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With Great Firewall Power Comes Great Gaming Responsibility

Networking Security

2 months ago 95.0K views 0 shares

With Great Firewall Power Comes Great Gaming Responsibility

The sweet irony of working in IT - spending your days blocking everyone's fun while secretly having the keys to the kingdom. That moment when you realize your company's firewall is cockblocking your Mario Kart session, but then remember YOU control the firewall. Suddenly those network administration certifications finally pay off! Nothing like using your godlike network privileges to ensure Blue Shell justice can be served, even on corporate Wi-Fi. The circle of tech life: create problems, sell solutions... to yourself.

I Get More Expensive Phones And Laptops Than My Siblings Because I "Program"

Hardware Webdev Programming

3 months ago 99.6K views 0 shares

I Get More Expensive Phones And Laptops Than My Siblings Because I "Program"

The classic programmer hustle - convincing parents that you need a $2000 MacBook Pro to "learn coding" when a $300 Chromebook would do just fine. But hey, those compilation times are critical for your "Hello World" programs, right? The endless cycle of requesting hardware upgrades is practically a rite of passage for young devs. Parents eventually catch on that you're mostly using that 32GB RAM to have 97 Chrome tabs open while occasionally tweaking CSS. But they love you anyway, bless their financially drained hearts.