Back in the days of DOS and green screens and servers that took up entire rooms, I hired a kid to be an IT geek-speak translator for the company I was working for at the time. Best hire I ever made!
Not only could this guy explain programming and how things worked in a language that the rest of us could understand, but he was an extremely patient and effective teacher.
He taught me a lot of hacks and shortcuts that cut through the engineering gobbledygook and arcane programming. Thirty-plus years later, I’m still grateful for the way he managed to get the concepts of computers into my thick Irish skull.
seanfear about 1 year ago
pardon them, Chalkie. They’re trying to make a living (which those before them didn’t make for them) shrug
rekam Premium Member about 1 year ago
Chalkie will be looking for another job shortly.
ronaldspence about 1 year ago
you are still ahead of Andy Cjalkie’
Imagine about 1 year ago
Chalk one up for Chalkie.
enigmamz about 1 year ago
As long as they didn’t fire you…
The dude from FL Premium Member about 1 year ago
Give him a Mac
Botulism Bob about 1 year ago
Andy must be an optimist. He’s smiling, and his glass is half full.
Cornelius Noodleman about 1 year ago
Ooo, that woke me up.
Cpeckbourlioux about 1 year ago
I can just get by on our iMac, but when I sit in front of our son’s PC, he quite rightly calls me digilliterate.
BenGMan about 1 year ago
Poor Chalkie.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 1 year ago
Yes that is quite rude. I’m sure they had a laugh though. You made them happy after all.
Tupelodan about 1 year ago
All these years and I never new Chalkie’s last name was White. And I mean allll thes years.
djtenltd about 1 year ago
Computers are always good to learn at any age.
cuzinron47 about 1 year ago
I don’t understand it, I just naturally assumed that when the computer goes into sleep mode, that meant me too.
Linguist about 1 year ago
Back in the days of DOS and green screens and servers that took up entire rooms, I hired a kid to be an IT geek-speak translator for the company I was working for at the time. Best hire I ever made!
Not only could this guy explain programming and how things worked in a language that the rest of us could understand, but he was an extremely patient and effective teacher.
He taught me a lot of hacks and shortcuts that cut through the engineering gobbledygook and arcane programming. Thirty-plus years later, I’m still grateful for the way he managed to get the concepts of computers into my thick Irish skull.
Buckeye67 about 1 year ago
I always figured Chalkie wasn’t all that hard working because if he was, he wouldn’t be hanging out with a lazy low life like Andy.
mourdac Premium Member about 1 year ago
Andy being trained to use a computer would givw new meaning to ‘boot it up’.
T... about 1 year ago
Overloading the brain with all this new s h i t will put anyone to sleep…
tad1 about 1 year ago
Sounds like Chalkie went into sleep mode.
anncorr339 about 1 year ago
Chalkier fell asleep on a training for computer