Ballad of the Computer Hillbillies

[John Bennett]

Ballad of Computer Hillbillies
(sung to the tune of the TV show 'The Beverly Hillbillies')


Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Ted
A poor college kid, barely kept his family fed,
But then one day he was talking to a recruiter,
who said, "They pay big bucks if ya work on a computer..."

UNIX, that is. CRTs. Workstations.

Well, the first thing ya know ole Ted's an Engineer.
The kinfolk said "Ted, move away from here".
They said "Arizona is the place ya oughta be",
So he loaded up the Toyota he and moved to Ahwatukee.

Intel, that is. Dry heat. No amusement parks.

On his first day at work, they stuck him in a cube.
Fed him lots of donuts and sat him at a tube.
They said "your project's late, but we know just what to do.
Instead of 40 hours, we'll work you 52!"

O.T. that is. Unpaid. Mandatory

The weeks rolled by and things were looking bad.
Schedules started slipping and some managers were mad.
They called another meeting and decided on a fix.
The answer was quite simple, "We'll work him 66!"

Hours, that is. Stressed out. No social life.

Months turned to years and his hair was turning grey.
Ted worked very hard while his life slipped away.
Waiting to retire when he turned 64,
Instead he got a call and escorted out the door.

Laid off, that is. De-briefed. Unemployed.

Now the moral of the story is listen to what you're told:
Companies will use you and discard you when you're old.
So gather up your friends and start your own firm,
beat the competition, watch the bosses squirm.

Millionaires, that is. Bill Gates. Steve Case.

Y'all come back now ya hear!

Just call me, "Jethro".

[Tony10]

F***ING BRILLIANT.

I hope you don't mind if I copy that and send it around the WWW (with your name of course).

[Robbie]

That was pretty good.

[Mako]

OUTSTANDING!!!!

As an MCSE, CCNA (and CNA, but who cares!)

I wholeheartedly "feel your pain".