BOFH is meant to blow off steam for the lowly enlisted people of tech. I think the negative comments in this thread really shines a spotlight on the chasm divid

BOFH is meant to blow off steam for the lowly enlisted people of tech. I think the negative comments in this thread really shines a spotlight on the chasm dividing IT people on HN. A lot of the ivory tower of IT hangs out here unaware its hell for the majority of folks working IT. Spend a few minutes on /r/sysadmin if you need a refresher on what it's really like to start out in this business working at an ordinary company. And this is nothing against the ivory tower or the valley. All I'm saying is it's a problem when you can't tell that you're there because of the echo chamber you're in. To most orgs IT is an expense that must be minimized at all costs and that translates to treating IT people as dirt. Shops that export technology as their business are the inverse of this.