• @[email protected]English
    27•6 months ago

    A big reason why I’m glad that I’m no longer in IT is that I don’t have to be in an on-call rotation any longer.

    If the job offers to pay for your cell phone, it’s because they will expect you to answer at 2am.

  • bitwolfEnglish
    11•6 months ago

    Wow this is so me (except I keep my bag between my legs when sitting).

    Everyone knew me for having my “bag full of tricks” and a laptop all the time.

  • @[email protected]English
    16•6 months ago

    If they are not paying me I will not be sober.

    Oh you called me out of my work hours and without paying me to be on call, then I drunkenly deleted 7 customer databases because you insisted I have to log in right now? Sounds like your problem to explain that one.

  • @[email protected]
    7•6 months ago

    Wait other people carry their laptop with them when they’re on call? I just make sure to never be an hour away from my laptop lol (ideally only 15 minutes away but I won’t reschedule anything)

      • @[email protected]
        2•6 months ago

        I spent a decade on call.

        The last few years, they would call and call and call…

        I wouldn’t answer though

      • @[email protected]English
        3•6 months ago

        I generally do the same. It doesn’t have to be my work laptop, mind you, just a laptop. Usually my personal laptop.

        As long as it’s in a reasonable walking distance from me, I’m good. Eg. If I go out for dinner, I’ll toss my bag in the car and I’ll leave it in the car unless I get a page.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•6 months ago

      I’d rather hook into Wi-Fi/hotspot and work without making my whole family leave or be stranded somewhere just because I got a call.

      • @[email protected]
        5•6 months ago

        My god I don’t miss that life.

        I’m a stay at home dad now and sometimes they drive me crazy (right now actually. If I could kick the dogs out it would probably make my life easier. FUCK YOU MR. PISS ON THE FLOOR!).

        Even when they drive me so crazy I feel like I’m about to have an aneurysm, life is easy mode compared to IT.

        My Computer, Computer, and This PC ain’t my goddamn problem anymore. Woooooohooooooo!

  • @[email protected]
    1•6 months ago

    A company I worked for had a policy that if your laptop got stolen from your car, you would be required to pay for the replacement. So this was basically me whenever I had to travel for that job.

  • @[email protected]
    1•6 months ago

    Sales people too.

    Don’t need a soul, but can’t go anywhere without a pitch book and work box.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•6 months ago

    I didn’t realize this was about being on-call at first, but it worked anyway, because I also don’t like people sitting next to me

  • @[email protected]
    125•6 months ago

    Everyone talking about the pain of being on call, I thought the comic was about how much IT guys love their backpacks…

    I don’t work in IT.

    • @[email protected]
      36•6 months ago

      I’m a software engineer, I bring my backpack everywhere. I thought it was about lovin’ the backpack.

      The main difference, mine is green. It doesn’t always have my laptop in it though, I use it for groceries etc too.

    • @[email protected]
      15•6 months ago

      How the hell is this related to a backpack? I have worked in IT and have had “on call” duty and this comic makes no fucking sense to me…

      • @[email protected]
        10•6 months ago

        I’m on call right now. I can do whatever I want as long as I’m sober and able to log in within 15 minutes or be on site within an hour.
        So I live my life, but I always need to have my laptop, charger and headset with me. A padded backpack is a lot more practical for that than a traditional laptop bag.

        • @[email protected]
          2•6 months ago

          I usually did on call at night, other than that I fixed most by guiding over the phone to get them back running. I’ve only ever had to go in to fix something a handful of times, 9/10 times they’re the ones that fucked up a parameter and I was more or less just a passive listener on the phone while they discovered their mistake by describingto me what they did.

        • @[email protected]
          2•6 months ago

          I’ve been using a crumpler dreadful embarrassment for over a decade, padded messenger style that I use for work or trips for a few days/weekend, it was a bit expensive but it’s been very durable if you prefer a single strap style.

    • @[email protected]
      12•6 months ago

      i thought it was just making fun of people who put their bags on public transit and has nothing to do with IT outside of a loose association with introverts

    • @[email protected]
      53•6 months ago

      To be fair my bag is rad. Also it felt kinda futuristic hot spotting my work laptop to my phone to connect to some servers halfway across the country while in my car in a parking lot, but that wears off pretty quickly after a couple times.

      • @[email protected]English
        30•6 months ago

        Once everyone figures out your can fix things pretty much regardless of where you are, they start to form the expectation that you’re going to do that every single time.

        • @[email protected]
          5•6 months ago

          Well they dont know how long it takes to fix stuff, so I shall do it whenever I feel like it eventually.

          “Yeah sorry someone upstream broke the interconnect compiler to our computation fabric, I send a patch and have to wait for the developer to merge it”

      • @[email protected]
        8•6 months ago

        I remember hooking my HTC Dream up to my MacBook in like 2009 so I could have my friend as a floating head via Skype, so she could join me for a video game preorder party. It was the coolest thing ever. I wish I remembered what game!