How the work-life balance of one IT guy threw the NYC subway system into chaos
 

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.

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That goes quadruple for one of the most notoriously dysfunctional 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, political hot potato, and maddening reality for riders. Just four days after a particularly damning New York Times investigation landed last fall, the MTA announced its hiring of mass transit-veteran Andy Byford to turn things around as president of MTA New York City Transit.* Read more...

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