A Deepness In The Software

The previous post reminded me of the early days, when on my resume I listed software I had used.  That was circa 1988 through 1994, by which time the list was already getting out of hand, and I was already leaving things out.  The original point of getting a PC was in part to be able to learn Lotus 1-2-3 and say I knew it in order to get an accounting oriented job.

It was that part of the resume that eventually took me entirely away from the futile attempts to get accounting work, and into tech support, logically but accidentally.  Had I known such a field of work existed, I would probably have sought it out.

Anyway, seeing that I had some degree of exposure to at least three backup software packages of various vintages made me picture what a list of software I’ve used or supported would look like now.  It’d be crazy.  But it’s also an advantage over the youngsters who work for the company we hired to do my client’s network migration; a depth of experience they clearly lack, no matter how well they’ve been trained in Active Directory, how well they know not to criticize their employer’s bad software choices, and how well they’ve been domesticated into herdable cats.

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