What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
Pride

What was your very first job?
Chicken Catcher – Not a euphemism, I caught chickens.

What is your super power?
Solving Problems… also causing problems.

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic lockdown?
Photoshop shopping pets into movies and historical posters.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
I’ve wanted to work with computers since I saw my first Apple IIe

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse?
A few years, then I’d just forget Zombies were a thing and they’d get me because I forgot to lock the front door and I wasn’t paying attention.

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
Assuming we could all understand each other Socrates at Bodega El Capricho in Spain. If we have to understand each other then Charlie Munger at Franklin BBQ in Austen.

What is the thing you’re most afraid for people to know about you?
I’m a pretty open book, but I don’t often talk about the time I pooped myself in a Blockbuster Video.

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
I think it meets all the criteria for a sandwich.

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
To be a little bit better than I was the day before.

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
1 Horse sized duck. If you read about ducks, they are true monsters. A horse sized duck would be an abomination.

What would you rather be doing right now?
Learning something new.

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
People, it’s why I’m not a programmer. I’m fortunate to work with and for some amazing people.

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
Sparky my robot friend.

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
The staff, everyone just wants to help and do their best.

What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
I probably wronged someone in a previous life.

What was your very first job?
Paperboy for the Toronto Star.

What is your super power?
That has to be shape-shifting (I can generally adapt to situations)

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic lockdown?
Didn't really slow down, so had no time to pickup anything new 🙁

What did you want to be when you grew up?
A spy.

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse.
Probably a long time; I am pretty good at "camping" 🙂

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
That's actually two questions, but we'll overlook that 🙂 I would want to have dinner with my younger self so I could impart the knowledge and wisdom I have currently.

What is the thing you’re most afraid for people to know about you?
That I don't know everything

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
Yes

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Because my wife will make the bed with me in it, otherwise.

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
I don't multi-task very well, so I definitely wouldn't be able effectively fight 100 creatures at once, so it would have to be the horse-sized duck.

What would you rather be doing right now?
Clapping bitches in "Call of Duty"

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
The variety of tasks and problems I have each day.

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
I haven't really worked on anything super-interesting myself, but the most interesting IT problem I have ever heard about is the case of the 500-mile e-mail (Google it; it's a fascinating read)

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
It's definitely not the commute 🙂 It's a boring answer, but probably the people.

What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
Befriending a super nerd

What was your very first job?
Gathering sticks and berries for my clan before the winter or dinosaurs came.

What is your superpower?
cleaning

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic lockdown?
Netflix marathons

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Still waiting to grow up, super late bloomer

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse.
Dead just reading the word zombie

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
Sherry Steele, Cabo – I would give anything to have that dinner again with her overlooking the sea of cortez, fireworks in the sky, celebrating her birthday, for the last time.

What is the thing you’re most afraid for people to know about you?
I’m a mystery, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a cotton rayon blend.

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
No dah, it’s a hot dog

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Because someone has to pay the bills

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
I am a lover ( mostly of animals) not a fighter

What would you rather be doing right now?
sleeping

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
hmmmmm

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
I don’t, I get the super nerd to

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
The super nerds

What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
Acute childhood exposure to BASIC

What was your very first job?
Tank tread grinder and draftsperson

What is your super power?
Flat packing and emergency bodging

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic?
3D printing

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Paleontologist

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse?
Slow Zombies?  Until I was deposed as Lady of the Wasteland.  Fast Zombies?  Ten seconds.

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
My wife on an Icelandic volcanic field.

What is the thing you’re most afraid for people to know about you?
I have more space devoted to long term Warhammer/wargaming storage than anything else.

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
Yes, it’s two types simultaneously.  Open faced when on its side for maximum topping load and just a regular sandwich when orientated vertically.

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
After two sleep cycles I will turn to a mass of knots and jelly if I do not rise from bed.

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
100 duck sized horses, easy.  A horse sized duck is pretty much a dinosaur.

What would you rather be doing right now?
Installing myself into a nutrient vat in my manufactorum.

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
Finding the most efficient solutions to problems.

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
Manually recovering a power fried server file by file.

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
The people and a workplace that doesn’t feature daily formaldehyde dust showers.

What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
Sloth

What was your very first job?
Housekeeping at the UBC dorms

What is your super power?
Spontaneous cookie production

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic lockdown?
Giving birth to a sourdough culture - it did not end well

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Some sort of scientist

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse?
Not long - I'd die of boredom and disconnect from the interwebs before dying from hunger or the zombie horde.

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
Optimus Prime (and not the Michael Bay Optimus Prime) on Cybertron

What is the thing you’re most afraid for people to know about you?
I'm afraid that I'd have to kill you if I told you

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
No - sandwiches require items to be thinly sliced. This is what makes a hoagie a sandwich and a hamburger not a sandwich.

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Coffee - why else would anyone want to get up?

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
1 horse sized duck - it would make for one delicious BBQ feast

What would you rather be doing right now?
Taking photos of the Sahara desert during twilight

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
Fixing things and fixing the things I break

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
Recovering data from someone's deceased loved-one's locked iphone.

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
The only thing that complements food and coffee: the people working there

What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
I took a Cyber Security Class, I realized very quickly I wanted to work in IT.

What was your very first job?
Math Tutor

What is your superpower?
Still discovering what my Superpower is 😟

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic lockdown?
How to Quickly Change a Diaper.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
A Pilot

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse.
Probably a month; I just need to have good internet services

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
Kobe Bean Bryant at the Staples Center

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
It is a Sandwich, unfortunately not as good as a Ham and Swiss Sandwich

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
It’s a chance to make the day better than the previous day was.

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
100 duck sized horses; a kick from a duck size horse will no longer hurt

What would you rather be doing right now?
Trying a new Cuisine

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
The opportunity to learn something new each day

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
Working on a Traffic Light System using Arduino

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
I couldn’t have asked for a better organization to start my IT career, the people here are amazing and extremely helpful

What mortal sin did you commit to end up working in IT?
Envy

What was your very first job?
Dishwasher

What is your super power?
Remembering useless information from years ago.

What new skill or hobby did you pick up during the pandemic lockdown?
How to be more patient with people.

What did you want to be when you grew up?
Astronaut like Yuri Gagarin.

How long would you survive during a zombie apocalypse?
Long time. I've studied the Walking Dead intensively for years.

If you could have dinner with anyone, anywhere who and where would it be?
Neil Armstrong. On the Moon.

What is the thing you’re most afraid for people to know about you?
I'm not as athletic as I look.

Is a hotdog a sandwich?
Absolutely not!

Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Not by choice. My kids drag me out of it.

Would you rather fight 1 horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses?
Neither option is very appealing but a horse sized duck would be a good fight.

What would you rather be doing right now?
I can't think of anything I rather be doing right now other that answering these questions...

What’s your favourite part of working in IT?
There's always something new to learn in this ever-evolving field.

What is the most interesting IT problem you’ve worked on?
Setting up my first PC as a kid. In comparison, everything else is piece of cake.

What do you like the most about working with Tenacious?
Definitely the people I work with.