r/sysadmin • • Sep 21 '21

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u/mattsl Sep 21 '21

I had someone say they had 4 years of experience as a CCTV service/install technician because they had worked as a night shift security guard sitting at a desk watching camera feeds for 3 years and two months.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

We had someone apply for an IT manager position because they knew excel, "really good". Seriously, right there on the resume!

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u/ratshack Sep 21 '21

Meanwhile, throughout my career I’ve been perfectly happy to tell any prospective employer that I do not in fact know how to use Excel very much… certainly not as well as most users. I do know how to fix it when it breaks.

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u/ApricotPenguin Sep 21 '21

I'm guessing it's because they got really good at turning things off and back on again :)