Vlad, sounds like you are reaping the fruit of futility. The world is always looking champions to take up their causes. Your kind heart can get you in trouble.

Keep the kind heart. Just don’t lend it out as often.

Hey…does this mean you won’t be at SMB Nation?

Oh no, I’m not missing SMB Nation. I won’t be at the SMB Nation east due to business stuff but I’ll certainly be there in September.

-Vlad

Why do you even bother hanging around the “sbsers”? I’ve seen you at work and I am lost as to why you want to hang out with newbies and single server/first server “admins”

Please spend more and time and energy with the real experts instead of getting frustrated with the kind that can only dream of working on systems you do.

Vlad, You are a Pro and as a Pro you are tring to teach others what that word means. Nevermind the small minds with small knives they never go away.

Ben,

Good portion of SBSers are involved in a lot more than just my little IT/data center world. There is always an opportunity to learn something from someone.

I find enterprise workers in general less tech savvy than advanced SBSers.

-Vlad

Thanks, Vlad.

My face is still smarting from that slap Ben just gave me.

The “real” professional SBS’er has to be quite a bit more nimble that the average Enterprise guy, as the SBS’er has to deal with many more companies and hence many more bizzare situations that strand the troubleshooting.

Plus, economically, we have to land our own “fish” and eat them. No salesman to front for most of us. Hence, we have to be more rounded in our skill set.

Vlad, I agree that there are alot of Dud SBS’ers out there. But the ones that are on fire, do you find that they actually energize you?

ken brings up a good point.. the reason I shy away from small types is because they tend not to be it savvy at all. they are more concerned about selling and dealing than learning/testing/doing. thats the fall of sbs right there, too few IT folks too many electricians, lawyers, doctors, cpas, managers. is there any criteria for who is incompetent and should not attempt to run sbs? nope, just wizard it! and this is what you get

I don’t think that was an insult aimed at me…

5 Types in the Small Business arena.

1) Business people that fancy themselves as IT smart and capable. These people should not be allowed to install SBS. They are just too cheap to pay for proper help! We really should charge these people double.

2) Incompetent IT personal that destroy one client at a time, but can always find other desperate clients that haven’t hear of them yet. Sound of flushing

3) There are lone ranger IT people that learned to knit one pattern in the SMB/Home market, and they are satisfied. They make a living and see no need to change. No harm to the rest of us, though they probably hold their customers back.

4) There are those that investigate and learn, but do not have the business savey to grow the business. These are the ones that Harry B helps the most.

5) There are those that are moving forward in developing their tech skills and know how to manage their customers, ever with an eye to revenue growth and business improvement. What I want to be when I grow up.

I think all the moaning is about types 1,2, and 3.