I remember greatly enjoying BOFH when I was young, in the same way it’s fun to watch a movie with a deeply flawed character behaving poorly. Then I worked at a

I remember greatly enjoying BOFH when I was young, in the same way it’s fun to watch a movie with a deeply flawed character behaving poorly. Then I worked at a company where the IT person modeled their personality on BOFH and it was, unsurprisingly, a miserable experience for everyone. Strangely, they got a free pass for the gruff behavior because there was this idea that “that’s just how IT people are”. Fortunately, that’s not the norm or even acceptable at any sane workplace and I went on to work with a lot of great and professional IT people since then. But I’ve often wondered how much the BOFH fictions influenced some people who missed the point.