In information technology, especially in an academic setting, nothing is really impossible if you have vision, ambition, determination, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap intern labor. Student interns are the blood in the cardiovascular system of SITG. It is an unspoken truth that without interns, absolutely no work would get done. Ever.
Furthermore, the interns represent [...]
Archive for the ‘Bob’ Category
Bob versus the Interns (Part I)
Posted in Bob on October 24, 2008 | 54 Comments »
By popular demand …
Posted in Bob on October 8, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Jim’s Quips:
If we don’t take care of the customer, maybe they’ll stop bugging us.
The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly.
Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world, because there’s nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.
I think Bigfoot is blurry, that’s the problem. It’s [...]
A brief hiatus.
Posted in Bob on September 30, 2008 | 31 Comments »
Don’t worry, don’t worry. Nobody got dooced. Not even Bob. But, he is not the only one who is allowed an unofficial, or even an official vacation. More stories are coming, but do allow me a brief vacation. Patience is a virtue, or something like that – sit tight, don’t despair, etc, etc, etc.
Professional Development (Part II)
Posted in Bob on September 5, 2008 | 51 Comments »
Much to everyone’s surprise, Bob became extremely absorbed with the class. I’ve never seen him take such an interest with any intellectual endeavor. He threw out the remainder of Jim’s technical manuals and computer science text books, and filled the shelves of his office with various Russian textbooks, spelling workbooks, travel guides, Tolstoy [...]
Professional Development (Part I)
Posted in Bob on August 25, 2008 | 46 Comments »
Tim once mused that Bob is so terrible at his job because he just doesn’t care enough about it. I thought that was a very gentle thing to say. But, as it turned out, it was also quiet incorrect. Even when Bob really cares about the task at hand, he still can’t [...]
Welcome Party for Dave (Part II)
Posted in Bob on August 21, 2008 | 18 Comments »
That was just one example of how Bob bogged us down. Marek, Nick and I were pretty good at dealing with Bob and his craziness. (I suspect, because he was a little bit afraid of Nick who was able to match Bob’s crazy-aloof look with a crazy-axe murderer look). But Ben and [...]
Welcome Party for Dave (Part I)
Posted in Bob on August 20, 2008 | 21 Comments »
Miraculously, Bob did something right! Oh, he resisted, he tried to do the wrong thing, you can be sure of that. In fact he did so many wrong things leading up to it, that he hardly deserves any credit at all. But it turned out right in the end, and I suppose, [...]
Bob versus Jim
Posted in Bob on August 13, 2008 | 52 Comments »
Bob is an insecure man. On its own, that’s not an especially terrible affliction, one that can certainly be dealt with through some carefully timed compliments and an occasional sugary treat. But combined with nine community college credits worth of management courses, the insecurity can grow into a full blown pathology. That’s [...]
Bob’s Other Job
Posted in Bob on August 12, 2008 | 103 Comments »
Week by week, we’ve been learning about the many bizarre worlds of Bob. There is, of course, the small world of our office. It’s clearly a minor and insignificant world in Bob’s universe, one which he visits infrequently, and only when he absolutely has to. We also know a bit more than [...]
The crazy party excuse.
Posted in Bob on August 8, 2008 | 55 Comments »
A person can be either socially incompetent or technically incompetent, and still succeed in IT. Somebody who is technically incompetent, but can still talk the talk, can certainly get by on charm, and (that most elusive of all traits) people skills. On the other hand, if somebody is a technical genius, nobody really [...]
