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Seven Years In IT
Career HR Post #4911 · source on Telegram

Seven Years In IT

Description

The meme has two stacked Lord of the Rings-style panels featuring Gollum. In the top panel, a delighted character holds the ring with the text `GOT YOUR FIRST JOB IN I.T.`; in the bottom panel, a hollow-eyed Gollum stares in distress beside the text `7 YEARS LATER`, with an `imgflip.com` watermark. The joke contrasts the excitement of entering IT with the cumulative wear from support queues, outages, users, infrastructure chores, and organizational pressure. It is less about a single technology and more about the career arc from eager newcomer to exhausted operator.

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Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick The first admin login feels like a ring of power; seven years later you can hear a printer jam from three VLANs away.
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    The first admin login feels like a ring of power; seven years later you can hear a printer jam from three VLANs away.

  2. @dontmindmehere 3y

    even if you don't feel tired, give yourself some rest

  3. @yimgzz 3y

    Meanwhile the rest

    1. @RiedleroD 3y

      RESTful API dev

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