Passion fuels the insanity
Even though its computers that keeps the business going. I find it amazing how the first thing that gets cut is IT. I have worked as a field tech for several years for a small company here in the Midwest and I have worked at several businesses and was always amazed when the maintenance guy would call to resolve a problem on the SBS server after he has tried to fix it himself. Or the office lady who was hired on as the Office Administrator who thinks that title falls under Systems Administrator and takes the IT on herself only to call you later because the slow computer problem she was fixing was now BSOD. And my favorite of all time is how that one employee knows someone who works on computers and can come and fix that problem cheaper than the Computer Guy can. Wow another unemployed person becomes a computer expert. basement divers cause more problems in the IT world then most end users. When the day is over and production has come to a stop because you let the cheap guy come and fix your IT problem and you got what you paid for, you will be more than happy to call your IT guy back up and you could not be happier with paying his hourly rate because it was fixed right the first time.
Stress in the IT world comes in many shapes and forms. But at the end of the day I still truly love this career. I guess its the passion that fuels the insanity that keeps me in the game!
