I've come to the conclusion that those who work as computer geeks today
are drawn from the same section of the population that once went into
small shop mechanics.
Back in the 70s and early 80s, before computers invaded the automobile world and changed auto repair from a trade into a computer lab project, there were many small auto mechanic shops staffed by men in their 20s who wanted to mess with your car. No matter what your problem was, when you contacted them about the repairs to your car, you were soon confronted with the "performance" changes that they wanted to make to it, or worse, already had. "Man. . . this baby needed a Holley Carb! I just ripped that old stock carburetor off and . . ."
At that point, you were doomed. No aftermarket performance part so installed ever worked, and at best, with enough tinkering, your car might get back to the original state of performance, more or less.
Computerization of automobiles ended that. So now, the same people go into computer programming.
If you work in an office, you know this is true. The moment your system is really working well, you are going to face an "upgrade", or worse, and entire new system. If you are lucky, after days of messing with it, and hours and hours of lost work, you'll get a system back that is close to what you had.
Back in the 70s and early 80s, before computers invaded the automobile world and changed auto repair from a trade into a computer lab project, there were many small auto mechanic shops staffed by men in their 20s who wanted to mess with your car. No matter what your problem was, when you contacted them about the repairs to your car, you were soon confronted with the "performance" changes that they wanted to make to it, or worse, already had. "Man. . . this baby needed a Holley Carb! I just ripped that old stock carburetor off and . . ."
At that point, you were doomed. No aftermarket performance part so installed ever worked, and at best, with enough tinkering, your car might get back to the original state of performance, more or less.
Computerization of automobiles ended that. So now, the same people go into computer programming.
If you work in an office, you know this is true. The moment your system is really working well, you are going to face an "upgrade", or worse, and entire new system. If you are lucky, after days of messing with it, and hours and hours of lost work, you'll get a system back that is close to what you had.
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