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I'm not saying this applies to everyone, but literally every IT team I've had to contact regarding an issue, weather that be one that I caused, one that they caused or one that I'm working on, they insist on communicating electronically through an internet medium. What happened to the good old days of phone calls and in-person meetings? The most recent example in my life is this dating site I'm on...2 weeks ago they disconnected their phone number and sent all their members a message saying they are no longer offering customer support via phone. Now it's only email and online chat.
And what about the big players...Facebook, Google and Microsoft? I've searched plenty of times for a phone number for these companies and could never find one. I might have gotten a number for MS one time, but if I remember correctly they were charging like $30 just to talk to a tech on the phone! But yet MS has countless boards and forums where you can ask anything for free.
Most (not all) programmers that I've worked with who have been in offices prefer to talk through a messenger system or email. Heaven forbid I actually walk over to their cubical to ask a question! I did this one time and the dude said to me "what are you doing here"?
And what about the big players...Facebook, Google and Microsoft? I've searched plenty of times for a phone number for these companies and could never find one. I might have gotten a number for MS one time, but if I remember correctly they were charging like $30 just to talk to a tech on the phone! But yet MS has countless boards and forums where you can ask anything for free.
Most (not all) programmers that I've worked with who have been in offices prefer to talk through a messenger system or email. Heaven forbid I actually walk over to their cubical to ask a question! I did this one time and the dude said to me "what are you doing here"?