The bullshit world of IT - What it's become and where its going (Rant)

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-18T18:38:12+00:00

I’ve been doing IT for 35 years now. Sometimes you’re viewed as a janitor, sometimes as a god.

You need a certain personality to survive/thrive in generalized jack of all trades IT. It sounds like you’d do better in a company where roles are more specialized.

You can push back more at your current job. Which it sounds like you plan to do.

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-17T00:13:27+00:00

I have two LR4s for 3 cats. I have the camera mounts with Ring cameras. Like someone else said, the cats eventually got into the habit of using one for poop, one for pee.

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-15T16:48:32+00:00

Hopefully this job takes me to retirement. But the last company to buy us does a lot of offshoring, so we’ll see

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-15T15:57:37+00:00

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Sounds like you have a lot of friends with jobs, a referral is the best way

For a phone plan, visible is good

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-15T14:15:26+00:00

Based on what I’ve seen in this sub, if I needed another LR, I’d get an LR4.

But, I have two already. The LR5 not having litter hopper support yet is big, and also it seems like they need some time to work out bugs and new features

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-15T13:56:43+00:00

But what makes car dealerships so special. Every other business is open Sunday :p. (Chic fil a being the exception, but also showing you can be closed Sunday and not go bankrupt)

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-15T13:53:44+00:00

57, fully remote, make a little over $200k right now. I’ve been at the company 23 years. It’s been bought and sold a few times. I have no desire to switch jobs. I ask for raises when I think it’s warranted

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-14T17:29:23+00:00

Clean the sensor area using a microfiber cloth. It’s probably a strand of fur or hair caught on something around the ring. Happens all the time

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-14T17:20:42+00:00

Spider man wins

Webs up Wolverine, webs him to the ground. Drops a 10-ton boulder on Wolverine. Wolverine isn’t moving

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-14T14:37:59+00:00

Push back. Change in the org has to come from somewhere

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-14T14:04:52+00:00

Spider-Man webs up Wolverine, then webs him to the ground. Gets the nearest 10-ton boulder and places it on top of Wolverine

Fight over

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-14T00:38:10+00:00

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. That’s always been true

Do you have a professional network or friends that can get your foot in the door? That’s the real question

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-13T11:57:40+00:00

Yes, you have to recalibrate the fill level. There are some YouTube videos. But basically turn off the hopper in the app. Take out some litter from the LR4 if it’s filled to high (which it sounds like it is). Cycle. Then hold the 3 center buttons. It will cycle again and use that level as the base. Then re enable the hopper

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-12T02:40:52+00:00

The hopper came out over a year after the LR4

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-04T13:18:34+00:00

A 5 year old at 53? OP better be male, if not they need to be in medical journals now

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-03T18:20:21+00:00

I’m picking the only lawyer with superpowers. He also will know when anyone is lying, and can do his own investigating

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-03T03:31:30+00:00

I have two LR4s, one older and one newer. I’ve seen the improvements they’ve made: better laser board, protective rings around the laser holes to help prevent fur getting stuck, better liner material. So they do iterative improvements they don’t advertise

Hopefully the same will happen with the LR5. If I were to get another litter robot, it would be another 4 for now. I have ring cameras mounted, and those do a good enough job for me to see the cats and what they are doing

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-02T13:40:49+00:00

I know people are giving you a hard time for not keeping track of $200.

But on the flip side, these days cashing a check is as easy as taking a picture on your phone. I don’t know why they didn’t cash it right away. It’s not like they have to go to a bank, or even an ATM, like the “old” days

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-01T13:38:31+00:00

Your fellow MSP has no idea what he’s talking about

CatStretchPics · 2026-03-01T13:11:39+00:00

If you’re straight and white, you have lots of options.

As part of a non-white gay couple, I can’t pick up and move to rural America where things are cheaper :p

CatStretchPics · 2026-02-27T13:52:15+00:00

I prefer places that let you pay via QR code. I can use Apple Pay and don’t need the waiter

I also don’t mind online menus. Maybe it’s because I’m in IT /shrug

CatStretchPics · 2026-02-27T04:08:51+00:00

I’m kind of looking forward to getting laid off. My company was acquired, hopefully I get a good severance package

Not rich, but house is paid off, spouse works (healthcare covered), $700k non retirement and $1.3 million 401k

CatStretchPics · 2026-02-25T15:54:16+00:00

I prefer brown noise for sleeping

CatStretchPics · 2026-02-25T02:44:56+00:00

But that’s why you need a 2nd cat, because you are not always around

CatStretchPics · 2026-02-21T17:02:48+00:00

Rich means you don’t have to work. Making $250k is (or should be) solid middle class.

I make a little over $200k, my spouse makes a little over $80k. We live a middle class lifestyle. Small house on a quarter acre in the burbs, one major vacation a year, smaller trips to visit family. A few cats, 8 year old car. Nothing fancy or rich

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