Friday Humor – nerds vs suits

Ah yes, the never ending story of what the the I.T. folks (Information Technology, techies, nerds, computer jockeys, code pounders, net gurus, et al) think about the suits (management, sales, marketing) and visa versa.

So, in this friendly vein of enmity, we have the following (H/T: Readers Digest)

A hot-air balloonist had drifted off course. He saw a man on the ground and yelled, “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?”

“Yes”, the guy said. “You’re in a balloon.”

“You must work in I.T.,” the balloonist said.

“How did you know?”

“When you told me is technical correct, but of no use to anyone.”

“And you must work in management,” the man on th e ground retorted.

“Yup.”

“Figures. You don;t know where you are or where you’re going, but you expect me to help. And you’re in the same position you were in before we met, but now it’s my fault”.

But of course, there’s another version:

Two guys are flying in the Northwest in a small two seater plane. Abruptly, a cloud bank dips in and visibility goes to nothing. In horror, a skyscraper appears in front of them and the pilot banks violently to avoid. Not knowing where they are, they start to circle the tower where a crowd of people starts to gather in the windows.

“Where are we?”, asks the passenger.

“Dunno just yet”, answered the pilot.

Then with a start, the passenger grabs a sheet of paper and madly starts to scribble “Where are we?” on it and shows it to the crowd watching them go round and round. Heads start to shake up and down and the crowd quickly disperses, only to return in a moment with the message “You’re in a plane” correctly displayed in the windows, one letter at a time.

“Ah!” said the pilot and heads the plane off to the east. Ten minutes later, they were on the ground.

“How the heck did you know where to go?”, asked the incredulous passenger.

“Simple – they gave us a technically correct answer that was of no use whatsoever…..we were at the Microsoft place.”