The most dreaded question for an IT professional is “What do you do”?
I’ve finally found the answer. I solve problems.
What kind problems? All kinds. The key piece is, my efficiency in solving a problem is directly proportional to how interesting I find the problem. It’s true for all IT pros.
For an MIS guy, it’s fascinating to find the best way to get file A to point B while keeping away hacker C.
For a Web Services guru, it’s all about getting data from one place to another, and the further apart they are, the more interesting it is.
I have a lot of problems I find interesting, but the one I find most interesting is how to get user A to use system B and for system B to do something useful with system C while user A has no idea that there is a system C. It just happens.
That is what I do.
© Scott S. Nelson