Need A Linux Admin? Ask A Hair Stylist To Introduce You To A Worried Mother
The Register, Friday, April 18th, 2025
Lad who 'stays in his bedroom on his computer' emerged ready to deliver brilliant tech support
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Finn" who once worked for a very large hosting and domain registry outfit and found himself managing a young man with no experience or obviously relevant skills.
The youngster was hired after his mother visited her hairdresser and worried out loud that her son would never get a job "because he spends all day in his bedroom on his computer."
It turned out the hairdresser knew someone who knew someone who ran the company where Finn worked and relayed his mother's hope that the young man could be given a job doing . well, anything that would get him out of the house and into the real world.
The young man was hired on minimum wage and ended up on Finn's team.