Resistance is Futile

I’ve noticed from working in IT as long as I have that users hate change. It doesn’t matter how helpful that change may be, if they have to learn something new they hate it. At the very least, 85% of users hate it. Admittedly, there are always users out there that are ready to go to the latest greatest before IT is. I like users like that really. I’d rather deal with those than the ones that resist change. As an IT person I can say that we usually complain about users not willing to change with the times. Never fear though…IT people can have the same hatred of change. It’s probably more surprising to me to see IT pros resist changes in technology than a user. It’s the nature of our business. By the time you purchase a new computer, something new and improved is out a month later. Our profession is in a constant state of change. Yet, it seems that some of the geeky people I’ve worked with over time just don’t get it. Change can be good, especially if it helps you in your tasks. Yet, some people just don’t want to accept having to do things in a different way, and change how they do something. I think one of the things that really gripe me about IT pros who don’t like change is that they are really limiting what they can do. So for all you users out there who feel distanced from your geeks just remember, IT people often feel the same as you.