I suppose they would have ironed out things like that several hundred years or so from now when "Bones" snapped a zinger like that to Kirk, but we haven't reached that point today, in fact, we're drifted further apart in the IT world.
In today's world of IT, whatever your job description is when you are hired may be very different when you start. I would go as far to say that a Job description for an IT position should be brief and to the point:
Position: IT
And that would be that, because you have to wear many hats today due to lost employees [ed. - not really "lost", like on the island with the smoke monster, but laid off employees], retirements, and the fact that the world of IT is like standing on quick sand.
Maybe you were hired to be backup to the guy who does servers, but only see a server once that year, what do you do? Answer: make yourself useful. In my case, I found that I liked killing virus and Trojans, especially when guy on the other end of the remote server was trying to counter my moves. I think I average only having to bring 1-3 PCs back to shop because of viruses, and it pains me when I have to.
But if I'm asked to take a call regarding things like email issues, setting up wireless routers, etc. I'm happy to do it, for 2 reasons:
- It's keeps me current with newer products and releases
- It's job security
- The brand of PCs are the same
- If a problem developed, re-image the drive
- If a keyboard or mouse requires replacing - do it, your a corporate Zombie.
- For the most part, all software used by employees are the same
In today's world of IT, it pays to be non-corporate and learn as much as you want, or can.
'Nuff Said,
Brian
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