I worked for a company where they had a student (internship) set up the LAN, among other things. He got the job done, they liked to boss him around and pretty m

I worked for a company where they had a student (internship) set up the LAN, among other things. He got the job done, they liked to boss him around and pretty much everyone agreed the guy was lazy and there was no way they were going to hire him, blah blah. Truth be told, you could see he didn't like it there. But they couldn't have been more wrong about that guy. And I've seen this over and over again: it has nothing to do with technology. It has everything to do with the people you work for and how big of an influence your job has on whatever it is a company is trying to sell. It's very discouraging to a lot of people when they're in a situation like that guy was. Fortunately, he only stayed there for like 6 - 9 months (too long, imo, but he had no choice), so when his time was up I asked him where he was going. He was going to work for a company that offered network solutions, he figured that was a better choice than to go work for a company similar to the one he just interned for. And he was right. I happened to know the company and the owner, so I assured him he made the right choice. I checked up on him a few months in and all I can say is: time to move on when you're in a situation like he was.