JEDI MIND TRICKS dealing with day to day IMPROVISATION

It's easy not to be a Muppet , knowledge is power and it’s a jungle out there. If you feel inadequate and well outside the inner circle....it's probably time for some reflection to cultivate the inspiration again.

The IT industry is a twisted place and if you don’t know this fact after spending some years in the pIT it will suck you deeper into ignorance...get with the program - there's no spoon , do something about it.

Start off with the acronymic education ,water-cooler folks may have referred to you as one of the following on a day to day basis...

BE EDUCATED > WATERCOOLER ACRONYMS OF DOOM:

POBCAC ("Problem Occurs Between Computer and Chair")
PIBKAC ("Problem Is Between Keyboard And Chair")
PEBCAC ("Problem Exists Between Chair and Computer")
PEBCAS ("Problem Exists Between Chair and Screen")
PEBCAT ("Problem Exists Between Chair and Terminal")
PEBMAC ("Problem Exists Between Monitor And Chair")
PEBCAK ("Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard")
PEBKAC ("Permanent Error Between Keyboard And Chair")
EBKAC ("Error Between Keyboard And Chair")
BCAK (bee kack) ("Between Chair and Keyboard" error)
PICNIC ("Problem In Chair Not In Computer")
IEBKAC ("Interface Error Between Keyboard and Chair")
PEBKAM ("Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Monitor") which is where the user would appear on a system flow-chart if they were considered part of the machine as a processing component.
IUE ("Incompetent User Error")
IO ("Idiot Operator")
CODE 18 ("Problem is 18 inches away from the screen")
WETWORKS ("The Drip who is using the computer")

The networking administrators' version is referring to the cause of a problems as "a layer 8 issue". The automotive repairpersons' version is referring to the cause of a problem as a "loose nut between the steering wheel and the seat."

My favourites PICNIC and WETWORKS..remember to Shake and Bake...if you aint first you’re LAST...