Small, Tech-Centric Companies are the Biggest Headaches Our firm is a small, tech-centric and tech-dependent company. We rely SO heavily on our programmers to make the machines work that it gives you pause to think. We have moments to pause and think because on a daily basis our computers (or more precisely the very necessary programs that are running on them) decide that things are not to their liking and that they are going to quit for awhile. I cannot tell you how frustrating this is.

If I were a real slacker and more lackadaisical I would just take it in stride and maybe go out and get some sunshine for awhile. But I'm not that guy. Instead I pound my fists on the desk, pull at my hair (what's left of it) and then write up fiery emails to IT about how their program has just broken and what could be done to fix it and oh yeah, why does this happen so often and we need to invest in better technology, etc., etc. I really go off. Of course nothing changes. The programmers are just guys doing their jobs as best they can and sometimes the programs they write just don't work the way we might want them to. That's life, I suppose. But goddamn if it doesn't bug the shit out of me when I need the application to load and all I get is that stupid hourglass.
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