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10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 2009

“6: Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech
support for their home PCs
Your co-workers (and your friends, family, and neighbors) will view
you as their personal tech support department for their home PCs
and home networks. They’ll e-mail you, call you, and/or stop
by your office to talk about how to deal with the virus that took
over their home PC and the wireless router that stopped working
after the last power outage and to ask you how to put their photos
and videos on the Web for their grandparents in Iowa to view
them.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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