how common are IT retards?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDJGTGBgFc4
IT "specialist" stories
>>54809565
Most first level IT now a days are idiots if you're talking about a large company.
On another note, Rossman needs more recognition. He's a man with his head on straight who has a lot of good practical knowledge.
>>54809565
IT morons are getting more common with each passing day, and often the dumbest ones are the ones with the most certs and an IT degree.
the smartest IT I've ever worked with are always the guys who were from other fields with better work ethic and enthusiasm to learn.
>>54811434
he's a very smart guy and has a lot of good points, but he gets angry too easily when he's trying to do a task, and there is even the slightest issue. The only exception to that would be his actual bench work.
I checked out this guy's yelp business page. He'll reply to like every poor review btfo'd the reviewer. It's something I have never seen before holy shit.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/rossmann-repair-group-new-york-2
>>54811759
Holy shit true autism, this guy is fucking insane
For some reason, his videos are silent for me. Can't hear them.
Oh well, dunno what that's about.
he pronounces gentoo with a hard g
this guy is fucking great, but he's an asshole
>>54811933
Wait isnt that how its pronounced?
>>54811759
>Does this sound like something any technician would say; that air can stop your laptop from working if it gets trapped inside?
>the only excess air here is between your ears where brains should be. :(
Holy fucking BTFO
>>54812255
well technically could if some very specific heat induction occured
>>54811954
I pronounce is Gen like generation, too like two
Video not found.
when will the "im a college dropout" meme end?
>>54812601
when le jud3n stop profiting off state sponsored colleges.
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oh vey
>>54812651
knock off Genius Bar?
I don't think im cut out for technology
>>54812651
meh the guy appears to know his shit so I get it
>>54812651
Call me a good goy, but tbf the guy knows his shit and I'd trust a paid forum from someone who actually owns a business and does videos often about what he's doing
>>54809565
what the fuck is wrong with his nose?
>>54812904
knowing your limits is important
>>54809565
this guy's got a nice camera
>>54811434
>>54811434
>>54811759
Too me he seems slightly autistic.
In the good kind of way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPeITOz2_YM&ab_channel=LouisRossmann
His rice video is awesome.
Any job revolving around electronics is full of retards. If you think otherwise then you are one of the ratards.
>>54812651
>tfw you have to dedicate 10 hours a day answering youtube comments
IT people are like the burger flippers of the tech community. They don't do anything that any other person in the tech department couldn't do, they just exist so people with more valuable skills can focus on their work instead of taking time to set up workstations or servers.
And if they had more than half a brain or gave any fucks, they wouldn't be in IT.
Holy shit this guy is a douchebag, every single video he shows he has utter disregard for his customers, and keeps saying how he's shit at soldering, but doesn't give a fuck.
As a computer repairer is rustles my jimmies to see an unauthorised repairer fucking with a board and not using ESD protection.
I've seen so many customers with devices "repaired" by people like this, only for them to fail a month or two later because they used shit parts, shitty labour or didn't protect the parts from ESD damage.
>>54814550
Have you seen his video on ESD damage?
>>54814576
Let me guess, he says it's bullshit?
>>54814550
are you dumb? ESD is rare especially when you know how to ground yourself
>>54814655
>ESD is rare especially when you know how to ground yourself
The guy in the video doesn't ground himself at all, it looks like there's carpet in his repair room for fucks sake.
>>54812904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w
>>54814550
He really isn't, only to the actual retards where it's definitely deserved, watch more bro.
>>54814673
rubber shoes, cotton shirt? not wearing synthetic crap? maybe he ground himself before recording? do you even electrical engineering? get the fuck outta her you shitty fuck
>>54814600
Naturally.
He says everything is bullshit
>>54814673
ask mummy/mommy to buy you your very first Linus cuck tips branded ESD watch
>>54814709
You'll generate a charge just by moving around, while working on stuff like that you should be grounded all the time.
>>54814717
Joke all you like, but the first 10 years of building my own computers and working on bare boards like that, they'd fail in some way usually within a year or two, in ways you could easily attribute to some kind of ESD degradation.
After I learned about ESD and started to use ESD protection whenever I built a machine, I haven't had a single one fail, systems running continuously for the past 4-5 years now.
It makes a huge fucking difference, ESD damage can happen invisibly, so the device you're working on still functions fine, but over time the damaged circuit wears away and eventually fails.
>>54814785
protip, the only "ESD protection" you need is to just screw in the PSU and plug the three-prong IEC cable into the outlet.
BAM. Access to ground.
