Monday, September 23, 2013

You Know You've been in IT too Long When...

Nothing says we can't be innovative and humorous...

This is an Android we can believe in...

  • You use a magic Quadrant to comparison shop.
  • You refer to the wait staff as customer responsive service interfaces.
  • You don't understand any longer how a Cloud could produce rain. 
  • You're confused between Socialism and Social networks.
  • You wish you were working on the Skynet project.
  • You refer to your kids as 2.0, 3.0 and talk about your family as the long-term release strategy.
  • You don't think Cheetah's are Agile because they don't sprint all the time.
  • You refer to politics as "run-time governance."
  • You watch reruns of the Matrix and still think it's cutting edge (the sequels don't count).
  • You're seriously contemplating creating a cyborg using a 3D printer.
  • You can relate to Watson on a personal level.
  • You're waiting for the local haunted house to add the solution release triage room.
  • You are beginning to think Larry Ellison makes sense.
  • You remember the good ole days when an Android looked like Yul Brnner.
  • You code comment your Christmas cards.
  • All your friends are now recruiters.
  • You count calories in megabytes. 
  • You'd like to outsource your relatives (just for a little while). 
  • Your idea of a romantic line is "stroke my touchscreen."
  • You'd like to vote for the Program Manager and Chief in the next election but are confused why the office is not on the ballot.
  • You start referring to talking as wireless communication.
  • You still think the 1996 Mac guy versus PC guy ad is cool.
  • You determine what to cook for dinner using an analysis of alternatives.
  • You think Strings are composed of letters instead of twine.
  • You are beginning to realize that life is merely a digital experience.
  • You remember Big Data being 64k.


Copyright 2013, Stephen Lahanas

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