Is it just me or do all the devs on devRant get requests to fix printers? 🤔🤔

I once threw a party at my place and it ended up being a bunch of guys being called on the phone by their mothers/girlfriends with questions like "the internet won't open"

Well, i had til "fix" outlook today 😅

When you start coding you basically become this wizard that can fix any kind of electronic from any planet in any system to all your non-techies friends and relatives, this should honestly be a disclaimer before getting into it.

Yes, and I tell my clients that for one hour of my time the could just go buy a new one.

Simple answer.yes

Amazing place, my job.
Mantra from the CTO: engineering is R&D, not IT. IT is IT.
I've never been asked to fix a printer.

Printers always stop working. If know how to use anything more than a Browser and Word, someone will ask you to fix it. :D

It's been 21 years since I took the A+ certification, but I still remember : "California Cows Won’t Dance The Fandango "

I've never had to use that knowledge to fix any printer, but at least I know the six steps in the laser printing lifecycle ?

I regularly get to enjoy fixing Outlook clients and exchange.... 👌🏼right now I'm having more fun sticking forks in my eyes. Fixing printers gives me a hard on compared to the cluster fuck that is some people's email situation.

I made a devRant cartoon based on this rant topic, check it out if you haven't already: https://youtu.be/WPlma_tPdpk

@trogus
😂👍👍

@trogus well played bro 😂😂😂

We finally have the answer for what we all do when the A.I takes over. We all band together and become printer specialists

Actually you can make a company that only fixes printers if you get someone that can fix any printer...
Ofcorse such a person is like a programmer's God (the one from the mith that can program in any language and hack a bank website in a few minutes using Vim) and you would have to pay him a fortune

Can't say I got any from outside of my immediate family... but then again I'm not a dev. Yet.

I was once asked to fix a printer at school, I went to get it support, they opened the printer and the yellow toner cartridge had leaked everywhere. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with that one.