You're molesting the case every other movement so why the fuck do you think you need a fucking path to ground constantly on your wrist?
>>54814811
>You're molesting the case every other movement so why the fuck do you think you need a fucking path to ground constantly on your wrist?
Because if your body is at a different electrical potential than the case when you touch it, a discharge could be sent through components on it's way through to ground.
Wear an alligator clip style wrist strap attached to the grounded case and you'll always be at the same electrical potential as anything in the case.
Sure, plugging in your case to ground while working on it makes a difference, but just having that wrist strap decreases your chances of damage by a whole lot more, especially if you're picking up components out of boxes, etc.
>>54811434
Nice try
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>>54814859
I wouldnt be surprised if he posted here, his assbugers level is off the charts.
>>54809565
Look at how much the average person knows about a computer.
50% of people can only...
Turn on a phone or computer
Post to facebook
Click an icon to start a program that is preinstalled
Swipe their phone to get to their home screen
Send a text message
Send an email from a laptop or desktop but not their phone
Charge their phone from the charger that came with the phone
Take a picture using their phone
40% can do all of the above and also...
Install an app
Post to instagram
Post to twitter
Use Microsoft word
Use MIcrosoft Excel
Change the background on their machine
Play a game on their phone
Check their email on their phone
Put a password on their phone
Make a google or apple account
Login to their google or apple account
5% can do all of the above (Whether they choose to or not) and also...
Download a program to a computer
Install a program on a computer
Create an account on any site
Organize their folders
Pirate shit
Play video games on the computer
3% Can do all of the above and also....
Build a computer (With a parts picker)
Install Windows
Diagnose and fix very simple problems related to software
Or
Program small programs
1% Can do all of the above and....
Install any operating system
Build a computer without a parts picker
Diagnose 99% Hardware and Software problems
Program more advanced programs
Install and configure networks
The remaining can usually do all of the above and 1 of the following
Administrate servers
Program extremely complex programs
Install and configure complex networks
Build custom parts
A very small number of people can do all of the above and even less can work for designing processors or motherboards
Now take either the the 50% or the 40% and add one small program they "specialize" in, and you have the common IT "Professional"
>>54815304
Is there a source on this?
>>54815304
Considering how often technophobe family members manage to fuck up their computers by downloading shit into them, I´d move "download/install a program to a computer" to the first or the second groups. The 5% knows how to do it "properly and safely".
Otherwise sounds good
>>54809565
He responds to all his yelp reviews, he makes YouTube videos, and he manages to run his own repair shop.
How does he have free time to do anything?
>>54815924
In some video about old vs. new Thinkpads he talked a lot about how he prefers the old ones because of their the sturdiness and their protruding battery, which allows him to edit the videos on the way to work/home, while he´s standing on the bus or walking through the street.
That´s probably a lot of used time. Other than that, he´s probably a time wizard.
'bout as common as metapods in viridian forest
>>54816079
If I was him I would just live at work and shower at the gym because homes are expensive and traveling is a waste of time.
>>54816079
> walking through the street
> editing videos
... derp
>>54809565
If he's so smart he wouldn't be hiring an IT specialist.
>>54814498
Don't worry pajeet you code monkeys could fix anything
>>54816312
He did talk about how the battery grip made it easy to dodge people as he worked, and how even if someone tried to rip it off his hands he´d still be able to put up a fight because it´s such a solid grip.
>>54814709
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-24x27-5-Inch-Desktop-Anti-Static-M3013/dp/B00009XT3H
>>54809565
This guy is the perfect /g/entleman.
>rages
>egotistical
>autistic
>good with tech
>>54811810
he is an it specialist and doesn't know it so
>>54817555
but /g/ isn't good with tech.
What did he intend to say by this?
>>54811940
I love this guy, even his asshole.
>>54817756
Is that some reverse psychology?
>>54814246
The only thing wrong here is autists giving a shit about other people's apperance.
Im just amazed after seeing his schematics.Do all techs have their own sources for them?
I tried finding service manuals for my phone and was only a little successful.
>>54817756
He hates getting money for free. If you really want to, you neither send him a broken macbook or subscribe to his support forum.
>>54815304
I'm in the 1%, but really wish I was in the "the remaining" (not the "very small nunber" though).
>>54809565
Is he kosher?
>>54818512
http://laptop-schematics.com/
>>54809565
He's smart and has skills but he's such an angsty little shit I can't stand to watch his videos which otherwise would be interesting if he'd just calm the fuck down and stop whining.
>>54818722
>phone
Any links for old mobiles and current androids?
