Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Are You An Obedient Employee?
Posted by Brad Adrian in "THOUGHT" @ 02:00 AM
For four years now, I've been using a 400 mHz clod of a notebook PC for most of my work-related computing. It's been a faithful companion, albeit a slow one at times. So, you can imagine how excited I was when my employer told me that I'd be receiving a new 2 gHz, lightweight speester as a replacement! At last, no more waiting for large documents to load! No more rearranging my files every time I need disc space for a new download!
But... Now that I've got this cool new computer, the tempation to stray outside the "corporate standard" and install all sorts of operating system and applications upgrades is KILLING me! I mean, I can argue that I could be much more efficient if I were allowed to personalize my computer with all the tools and updates I want. On the other hand, I want to be a good employee and not create a Frankenstein machine that our IT department isn't prepared to support. What's a geek to do?
But... Now that I've got this cool new computer, the tempation to stray outside the "corporate standard" and install all sorts of operating system and applications upgrades is KILLING me! I mean, I can argue that I could be much more efficient if I were allowed to personalize my computer with all the tools and updates I want. On the other hand, I want to be a good employee and not create a Frankenstein machine that our IT department isn't prepared to support. What's a geek to do?
