Timeline for Frustration when the OP doesn't "get it"
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:14 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 17, 2014 at 13:29 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| May 15, 2014 at 16:08 | comment | added | Mark Hurd | I addressed a similar question for SO now on Meta. In summary, as the existing answers are saying, walk away. | |
| May 5, 2014 at 14:25 | answer | added | vn. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 21, 2014 at 3:33 | comment | added | jayunit100 | yup. just keep sharing the knowledge. sometimes its frustrating but , i would just keep sharing. if you think someone doesnt know something fundamental: Share with them the means to fix the holes in their knowledge (i.e. "read chapters 5-7 of this book ..." or "watch this talk on ..."). | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 16:06 | comment | added | user9517 | @jayunit100: That's why there are people who have those skills. | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 15:39 | comment | added | ewwhite | @jayunit100 Very true. It's the move to the cloud and easier access to computing resources that makes me worry. Sometimes there isn't proper respect for hardware and old-school sysadmin server experience. | |
| Apr 18, 2014 at 15:12 | comment | added | jayunit100 | well, also remember that alot of programmers dont know much about hardware .. but still need to use it time to time :) ... doesnt necessarily mean they are clueless. nowadays w/ JS, browswer side computing, cloud, machine learning being so important setting up servers is a skill that not all of us are specialized in. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 17:42 | comment | added | ewwhite | @Ouki Thank you. I'm taking that advice and cutting-back on participation. | |
| Apr 15, 2014 at 17:36 | comment | added | Ouki | With your 89K reputation, nobody can argue about your dedication to ServerFault. I understand that is difficult to step back, but sometimes you really need to have a break, take a long walk ... clear your head. Anyway thanks again for being who you are. | |
| Apr 14, 2014 at 3:08 | comment | added | Vinícius Ferrão | It's curious to see my question here. Well unfortunately the OP (me) get the point when debating with @JedDaniels, and your answer wasn't what I'm expecting but I up voted it because it's still right. As I stated in my question I was just following the guidance from oficial documentation for the product that I'm using and I asked in srvflt expecting an answer just like Jed have done. Of course there's a lot of bad questions in srvflt, but no one born knowing everything, and if it's forbidden to ask, this site loses it's purpose. | |
| Apr 14, 2014 at 1:20 | history | edited | Mark HendersonMod |
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| Apr 13, 2014 at 0:12 | comment | added | trysis | Sorry to get off topic here, but if this situation is true with professionals today, it's be much better than the situation with "professionals" in previous centuries. Back then, there were fewer people to fill all the jobs, with several having jobs in more than 1 "industry", not to mention all the nepotism. Think about it: would you rather be in an industry because of your parents, that you don't like, where nobody is really an expert, or an industry you like being in, where you can get a lot of help, where people actually know what they're doing? | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 19:08 | comment | added | Andrew B | @AzkerM You're one of the good ones. Thank you for going the extra mile, as usually these types of situations are very thankless for us. Pardon any jaded attitudes; your reception to this type of advice is by far in the minority. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 5:44 | comment | added | AzkerM | @ewwhite - Though I became a pain, I really would like to thank you for helping me out knowing that its frustrating to help further. My supervisor was no good to me nor helpful to me at all. If I would've had a mentor like you, I'd definitely improve myself learning the things I handle without just shooting questions. Also, my intention was never to bother anyone taking my load. It just me packed with so many tasks and left alone doing all in no time. Once again, thank you for all the help & this post made me think of improving myself a alot more as newbie. God bless you! | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 5:40 | comment | added | AzkerM | Hi! I totally regret not being an expert or knowledgeable in the subject. And I also make an apology than I'm being one of the person who made you frustrating. I'm pretty much new to the subjected questions which I've asked. In our organization, I did had a senior supervisor who's responsible for these typos, who suddenly left the organization leaving me no choice, no training & not even a technical documentation. The comments and questions that I've asked is to make sure that I'm not doing anything wrong and I'm on the right path. I will further improve my self before asking a question. :( | |
| Apr 10, 2014 at 14:17 | vote | accept | ewwhite | ||
| Apr 9, 2014 at 21:39 | comment | added | uSlackr | Keep in mind this xkcd comic: xkcd.com/386 and don't become that person. It is not our responsibility to rescue every helpless techy who might have a job they're aren't qualified for or don't care about. Offer help, but don't let it drive you to frustration. | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 16:12 | comment | added | Andrew B | Obligatory: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19665/the-help-vampire-problem | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 14:38 | comment | added | Daniel W. | Haha just saw this topic in the sidebar, this just kinda happened to me and I got downvoted because of OP not getting it lulz!! @lain advice is best, run and avoid eye contact... | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 14:32 | answer | added | Sam | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 14:05 | history | edited | ewwhite | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2014 at 11:39 | answer | added | Giacomo1968 | timeline score: 24 | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 11:27 | comment | added | Giacomo1968 | @mrdenny When you say “who want enterprise data storage on a mom & pop budget” I tend to agree. But I think the larger issue is that computing hardware & software is so disposable to some—and there is a such a high demand for skills—that any clown who can “fake it to make it” will get a gig, do what they think is best & nobody questions it. This kind of work is inherently invisible & the problems only show up years later. Basically, incompetence is rewarded in I.T. nowadays. | |
| Apr 9, 2014 at 1:54 | answer | added | Grant | timeline score: 11 | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 21:04 | comment | added | user9517 | Run away at the earliest opportunity. | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 20:05 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/ServerFault/status/453624690779496448 | ||
| Apr 8, 2014 at 18:47 | answer | added | Ward - Trying CodidactMod | timeline score: 13 | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 16:38 | answer | added | HopelessN00b | timeline score: 25 | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 16:22 | history | edited | ewwhite | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2014 at 16:05 | history | edited | ewwhite | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2014 at 15:53 | comment | added | mrdenny Mod | Sadly yes, this is the state of the professional today. As a consultant I see companies who want enterprise data storage on a mom & pop budget so they have very junior staff handling things they don't understand (or the office manager is the "computer person") and when things go wrong they don't understand why all this other stuff is effected. | |
| Apr 8, 2014 at 15:48 | history | asked | ewwhite | CC BY-SA 3.0 |