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Toby Dillon

About these protests…

Last night, I stopped at a Maverik to borrow the restroom, and as I sat down, I noted a sizeable piece of graffiti — the kind made by…

2 min readApr 27, 2024

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Toby Dillon

“It was the right thing to do.”

How one manager cost us thousands of dollars in order to give an employee something to do for an hour.

4 min readFeb 5, 2024

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“It was the right thing to do.”

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Toby Dillon

“Software Issue”

Sometimes, the problem with the software isn’t the software.

2 min readFeb 3, 2024

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“Software Issue”

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Toby Dillon

That’s literally my job

An interesting development yesterday demands a short story today.

5 min readJan 18, 2024

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That’s literally my job

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Toby Dillon

Budgets don’t budge

Every year, the demons in charge (henceforth DICs), send an email around saying, “Submit your budget for the next year.” As someone who is…

3 min readJan 16, 2024

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Budgets don’t budge

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Toby Dillon

Critical Warning

Another in a series about being the Senior Demon in Charge of Infernal Machines

3 min readMar 29, 2023

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Critical Warning

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Toby Dillon

“Just work from home.”

Another in a series of IT stories from Hell.

4 min readFeb 22, 2023

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“Just work from home.”

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Toby Dillon

I wrote ChatGPT when I was 9 years old, over 30 years ago.

It hasn’t really improved since.

2 min readJan 28, 2023

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I wrote ChatGPT when I was 9 years old, over 30 years ago.

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Toby Dillon

End of Year Maintenance

Another in a series of IT stories from Hell

5 min readJan 3, 2023

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End of Year Maintenance

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Toby Dillon

We are all entitled to an opinion

But share yours at your peril

3 min readNov 9, 2022

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Toby Dillon

Toby Dillon

Saint, husband, father, friend, employee, neighbor, in that order. Only child, orphan, poet, computer geek, missionary, lover, teacher, politico, gamemaster.

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