this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?
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If you have to drive 3 hours to push a power button then that sounds like you're way too far from the jobsite, aka a management problem where they're trying to contract IT consultants nowhere near their business or hiring too few people who know how to work a button.
Some companies have multiple offices and doesn't necessarily have IT staff on-site at all of them
Or,, why are we hiring people who don't know how to press a button properly?
It's not about knowing how to press a button, it's about knowing which button and when.
The only button, front and centre
I mean, do you know how to tell which server in an 8' tall rack full of them is the one that isn't working? Do you know where the power button is on that server? Do you know if there are any special procedures required to cycle power on it? Sure, it's often the big obvious one, but not always, and that doesn't always help you anyway.