IT Folks - The Unrecognized Heroes Of The Pandemic of 2020

 

'Twas never mentioned, not even a single video of gratitude and appreciation was aired on TV, or on mass media - a mere line of, "Thank You, IT Professionals", was never heard in general public. It was pure silence...

(Neither bitter, nor trying to discount the exposure of greatness in the medical field, but airing some opinion as a way of freedom of expression, to recognize also the people in the IT field) ... 

as they are worth praising too, acknowledging too their tireless efforts to keep everyone "connected", afloat online; that by means of IT service, infrastructure, network, automation, security and the endless possibilities that Information Technology can offer - - us, people in this pandemic phase of the century became: 

• productive

• diverted; sanity-kept-in-check for most.

• social media experts, learnt, abused it, nevertheless, our one of the goto outlets while at home

• accessible with online transactions - business related or not

• online sellers, to appease the lost of jobs

• tiktokers, and entertained the followers and the world

• influencers, even more generating income, unexpected and those AHA moments

• cryptoWizards; where the thrill of gaining crypto currencies converted to thousands, millions of dollars or local currencies is simply exhilirating; congrats y'all who became millionaires!

• OnlyFans instant celebs - need i elaborate further 😝

• YT creators, streamers and FB LIVE online sellers/entertainers - hats-off to you!

• Zoom experts, online meetings, online classes became the norm

• news freedom chooser; as news outlets jumped into the bandwagon of news streaming online

• Grab-FoodPanda-LalaMove consumers, drivers-riders

• beneficiaries of Teleconsult, Video Con medical consultation reacheable

• accessible to Online Religious worships

• IG and Twitter hi-movers

• banking more efficient, almost hassle-free

• work from home ninjas and samaritans 

• and the list, goes on...

all, because of the IT Professionals working to make it happen, their collective efforts, magic and expertise resulted to how, both infected and not-infected individuals of the virus were able to navigate this pandemic journey, a little bit easier, a little bit lighter, a little bit bearable... where one of the enablers and foundation is due to the dedication of those in the IT Field.

Therefore,  Cheers! to those :

IT Helpdesk Engineers

Systems Admins

Laptop/Desktop Support

Cloud Engineers

Security Officers

Net Admins

Telephony & Telecom Engineer 

Programmers of All Types

Developers

Data Scientists

Artificial Intelligence Innovators

Service Desk Representatives

DataComm Engineers

ISP Techs 

et al..

plus, to all the plethora of IT roles unmentioned, its leaders, executives, and chieftains of the Tech Industry, Salute to all of you!!!

~ billymac

#elasticMind and gratitude seeping in, tremendously.