply: "We got that new thing, you know with the wires?" His hands  
> are making big gestures so I ask, "You mean a network?" His reply:  
> "Yeah, that." This guy is in charge of all IT decisions. I scream  
> silently.
>
> * Working with a small, poor inner-city school: The head honcho  
> tells me they have three new computers that are "great, but they  
> don't work." I know she won't know the specs off the top of her  
> head so I ask if I can see them. She leads me to a room with three  
> Dell monitors sitting on the floor. "Here they are." I scream  
> silently and try to figure out a way to explain that they won't  
> "work' without a little more hardware.
>
> * And one we have all experienced -- my kid is a better programmer  
> than the CS instructor at his school. *He* screams silently.
>
> *~*~*~
>
> --Cathy Malmrose, CEO ZaReason, Inc.
> www.zareason.com
>
>
>

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