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Never do something​ technical for free. You end up being treated as the responsible person for batteries even if your actual profession is web development.

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    Very true. Our previous CTO wouldnt help people install office or log in to the internet saying it's not his job. I thought it was rude. Now, after being the stupid nice guy to help do stuff like that (i am a dev), am the got to guy when the net fails, when they need triple power plugs or to install a &$#@ ass program. I am probably better know for that than for developing.

    The other guy was right. Each to it's own or we loose identity.

    Didnt mean to hijack your rant, sorry.
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    @pagongski it's fine. I didnt give an example, so someone had to do it :-)
    Sadly i had too many examples to choose from and couldn't decide which was the worst of them.
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    As a developer who has lead both systems programming and webdev teams, the phrase I say most often is "Sorry, I'm not a very technical person".

    Most of my family still thinks I'm an analytical chemist (I used to be). I got very good at acting like I have no idea how my own smartphone works, and I still pretend to not understand remote controls and microwaves when others are around.
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    Story of my life 🙁

    We have a small office with a single WiFi router being accessed by everyone, sometimes you're not able to connect to it (Still no idea as to why it happens), but I offered to help someone do it once and now I am the go-to guy for everything!
    From setting up new laptops to installing Chrome !
    I wish they would atleast try to do it themselves first.
    Sometimes I would be in the middle of my work with full concentration, which would've been lost by the time I get back to it.

    And yea you guessed right, mine's a startup
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    My brother told his friends I am programmer. Now I am tech support for half of his class. I have to say I don't understand anything besides programming to get rid of them...
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    @MathewTG Are you in a building? Scan for the frequency channels that other wirelesses use, and set yours to the least used one. Theres also other settings that can help.
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    @MathewTG could be user limit. Some routers only allow X users at the same time. Also could be IP polling. You might have the DHCP to only use Y address, see ifyou can increase the interval.

    Or get a new router. Or if you have admin access to the router, assign a fixed IP to your machine with infinite lease time and tell the others to screw themselves.
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    @Quirinus
    I haven't tried that, I kept drifting towards IP conflicts.
    Thanks :)
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    @pagongski
    I shall try your suggestions next time it happens,
    I'm no networking ninja, but let's see *fingers crossed*

    @MaiorEstupido
    Didn't mean to hijack your thread ! 😅
    But Cheers
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