• Hellmo_luciferrari
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    117 months ago

    I have found in my years of experience in IT, the best way I can handle an issue/error that a user may face is to work through it with them, verbally tell them what I am doing to fix it while showing them. Another trick from my repertoire is to try to relate to their frustration, or their problem, so they don’t feel talked down to.

    You are right, the humanities are important.

    And it can be about how things are framed and communicated.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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      97 months ago

      100% agree. Often I feel like I’m mostly a therapist who also knows computers.

      • Hellmo_luciferrari
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        77 months ago

        That aspect of tech support often burns me out. However, put a complex computer related problem in front of me, and I could find myself at it for as many hours as I can be awake without burnout.