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Don't fall for the trap (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by rastro@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[-] technohacker@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago

Alright I'm probably the outlier here but... I like helping people with their IT needs, and I've always found the problem solving and praise kinda nice. Maybe it's just a me thing tho

[-] mynamewastakenagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

imo - you are not the outlier, you just haven't yet progressed to the mostly inevitable stage where people take advantage of your help, or their spyware ridden dumpster fire of a laptop breaks and they blame you because you "touched it last" - never mind that was 6 months ago and the only thing you did was change the screensaver timeout.

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

I like helping people, but not with what I do for my day job. Ask me to shovel your driveway or help you move or proofread your emails or anything but more of what I’ve already spent all day doing.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I used to work in IT, and both then when I was on my personal time, and now, I do not love helping people, but all it takes is someone else doing it poorly would annoy me enough I would end up helping someone

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm with you but there's definitely a line that gets crossed fairly often when you help people out with these things.

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