Gilfoyle’s dead inside. Everyone knows a Gilfoyle at the office. If you don’t, then the Gilfoyle is you.
Dunn, the technician-turned-field agent, will do anything, including hacking a stolen laptop, for a free drink from Ethan Hunt. Which is one more free thing than most of us get from our co-workers.
He’s a cybersecurity specialist by day and a hacker by night and his Red Bull intake must be epic.
He can divert all the power to the engines, and yet, somehow, the lights never go out in sick bay.
The mechanic and technical expert of his crew, Parker can trick out cars, hack computers, crack safes and invent a new harpoon made of titanium and powered with nitrous. Which, as we all know, is totally what you’re working on right now.
He’s like Elon Musk … but a superhero. The billionaire playboy graduated summa cum laude from MIT and has the baller budget to tinker on anything he wants. He also has that goatee, but we’re not judging. Much.
He’s a man of many talents. He’s an aerospace engineer who has been to the International Space Station. Also… he can speak Klingon.
He undoubtedly runs the cleanest server room ever.
Though he was born blind, the chief engineer of the Enterprise-D can “see” through his biological implant. Like most good engineers, he can also see through your weak passwords.
We don’t know much about Trinity’s life before leaving the Matrix, but we do know she was a hacker who successfully breached the IRS. And that taste in targets automatically makes her amazing.
Special Agent McGee serves as Special Agent Gibbs’ computer consultant … and yet he still has to deal with nicknames like “McGeek.” We feel you, man.
The chief Viper engineer makes sure all of the defense crafts are operational. Like any on-staff tech support, he keeps everything running smoothly … all while masquerading as a human. You know, just like us.
Q is the man James Bond trusts for his sophisticated gadgets and security protocols. He can do anything from making a miniaturized radio to solving complex codes. He also has a mug cooler than Bond’s.
He built a time machine out of a DeLorean, yet he can’t organize his workspace. We are all Doc Brown.
Everybody knows a Maurice Moss, the hardest-working guy in the IT department who nonetheless doesn’t get the respect he deserves, all because he owns an astronaut-themed duvet cover and loves Masters of the Universe.
That awkward moment when you create a neural-net processor that accidentally becomes Skynet and embarks on a genocidal war on mankind? Really. Who hasn’t had that happen at work?
There are many office heroes in IT, but not many antiheroes. Milton Waddams is the exception. Everyone laughs at a Milton Waddams … until the office goes up in flames. Do not underestimate the Milton Waddams of your server room.
This world-class computer hacker is introverted, likes working from home and is fueled primarily by microwave pizza, sandwiches and soda … a.k.a. the lifeblood of an IT department.
The computer expert not only uses his knowledge to thwart terrorism, but also routinely tries to “fix” the world around him. Regular folks have a tough time empathizing with him, but that’s just the cost of genius.
O’Brian’s abilities could take her anywhere, but she’s only truly at home behind a computer terminal.
Julia Hays is a staff writer for CBS Interactive. She specializes in pop culture trivia, social media, and improv comedy.
