Top 10 Signs Your Network Admin has Gone Rogue

July 25th, 2008 by Julia Lim

Terry Childs captivated much of the IT world over the past week and a half with his lock-down of San Francisco’s IT system. Instead of watching a bunch of police chasing a white Bronco, this time the coverage amounted to many many articles, blog posts, comments, and long email chains. It seemed I would read one thing and the very next one would contradict or shed more light on some aspect of the case.

Depending on who you talk to, he is:

a) a hero

b) a disgruntled worker

c) in need of a serious work/life adjustment

d) in need of $5 million and/or a better lawyer

e) all of the above

Surprisingly strong opinions, regardless of what you choose.

We chose to lighten things up a bit and, as we always try to do, figure out how to help our customers be proactive. So here it is, the Top 10 Signs Your Network Admin has Gone Rogue:

10) David Letterman has a Top 10 list called “Top 10 Signs Your Network Admin Has Gone Rogue”

9) Your Admin is the only one with the network device log-ins and refuses to share them with anyone else.

‘8) His presentations about network configuration include the words “Magic” and “Burn after reading”.

7) Instead of email, he forces everyone to use the Suggestion box placed outside of his door…and then places a very obvious nanny-cam hidden in a teddy bear right next to it.

6) He begins to grow out his sideburns and every question directed to him in meetings results in the same response, “Do you feel lucky today, punk?”

5) He has the mayor on speed-dial.

4) He starts wearing very big shoes to the office and accosts random people in the hallways asking if they think they could fill them.

3) He refuses to write router and switch configs to flash citing network security concerns.

2) He calls you and asks for a $5 million salary advance; caller id flashes “Department of Corrections”.

And #1: You’re the City of San Francisco

Enjoy your lock-down free weekend!

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July 25th, 2008