After 18 years working in IT there should be more than this, but this'll do for now
At a previous employer, my boss wrote on my appraisal that although my work quality was very good, I did seem to be the social epi-centre of the office. This was management-wank-speak for 'talks too much in class'.

OK fair enough, he had a point. I like a chat. I'm an IT guy with social skills, but I'm not going to apologise for it.

However, this was the very same manager who once stood at my desk for 90 minutes (no exaggeration at all) talking to me about American Football.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:34, 2 replies)

'an IT guy with social skills'
/flame
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:01, closed)

I didn't say 'good' social skills
* pisses on flame *
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 17 Jun 2010, 15:49, closed)