Threadkiller Mk XIII

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mottamort said:
hmf... this week sucks. i wish working in IT didnt involve so many stupid people
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I feel you, too many people who think they know that drown out the voices of the ones that do know. I start losing my shit when people say "move it to the cloud" as a solution to anything. That's like moving to a hotel because your house is dirty and could get broken in to.
 
PsychoFish said:
I feel you, too many people who think they know that drown out the voices of the ones that do know. I start losing my shit when people say "move it to the cloud" as a solution to anything. That's like moving to a hotel because your house is dirty and could get broken in to.
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"but...but the cloud will solve all our problems"
 
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That's an excellent analogy, I must remember it.
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I love using analogies to explain IT things, it makes it easier for business people to understand without having to go into technical details. The biggest issue i have with the "Let's go to the cloud" is that most people that spout that garbage doesn't quite understand (a) The cloud basically just means running a virtual server on someones' infrastructure that you don't have control over (b) doesn't magically fix installation/configuration issues (c) doesn't actually really save you anything in the long run
 
PsychoFish said:
I love using analogies to explain IT things, it makes it easier for business people to understand without having to go into technical details. The biggest issue i have with the "Let's go to the cloud" is that most people that spout that garbage doesn't quite understand (a) The cloud basically just means running a virtual server on someones' infrastructure that you don't have control over (b) doesn't magically fix installation/configuration issues (c) doesn't actually really save you anything in the long run
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The trouble with analogies, though, is that some people then try to run with it, and extend the analogy. No analogy is perfect, and replying to your analogy (as an example) with, "Well, let's use a guest house then, because it's in between" is complete nonsense, but to the layman that's grasped onto that concept, it holds up. I often run into that problem when I try to explain my current work problem to my wife with an analogy from her field :) "Oh, I'd use IV antibiotics" doesn't help when I'm trying to figure out why my motor is turning the wrong way around. :D
 
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"Oh, I'd use IV antibiotics" doesn't help when I'm trying to figure out why my motor is turning the wrong way around. :D
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But what if you connected the IV to the wrong vein, that could explain why your motor is turning in the wrong direction.
 
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The trouble with analogies, though, is that some people then try to run with it, and extend the analogy. No analogy is perfect, and replying to your analogy (as an example) with, "Well, let's use a guest house then, because it's in between" is complete nonsense, but to the layman that's grasped onto that concept, it holds up. I often run into that problem when I try to explain my current work problem to my wife with an analogy from her field :) "Oh, I'd use IV antibiotics" doesn't help when I'm trying to figure out why my motor is turning the wrong way around. :D
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Oh yes, that's why I'll fire with an analogy to set the tone, then if I realize that it's gone above their heads I flip to the technical details to ensure they are completely lost. Certain things are just not easily explained in non-technical terms though.
 
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