>>54818794
>Any links for old mobiles and current androids?
which phone?
>>54818838
Old nokia, blackberry.
Not so old samsungs and htc smartphones.
>>54818901
http://www.s-manuals.com/phone
>>54818912
Well basic web research I have done and I know of around 10 sites, rest are paid.
I was hoping you might know something else.
>>54812651
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocF_hrr83Oc
>>54814246
Fuck, can't unsee. I had to tab out of the window and "watch" it as an audio only pseudopodcast because I couldn't stop watching his nose
>>54815398
He pulled those stats out of his ass
We had a thousands-wide botnet on our internal network recently. Severe enough that Google blocked our searches and sent our traffic to the Malay version of their site. Their solution was to install a second antivirus on top of the first.
I've always preached that IT should have a more robust skill rating system similar to what trade unions are like. Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, etc.
There is to much bullshit going on, and certificate factories out there. No real standards to hold someone against. Even a degree has limited weight now-a-days.
>>54814246
He's a breed created by fusing a nigger and a Jew: an unholy abomination.
God has cursed this being with the nose of a demon so that True Believers know not to believe his lies.
>>54809565
God dammit, 30 seconds in and I already feel identified. Tell me /g/, is there hope or should I simply kill myself?
>>54814498
So much this. At my company, IT is a hindrance more often than a help. They manage every single user-issued computer in the company the same way, from the non-tech-literate HR dept all the way up to the highest-level software developers. Which means that they issue a locked BIOS system with disabled USB boot running Windows to developers, loaded with a garbage tier anti-virus that scans every single file change (Cutting I/O performance on the machines down by over 50%, and CPU performance by 25%).
So developers have a machine they can't even be trusted to USB boot from, while writing code that directly handles billions of dollars daily. .
>>54820374
You're not funny.
>>54814550
just like 4chinz Xddd
>>54814550
The video that got him internet-famous was pretty legit. Apple authorized repair wanted to charge his customer $750, and all they would do is throw out the broken part, refurbish the system, and send it back. Instead, he spent 10 minutes doing a manual diagnosis of the actual problem, fixed the problem, and saved his customer $750 (minus his fee) and a week of their time.
For Apple's, it makes more sense to do it their way. Pay a monkey $10/hr to turn a screwdriver and replace a $100 part, charge the customer $750. If they used legitimate skilled labor, they'd pay $200+/hr, still charge $750, but take home less money in the end. It's easier to just hire idiots.
>>54809565
I watch Louie fix Apple motherboards every night before falling asleep.
It's so comfy to watch a Jew rage about other Jews.
>she
FUCKING MISOGYNIST BASTARD! #BOYCOTTROSMAN
>>54820542
It must be working if it's being used. I would rather have it locked up like that than allow a female programmer to fuck it up.
>>54820797
The other big problem with the way apple is doing that is they destroy all your data. So the customer would have had to pay $750 and loses their data while he does it for half the price and you keep everything the same.
>>54814550
>not an authorized repair service center shill
>>54811560
I have seen decent IT diploma people, but you are dead on that the ones who get a fuck ton of certs are normally shit. The main issue is most IT certs test memorization instead of competence.
>>54819313
>>54815398
They aren't stats they are my observations over the years. One thing I would like to point out that if you have some of the smaller percentages but not all of them then you are still considered in the previous tier. I am not so good at programming so I am considered in the 3% though I am in the higher of the 3% because I know how to administrate servers so it isn't 100% This is what you know, more of a guideline of what is most likely to be known.
>>54815779
I would agree with this statement yes.
So someone borrowed a monitor and didn't plug it back in?
Is that why he's mad about?
>work as webdev
>really not an expert and mostly self-taught.
>work on this angular 2 frontend for an accounting app
>got it working just like the bossman wants and it also looks neat and is very userfriendly
>we test shit and everything works as intended
>by working on this i picked up jasmine and karma through learning how to unit test
>close to release
>boss calls me and tells me database is fucked and its my fault somehow
>get to work and see whats what
>frontend is fine
>works as intended
>backend has issues
>check the database
>see a bunch of sql command directly in tables
>uh uh
>ask backend guy if he sanitized database input
>he looks at me
>gets angry
>tells me me to mind my own business
>boss looks at him
>the guy worked there for multiple years
>has multiple certs and a masters in CS
>i have a shitty BS in something not even CS related AND 50% grades all around
>boss: database guy, you do know what sanitizing input is, right?
