{"id":1563,"date":"2018-09-18T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:27:03","slug":"national-it-professionals-day-celebrating-the-saintly-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/community\/national-it-professionals-day-celebrating-the-saintly-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"National IT Professionals Day: Celebrating the Saintly Patience of IT Pros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Happy National IT Professionals Day to the IT pros out there. This important day of recognition started in 2015 and is observed on the third Tuesday in September. It\u2019s designed to celebrate and show appreciation toward the IT superstars for keeping everyone safe, secure, connected and productive. Today is a day to honor network engineers, system administrators, developers, IT support technicians, database administrators, and information security professionals for all their hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The other week, I was chatting with a colleague of mine who is a network engineer during lunch. I was highlighting my recent travel nightmare starring two missed flights and my baggage not showing up.\u00a0 I commented that the airline baggage staff must have the most thankless job in the world because everyone only seeks them out when something is wrong and when they want to complain.\u00a0 No one ever stops by and says, \u201cMy luggage was on time, thanks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My colleague laughed and asked me, \u201cWhen do you think the last time anyone sent me an IM and said, \u2018Hey Tony, just letting you know the network is working perfectly, keep up the good work\u2019?\u00a0 He answered, \u201cIt hasn\u2019t happened in four years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After reminiscing over our wildest experiences as IT professionals, my colleague then proceeded to recite some of his favorite IT questions and comments he\u2019s received over the past many years, including but not limited to these gems:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cThe Internet is down!\u201d (his personal favorite).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cWhy is it called a wireless router when there are wires connected to it?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cIf I roll down my car window, will my cell phone get better reception?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cWhere is the \u2018any key\u2019?\u00a0 What other key is it next to?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So in the spirit of our National Day, don\u2019t just complain to your company\u2019s IT team when something goes wrong \u2013 give them a shout out when things are going like you expect and for doing an outstanding job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or, if you feel you must complain, please give your colleagues a crazy, \u201cwhat are you thinking\u201d IT-related gem of a question or comment so they can laugh about it when you leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What are some of the wildest experiences you\u2019ve had as an IT professional? Leave a comment below and share your story.\u00a0 I\u2019ll send out an Infoblox t-shirt to the best comment that I haven\u2019t heard before or gets a good laugh from me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy National IT Professionals Day to the IT pros out there. This important day of recognition started in 2015 and is observed on the third Tuesday in September. It\u2019s designed to celebrate and show appreciation toward the IT superstars for keeping everyone safe, secure, connected and productive. 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