I ain't working outside in the big blue room

They appear late at night, TV advertisements asking if you're over worked and under paid? Then they ask if you're willing to fix those problems with a bright new career...in Information Technology.

I usually spot these ads out of the corner of my eye at stupid-o-clock at night while I'm sitting at home in front of an LCD display attached to a computer with a VPN connection back into work. At the time there's probably half a dozen browser windows/Java apps, some DameWare clients, and a few SSH sessions open all at once. There's headphones and very loud music involved too.

Now the question these people should be asking is if you're over worked, under paid, and absolutely refuse to let any issue go without wrestling it to the ground and beating it's brains in first? If so, they should say, you probably already have a bright career in Information Technology and should log off and go read a book.

Preferably one which has a thing called a plot, and won't be found in the technology section of the bookstore. You recall the technology section, it's that place where you meet everyone else in the business when you're not meeting them at trade shows.