57. What year did IT paranoia set in? - Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Michael (the great bearded) McClure and I had a talk of sorts on Dissecting Popular IT Nerds… We also talked about what other IT Directors actually do for fun Like Snowmobiling and freezing icicles off one’s beard, aka “beardicles” Some of the show highlights:

A Gateway 286 & Network Card
Why is nothing breaking
Millennials want it to work easy like Siri
Embrace the challenge release the stress
What’s easy is hard
What year did paranoia set in
How to sell to upper management with only a little bit of fear.

Michael McClure

I have been in the IT field for 25 years and have been an IT Director for 13 of them. I am an Army Veteran, a Volunteer for Make-A-Wish Oregon, and the Captain of the Oregon Chapter of Bearded Villains (a Charity and Family-oriented International Beard Club). I have been married for 26 years and have two adult children. Oh, and I’m a huge Disney fan and occasional Pirate.