The Dirtiest Jobs in IT

snydeq writes "Carcasses, garter belts, anthrax — there is no end to nasty when it comes to working in IT, as the fourth installment of InfoWorld's Dirty IT Jobs series proves. From the systems sanitation engineer, to the human server rack, surviving in today's IT job market often means thriving in difficult conditions, including standing in two feet of water holding a plugged-in server or finding yourself in a sniper's crosshairs while attempting to install a communications link." In case you missed them, here are the first three parts.

Re:Porn industry

[robthebloke]

I once arrived at work super early, and caught a cleaner whacking off to a porn site in my office. I don't think it's possible to feel as dirty as staring down at your keyboard/mouse realising that you've been using that for weeks. Ugh. Obviously they went straight in the bin.... (and the cleaner was sacked on the spot)

Re:Porn industry

[pixline]

Maybe it WAS a cube farm and it made porno boring and repetitive...

dunno if it was boring, quite sure it was repetitive :)

Re:Porn industry

[royallthefourth]

Actually, it sounds like your keyboard was what received the sacking

Re:End user support

[d'fim]

Hunting backups in Fukushima

Be vewy, vewy, qwiet.....