I’m 48. I have a list of take away’s from life. Not in any order.

  1. it is what it is
  2. you will never earn more than you are worth.
  3. IT ppl don’t make companies any money and are easy to replace.
  4. Work to take better of yourself
  5. You will make mistakes, that’s OK
  6. Don’t stay (work)at a place that you can’t deal with.
  7. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot.
  8. Don’t beat yourself up when you make a mistake, or shoot yourself in the foot.
  9. Always be nice/kind or fight to be, know when you are not.
  10. Always set expectations
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago
    1. Sales came to me one time and asked for an extract of customers from the database, which I gave them.

    But they didn’t ask for any definitions, just a raw extract.

    So I ran it again with some filters:

    We ranked our clients, A, B, and C. With A being the best clients.

    “Here’s a list of all the A-ranked clients, with no past due notifications, who haven’t spent any money with us this quarter, but have open credit.”

    Over a million dollars in open credit sitting on the table waiting for sales to reach out.

    Yeah, but IT “doesn’t make money”. If your IT department isn’t making money, then you’re asking the wrong questions.