What's an innocent misconception about your hobby/profession that drives you up the wall?
What's an innocent misconception about your hobby/profession that drives you up the wall?
Like for example, how someone thinks because you work in IT you can fix their TV, or how if you're into music you must be able to play any random instrument.
I just like hearing pros rant about about their very niche problems.
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I am a Windows and Cloud administrator. As soon as people hear cloud and computers, they start thinking that I am personally involved with building the metaverse and could work for NASA. Meanwhile, all the people on the technical sites and subreddits inflame my imposter syndrome every day.
Every time someone learns that I build PCs as a hobby, they almost all ask me about things relating to electrical engineering. Look, socketing a CPU isn’t rocket science. And no, I can’t fix your computer.
If you can't fix my computer can you fix my wifi instead?
After I get done with your printer.
just use a sledge hammer. Used properly, a sledge hammer can ensure pretty much anything will never break again.
sure, but it's a $200 callout fee, and $250 per hour.
That usually stops them dead in their tracks.
even if i could, no. i dont wanna be everyones free it.