>its on your slack todos and you ticked it off as done
>silence
>i fix it since the backend was in node
>backend guy doesnt get fired but instead sent to a seminar about sql security and preventive database breach practices
>boss gives me a raise
fuck year
>>54824028
I'm guessing firing the guy would have costed more than paying for training
>>54824072
almost always
>>54824072
well hes a pretty cool boss he pays for us to go to conventions and trainings.
this is my first real IT job and its great working with them.
im just surprised he didnt sanitize the input since i already made error cases in the front end related to bad frontend input that get sent back during validation.
its really just an angular front end communicating with an express server that handles a rest api and database input/output.
my job was fairly simple though. the hardest part was figuring out how to draw charts and shit with javascript. since i didnt wanna use a shitty bloated js library for that i made it myself and that was about 40% of dev time.
learned a great deal about canvas and how to interact with it though.
the backend guy had some anger issues but he is actually a nice guy.
i just cant help but feel that certs and degrees dont mean jackshit these days.
we have pretty bright kid who has a BS in video game engineering and has done some serious work in datacollecting is basically fucking john carmack when it comes to math.
I don't know anything about macs and I like to keep it that way. When a user comes to me with a mac question I make sure to google it in front of them and read all the searches to them as we talk.
Not sure why they keep coming to me for mac shit.
>>54824072
This is true 100% of the time. It's possible that his college was really fucking stupid or he missed the 1 week in undergrad and 1 week in grad school that covered sql security.
>>54824187
certs kind of are bullshit. So many people use brain dumps, people will straight up tell you to just use a brain dump. What is scarry is some people actually believe this isn't cheating. I'm a help desk bitch, and one guy that got hired told me he got some cert, forgot which. Basically he says he used some really good brain dump and passed. He just told me this like it wasn't a big deal, fucking delusional.
>>54824277
Some certs are. Training for certs can be as valuable as getting the cert itself, my last interview I talked about all the trainings I did for certs I didn't have because I wanted the knowledge but the piece of paper wasn't that important to me. Told them if they wanted I could get the cert, they said that wasn't necessary.
Got the job btw (sysadmin).
>>54819117
any idea what he coated the board with around ~5:30 after he removed the resistor
>>54824948
flux
>>54814716
>He says everything is bullshit
Of course. He's in NYC.
>>54812802
Genius Grove you mean
>>54809565
This is guy is fucking based.
how can you learn how to solder and remove board components. What kind of places can teach you this
>>54825333
buy a soldering iron and try it yourself.
>>54809565
this guy has the exact same body language as weev, it's fucking uncanny
>>54814326
Like Stalman when he eats his own toe jam on stage?
>>54825333
jr high school
eh, I've been to this guy's shop before. Yes, he's a huge asshole, has god-tier Aspergers, etc. etc. but he knows what the fuck he's doing and is based. The attitude isn't that big of a deal, especially for NYC area. Imagine running a repair shop where entitled mac users try to swindle you every day, make up lies about their devices and existing damage, and have no respect for you because you don't have a liberal arts degree. That's his life.
>>54825420
He has customers get irate with him because he didn't know what was exactly wrong with the laptop when the customer put it down on the counter and asked, "what's wrong with it?"
>>54815304
>only 5% of people can create an account on a website
>only 5% of people can install programs on their computer
how does it feel being fucking twelve
Everyone with autism does this thing where they shout very quietly when trying to express frustration in videos.
It's so fucking annoying.
>>54812290
Nice to know
>>54825333
Buy old piece of hardware, soldering stuff and some books
>>54809565
> 2 shits of a fuck
>>54825333
$50 and a youtube video or 2
>>54825789
maybe he just doesn't want to yell at his place of business?
>>54825656
God, I wish I was 12 again...
If you think that more than 5% of people can do those things you overestimate them.
>>54821353
Hey, Louis.
>>54809565
I'm attracted to people this smart and enthusiastic and pissed off.
>bad IT person
>it's a woman
>>54814355
The rice is to dehydrate it before it gets all fucked up and rusted, not to repair fucking corrosion.
>>54812255
Luigi is fucking ruthless
>>54814785
I have a P4 system I built a decade ago. I've swapped out parts a number of times, usually failed drives, once a failed GPU, but the motherboard, processor, and RAM have been fine the entire time, and I've never used ESD protection. Same for a half dozen other builds I've helped people with or built for myself.
>>54819790
Jim?
>>54824028
Wait, node doesn't automatically sanitize database inputs?
>>54829903
node is just a javascript engine
it allows you to write server side javascript.
>>54814326
>being passionate about your job is considered autism now
>>54831779
>falling for the 'passion' abuse meme
Stop being so exploitable.
