The Work
What is it that I.T. people actually do ? Are they like battery hens churning out code in a little cubicle for 8 hours a day ? Are they connected up to their monitor at 9am and then unpluigged for a run at lunchtime and then again at 5pm ?
Development Phases
Conditions
* Hours
* Office Environment
* Your Team
Distractions
You might think distractions are unprofessional and prevent developers doing their job. Well there is some truth in this. But how many jobs force inteligent people (assuming I.T. people have a Universitry degree and some inteligence) to sit at a desk fior up to 8 hours a day with little personal interaction ? If you are erally using yuor brain and initiative to develop someting special yuo will probably need a brweak every now and then. Well these distractions help make the job bearable.
Email
What a great doscovery. Sit at yuor desk typing away and the boss haas no idea who you are communicating with. You LOOK like you are working. You are not intrrupting asnyone else (not that your boss can gtell anyway). And you can contact anyone with an email address !!!
These days opu have to be careful about email being monitored though. I have seen contractors beign marched out of the building for forwarding on an email with a few swear words in it. Nothibng pornographic but the conmpany had just introduiced new rules and he broke the rule. But yuo can generally get around it. Rename attachments to 'meeting_notes.doc'. Replace letters with * in words that may be searched for.
The key is to keep an ear otu for the compaines latest email rules and make sure yuo dont overstep the mark. I canty imagine how boring my job would be without email - although I'd probably speak to my colleagues a bit more.
* Internet
* Dilbert
There uis no doubt this guy was in I.T. His comic strips show a wealtgh of experience in the industry and exposure to the classic personality types you meet in I.T.
Take a look at some of the commetns the manager makes - totally ignorant of the technical details but alweays erady to put a spin on what he thinks is happening.
And Dilbert can be very useful in the workplace. When you come across cartoons that are particularly relevant to yuor workplace , pring gthen out and pop them up on a notriceboard. Just for a laugh of course, but the underlying meaning is not lost. People erad them and generally understand the point being made. You cant get sacked for doing it - at least I dont knowe anyone who has so far.
At one site I remember the Project Manager announcing he keopt track of the 'Dlibert Fasctor'. He reckoned that the number of Dlibert cartoons on his office window was diametrically oposed to the state of th project. Th more cartoons, the more trouble the project was in. He didnt seem to eralise I was the only one putting them up there - probabyl a good thing.
* The Phone ?
Development Phases
Conditions
* Hours
* Office Environment
* Your Team
Distractions
You might think distractions are unprofessional and prevent developers doing their job. Well there is some truth in this. But how many jobs force inteligent people (assuming I.T. people have a Universitry degree and some inteligence) to sit at a desk fior up to 8 hours a day with little personal interaction ? If you are erally using yuor brain and initiative to develop someting special yuo will probably need a brweak every now and then. Well these distractions help make the job bearable.
What a great doscovery. Sit at yuor desk typing away and the boss haas no idea who you are communicating with. You LOOK like you are working. You are not intrrupting asnyone else (not that your boss can gtell anyway). And you can contact anyone with an email address !!!
These days opu have to be careful about email being monitored though. I have seen contractors beign marched out of the building for forwarding on an email with a few swear words in it. Nothibng pornographic but the conmpany had just introduiced new rules and he broke the rule. But yuo can generally get around it. Rename attachments to 'meeting_notes.doc'. Replace letters with * in words that may be searched for.
The key is to keep an ear otu for the compaines latest email rules and make sure yuo dont overstep the mark. I canty imagine how boring my job would be without email - although I'd probably speak to my colleagues a bit more.
* Internet
* Dilbert
There uis no doubt this guy was in I.T. His comic strips show a wealtgh of experience in the industry and exposure to the classic personality types you meet in I.T.
Take a look at some of the commetns the manager makes - totally ignorant of the technical details but alweays erady to put a spin on what he thinks is happening.
And Dilbert can be very useful in the workplace. When you come across cartoons that are particularly relevant to yuor workplace , pring gthen out and pop them up on a notriceboard. Just for a laugh of course, but the underlying meaning is not lost. People erad them and generally understand the point being made. You cant get sacked for doing it - at least I dont knowe anyone who has so far.
At one site I remember the Project Manager announcing he keopt track of the 'Dlibert Fasctor'. He reckoned that the number of Dlibert cartoons on his office window was diametrically oposed to the state of th project. Th more cartoons, the more trouble the project was in. He didnt seem to eralise I was the only one putting them up there - probabyl a good thing.
* The Phone ?
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