IT Guru.....

harney

I know this is a bit afterhours'ish but I was was wondering what ye all think of the term IT Guru?

I have to say I hate it, made worse when people are trying to compliment you instead of the usual p!ss take

Though I would stick in a poll and throw it out to the floor (well it is Friday)

Khannie

Wizard is the one I hear most. Or "whizz". What? Wizard? GTFO!

matt-dublin

i think its great...

I like to think that I am a bit of one, I pick up a lot of computer related knowledge and technology fairly quickly:
For example i know, windows(95,98,me,2000,xp,server 2003, vista and working on 2008)
Web(asp, asp.net, css, html, javescript, dhtml)
Server Applications(Exchange(5.0,5.5,2000,2003,2007), oracle, sql server, apache, MOM, WSUS)
Security Apps (Cisco Firewall/VPN app, symantec firewall/vpn, checkpoint firewall vpn, symantec-avg-mcafee Security sweets)
Well versed in windows reggistry which is always handy for removing unwanted applications manually, ie viruses, spyware.
Disaster Recovery Specialist. etc etc

the list goes on.
so i think its entertaining when i get called the IT guru, or my new personal favourite it...
"My personal computer monkey"!

Got called that the other day and laughed my arse off!

L31mr0d

can't stand any title with "IT" in it tbh, it's way to ambiguous. You can refer to me as either sysadmin or root, that is all

Stephen

Yeah, "IT" is a rather broad term. To most people, IT = anything to do with computers. So they could be categorising someone who does, say, eircom.net phone monkey support the same as a software developer or sysadmin etc.

Gillie

The classic one I get is "He's a computer programmer"
*shudders*

ixoy

Stephen wrote:

Yeah, "IT" is a rather broad term. To most people, IT = anything to do with computers. So they could be categorising someone who does, say, eircom.net phone monkey support the same as a software developer or sysadmin etc.

Yup. So if somethnig goes wrong with your neighbour's computer, parents would offer your services because they know you do IT, not realising that you're focused in one area of IT (primarily) and don't know everything about it, nor can ya. As such, it's a silly name! IT God is preferable.

petes

I hate the term "whizz kid"!!

Anti

I still think " z0/\/\G |-|3'5 /-\ l337 |-|4><012" is far worse

L31mr0d

Anti wrote:

I still think " z0/\/\G |-|3'5 /-\ l337 |-|4><012" is far worse

lol, reminds of the news story of the nerd who scared off burglers by talking in 1337 when they went to attack him.

p|-|34|2 |\/|3 4 I 4|\/| |2007

hshortt

Expert is worse in my opinion, and where I work we actually have titles as 'Experts' sickening.

Giblet

I hate people who mix up IT with Programming... GRGRGR

jor el

ixoy wrote:

Yup. So if something goes wrong with your neighbour's computer

A Computer! I wish it was just computers. If the neighbours radio or TV breaks I get a call. "Sure you work with electrics, surely you can fix a radio" Eh, no.

I've always found that if you know more than the other guy then you're a computer genius, whiz or words to that effect. If you can build a computer, or even if you know the difference between memory and a hard disk, then you're some sort of demigod.

I still think " z0/\/\G |-|3'5 /-\ l337 |-|4><012" is far worse

It makes me sad that I can read most of that. What's the 012 at the end though, that's bugging me.

nbooradley

Been working as a system engineer for quite a time now and been called a lot over the years from BOFH to things that I cant print here.

never though has someone refered to myself or work as GURU

though wiz and wizard has popped up over the years.

Now I dont recal ever waking up in a robe with a long beard farting fireballs out my rear end and walking with the aid of a staff that also shoots something magical! it does however and always has made me CRINGE!

usually because what i've done is not actually that intellegent or requires a degree in computing, just some patience and common sense.

matt-dublin

nbooradley wrote:

usually because what i've done is not actually that intellegent or requires a degree in computing, just some patience and common sense.

and if its a boss you've done it for, lie, make up some sort of insanly mad problem to make yourself sound smart, or to test their limits of how dumb they are!

ethernet

Being referred to as Bill Gates once made my blood boil. Why not Steve Jobs?

harney

nbooradley wrote:

Been working as a system engineer for quite a time now and been called a lot over the years from BOFH .....

It could have been worse, they could have called you the PFY

CTU_Agent

an article in the magazine at my job once reffered to us as IT "experts", with the "" and everything.. bugged me!!:mad: