Who, me? Techie with three months' experience was sent in as the Cisco expert and proceeded to blow everything up
31-08-2026 08:30 via theregister.com

Who, me? Techie with three months' experience was sent in as the Cisco expert and proceeded to blow everything up

WHO, ME? “Where to begin?” is a marvelous question. To get you going at the start of the working week, The Register thinks the answer is a new instalment of “Who, Me?” the column that shares your admissions of error. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Martin” who told us about his very first job in tech. “I had just started working as a network engineer for a very small IT infrastructure company. Since I was the only person who worked with
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