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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down10·2 months agoKinda tired of people referring to my work as “IT”
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down10·2 months agoStill no. I’m not setting up routers or configuring laptops. I’m designing and building systems. “IT” being used this way just means “touch computer.”
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·2 months agoSo you work with information technology? 😉
minus-squareOk_imagination@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoAgreed, anyone that falls below the CIO gets called IT.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI think this is a European thing. “IT” is a general term for any tech work, whereas in the US that term refers to technician level network infrastructure and sysadmin work.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoNo, people misuse the term in the US, too.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoSince I’m an engineer and I engineer things, maybe “engineering.”
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHave one of those cool hats?
Kinda tired of people referring to my work as “IT”
IT sector
Still no.
I’m not setting up routers or configuring laptops.
I’m designing and building systems.
“IT” being used this way just means “touch computer.”
So you work with information technology? 😉
Agreed, anyone that falls below the CIO gets called IT.
What about the CTO?
I think this is a European thing. “IT” is a general term for any tech work, whereas in the US that term refers to technician level network infrastructure and sysadmin work.
No, people misuse the term in the US, too.
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What would you prefer?
Feral Developer Level 3
Since I’m an engineer and I engineer things, maybe “engineering.”
Do you make engines?
No, I drive trains.
Have one of those cool hats?
And I get to toot the whistle