The first question

...we tend to hear from those who want to start in Information Technology in anything is: Why? Something quickly followed by: How?

I’m gonna avoid the Why because we’ve (pretty-much) heard a lot of those and will skip to “How?”

For anyone who’s found themselves in a new job, they are going to get the feel of the notorious “imposter syndrome”: That nagging question at the back of your mind that you never really got the gist of what is being asked of you, and you ended up wondering “what the hell am I doing here?” until you get slapped by the bitter feel of any of the following:

• your boss’s backhand
• that goddamned transparent glass door on your way out
• your friend’s backhand after they asked “Earth to $YOUR_NAME”
• that thick wad of paper bills for something-something what
• that reality when you realize you are never getting back together

Sorry for that last part, but I guess everyone else also gets slapping, you know.

Alright.

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you deeply suspect you shouldn’t be, there is only one real answer to that: you are exactly where you had put yourself to be.

Fuck. I know, right?

Seriously, I don’t know too, sorry. I don’t know what I’m doing here.

But I’ll try my best to explain how. By the SCIENTIFIC METHOD!

One thing to remember — the only thing, actually, when you find yourself in that kind of crap — is to science your way out of it.

Introducing the - drum roll please, thank you - SCIENTIFIC METHOD!

What!

Scam! I learned this in elementary! Again?