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07-10-2018, 10:40 AM
How the work-life balance of one IT guy threw the NYC subway system into chaos
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IT guys and gals get a bad rap for being grouchy cave people, but everyone knows that offices basically stop functioning without them.
SEE ALSO: 23 NYC subway facts to entertain even the most jaded commuter (https://mashable.com/2016/03/21/nyc-subway-fun-facts/)
That goes quadruple for one of the most notoriously dysfunctional (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html) mass transit systems in the world, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). Apparently, in the midst of a crisis, the MTA only had one (unreachable) IT guy capable of rebooting the broken ticket vending system.*
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Hello, MTA? Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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Recently, the NYC subway system's deterioration has become a national laughingstock (https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-it-took-a-century-and-dollar45-billion-to-add-just-three-subway-stops-in-new-york-city), political hot potato (https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/subway-blame-game/), and maddening reality (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/nyregion/mta-train-delays.html) for riders. Just four days after a particularly damning New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html) investigation landed last fall, the MTA announced (http://www.mta.info/news/2017/11/21/andy-byford-named-new-president-new-york-city-transit) its hiring of mass transit-veteran Andy Byford to turn things around as president of MTA New York City Transit.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/mta-it-department-miguel/)
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IT guys and gals get a bad rap for being grouchy cave people, but everyone knows that offices basically stop functioning without them.
SEE ALSO: 23 NYC subway facts to entertain even the most jaded commuter (https://mashable.com/2016/03/21/nyc-subway-fun-facts/)
That goes quadruple for one of the most notoriously dysfunctional (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html) mass transit systems in the world, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). Apparently, in the midst of a crisis, the MTA only had one (unreachable) IT guy capable of rebooting the broken ticket vending system.*
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Hello, MTA? Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Image: giphy (https://media.giphy.com/media/F7yLXA5fJ5sLC/giphy.gif)
Recently, the NYC subway system's deterioration has become a national laughingstock (https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-it-took-a-century-and-dollar45-billion-to-add-just-three-subway-stops-in-new-york-city), political hot potato (https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/21/subway-blame-game/), and maddening reality (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/nyregion/mta-train-delays.html) for riders. Just four days after a particularly damning New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html) investigation landed last fall, the MTA announced (http://www.mta.info/news/2017/11/21/andy-byford-named-new-president-new-york-city-transit) its hiring of mass transit-veteran Andy Byford to turn things around as president of MTA New York City Transit.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/mta-it-department-miguel/)
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