{"id":718,"date":"2017-07-24T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/life-lessons-openbook-blog-hop-2\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T02:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T02:24:55","slug":"life-lessons-openbook-blog-hop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Life Lessons #OpenBook Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BlogHop6.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"280\" data-original-width=\"336\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/BlogHop6.jpg?resize=400%2C332\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Life Lessons In IT<\/p>\n<p>People have interesting misconceptions about folks who work in IT. They think we spend our days in nerf gun battles or discussing the latest sci-fi movie release. And like many stereotypes, there is some truth to the stories.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/nerf-rival.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"354\" data-original-width=\"630\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/nerf-rival.jpg?resize=320%2C179\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nWhat people don&#8217;t see is the behind-the-scenes teamwork. Sure, I work with a bunch of geniuses, but we are better in resolving problems as a group than as a bunch of individuals. They (thankfully) are not Sheldon Cooper type narcissists and know how to work together in a crisis. In fact, I&#8217;d say that they are actually fairly humble.<\/p>\n<p>A major system goes down in the middle of the night? All hands on deck. That doesn&#8217;t mean we actually have to get dressed thanks to the joys of being able to remote in and a dedicated conference line to have a group conversation. But if the network is down, there won&#8217;t be any need for the boss to order people to come in. They&#8217;ll already be there.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing people don&#8217;t understand is that IT is not just one area of knowledge. it&#8217;s a whole conglomerate of specialties. There&#8217;s networking and servers and help desk and operating systems and security and programs and &#8230;okay, I&#8217;ll stop now. Everyone in IT has to be part of the effort to keep things running smoothly for the end users.<\/p>\n<p>IT can look like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cable-mess-1024x768.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cable-mess-1024x768.jpg?resize=320%2C240\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Or, with good teamwork, like this:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/structured-cabling-services-250x250.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"187\" data-original-width=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5379.temp.domains\/~pjmaclay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/structured-cabling-services-250x250.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Both get the job done, but one with more success than the other.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo what can people learn from what I do? The answer is simple. Teamwork.<\/p>\n<p>To check in with the other authors, follow the links below.<\/p>\n<p>July 24, 2017 \u2013 What Kind Of Lessons Could Anyone Learn From What You Do In Your Career?<br \/>\nAre there life lessons that people who aren\u2019t in your career could learn from? You might be amazed.<br \/>\nRules:<br \/>\n1. Link your blog to this hop.<br \/>\n2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop.<br \/>\n3. Promise to visit\/leave a comment on all participants&#8217; blogs.<br \/>\n4. Tweet\/or share each person&#8217;s blog post. Use #OpenBook when tweeting.<br \/>\n5. Put a banner on your blog that you are participating.<br \/>\nWordpress:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/new\/view.php?id=723841\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.inlinkz.com\/img\/wp\/wpImg.png?w=920&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Custom Blog:<\/p>\n<div class=\"InLinkzContainer\" id=\"723841\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/new\/view.php?id=723841\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"click to view in an external page.\">An InLinkz Link-up<\/a><\/div>\n<p>An InLinkz Link-up<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/AAeH6R\" rel=\"nofollow\">get the InLinkz code<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Lessons In IT People have interesting misconceptions about folks who work in IT. They think we spend our days in nerf gun battles or discussing the latest sci-fi movie release. And like many stereotypes, there is some truth to the stories. 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