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Everything I know about computers, I know because I once broke something and then had to fix it.  In many cases, the “something” started off broke and my choice was either to live without it or to teach myself how to make it un-broke.

I had to teach myself how to hand-write an init string that my modem could use to play DooM.  I also had to learn which drivers I could safely comment out of autoexec.bat in order to squeeze some program in under the 640k ceiling.  I taught myself how to resolve IRQ conflicts, how to properly jumper a soundcard (back when “plug” didn’t guarantee “play”), and how to determine baud rate just by the sound of the handshake.

I once built a PC in a shoebox using assorted parts previously stored in the same.  Yeah, that’s right:  Because I could.

My point is:  What little practical “IT experience” I have is the result of equal parts restless tinkering and frustrated attempts at repair.

Ironically, I’m now a recruiter in the IT field.  In my line of work, the question a lot of people ask me is:  What do you do when you agree to help conduct a search involving technology that you’ve never dealt with before?

You know what, I’ll figure it out.

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