Few things are more uncool than when you mom or dad latch on to the latest slang phrase or start leaving comments on your MySpace page. The following is much worse my friends. It's an attempt by corporate mofos to sound hip and to start something viral. This video was a nominee for "Best Song" according to last year's Pwnie awards. Take that for what it's worth:

Yes, that's Dan Finnerty (aka the wedding singer at Will Ferrell's wedding in the movie Old School). He's about the only redeeming thing in this video since the words are no more than oddly placed industry jargon and lamo rhymes. Hell I'm in the industry and still didn't understand what they were trying to say. Hardware/Software based security? Not if it's put together by the same guys that made this video.

Despite the responsibility there are few life and death scenarios. Though we occasionally get a wake up call at 3am, unlike doctors we IT people rarely deal with situations where life hangs in the balance. Sure a server may crash and burn but no one is going to be injured unless they happen to be sitting atop the unit when it goes.

The downside, pay grade aside, is that unlike doctors we do not have a fully stocked medical supply closet from which we can produce any tool we need or so desire. Scarcity of resources is one of the most frustrating things about working in tech. There are never enough computer cycles, system memory or hours in the day to get everything done. Technology is often left in service well beyond its expected life and is often retrofitted instead of replaced so as to save money in the short term.

Still despite the downside I still look forward to coming into work and rarely dread the impending crisis of the day. If only I could have the same attitude when home electronics or automobiles fail.

Installing software can be a pain in the butt but it gives me something that I rarely find at work or home: free time. In that time I like to sit back and think. I think about problems at work, I think about things I'd like to do when I'm home. I think about the inane and off the wall things that not only give my mind a break but also help to spawn new ideas.

For me freethinking is not just productive, it's also a great stress reducer. I find that I'm able to not only solve problems but also prioritize and analyze whether things are really a problem in the first place. Over the years I've found that, upon further investigation, many of life's little problems are really opportunities in disguise.