Originally posted here by TheSpecialist
I mastered the art of craping in my own pants.

There is taking security measures and then there is consulting and stuff... as both a job and a profession. But doing that while being a Joe-Blow who can't code? Tisk tisk tisk... that doesn't sound to good. Hell I know guys who when they aren't either pluging a box in they are moving things around in an office and thats mostly what they do for a living... move cardboard and paper then maybe every other month plug in a few machines. Yet they can atleast make an executable in VB, im sure. I don't even really know anyone in tech-support who hasn't atleast made a few databases in C++ or VB.

But do you really know who usually gets a job without actually knowing one dang thing about computers? Its always people who end up in managment of course. Seriously, the less you know about computers the higher up they place you in the office. I only wish this where a joke.
you actually don't need to be a super tech geek programmer network guru to be a IT mangler. it helps, but not needed because thats why you hire other people.

but you DO need to be able to function and fight turf battles with other managers that are constantly grabbing for the same limited co. resources and piece of the budget. that's how you ensure that there are job openings for junior IT guys in your dept.

:-0