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The BOFH who works at Hogwarts

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Ah yes, running IT Support at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the pupils love their wands but still want their smartphones. Which means someone needs to run IT, and that someone has a Tumblr: When I was first starting out in this position I had easily become the target of many pranks from the students. Did you know there is a freaking spell that glues your feet to the ground? I know. It took all of 2 days for them to quickly realize I literally have a switch that shuts off all the wifi access to the entire school. I

Zagat and Google: what happened next.

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Everyone gets a t-shirt with Google from the front, and Zagat across the back. Awesomeness. The mood in the room is upbeat, with lots of excitement… While I can’t officially call Google my employer until the 6-8 week transition is through, I’m rather optimistic. My presence at the upcoming integration meetings with the remainder of the crowd being senior management is reassuring. Google is of course interested in new our vehicle for survey dissemination — the 5.0 website we redesigned and launched in February of this year. All this seems to hint towards IT being safe. A fun look at the