The story goes:
The huge printing presses of a major Chicago newspaper began malfunctioning on the Saturday before Christmas, putting all the revenue for advertising that was to appear in the Sunday paper in jeopardy. None of the technicians could track down the problem. Finally, a frantic call was made to the retired printer who had worked with these presses for over 40 years. “We’ll pay anything; just come in and fix them,” he was told.
When he arrived, he walked around for a few minutes, surveying the presses; then he approached one of the control panels and opened it. He removed a dime from his pocket, turned a screw 1/4 of a turn, and said, “The presses will now work correctly.” After being profusely thanked, he was told to submit a bill for his work.
The bill arrived a few days later, for $10,000.00! Not wanting to pay such a huge amount for so little work, the printer was told to please itemize his charges, with the hope that he would reduce the amount once he had to identify his services. The revised bill arrived: $1.00 for turning the screw; $9,999.00 for knowing which screw to turn.
Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
True, but a photographer has to work with people, which you know damn well is the worst part.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
IT also has to work with people
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Only if they manage to get past my labyrinth of cunning traps and ticket system auto-emails!
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Some of us have to answer calls
chunk6235@piefed.social 1 day ago
Easiest way to tell me you’ve never worked IT
Samsy@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
But you only have to hit their taste of photography. Ask IT people how hard it is to hit the taste of someone who mainly is able to click on iPhone apps and now starts to tell you what db/infra/server structure he/she wants.