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A pie chart labelled "How I fix stuff working in IT"
The biggest segment is "Restart whatever isn't working2 The second biggest segment is "Quick google search" The last segment is "IT placebo effect: My mere presence has fixed the issue"
That's not a placebo effect, it's a tech aura. It levels up with experience. Eventually it even works over the phone or remote. But since it's a party buff it doesn't work for your own tech problems, only others'.
Or the gremlins that move the electrons across the logic gates want to make you look stupid in front of your boss. Which is why you call them over to say "Boss the system is down" and when they take a look it works as expected. I solved this by making an extra bitcoin wallet and depositing 0.001% of my salary religiously. No such issues have happened since.
An then there's the foolproof method of getting fired for telling the boss that the system is down