Back in the day - when IT first started?

You had problems keeping a good IT person happy and 'with the company' for long.

Most of the hard core people were the nerdy, book people who had the apptitude for programming....Hell, I wrote queries and was a sys admin and I barely can keep my rear end clean.

I went to meetings and read the books.

I taught myself how to write reports and to use programs to extract info.

The Harder Core people were treated like royalty because they were able to keep a system up and running and they were always looking for a better job.

I didn't know who I was going to talk to when I called a help desk...people quit and newer faces came on board every week.

This guy was probably a self taught kid who impressed someone that had hiring rights.

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I am amazed he gave up a stripper/poledancing GF, a huge paycheck and a life in Hawaii to get stuck in Russia?

Moron/