Lessons Learned the Hard Way in the ’90s Tech World. — In 1994, I was doing a job internship at a small company that had recently lost most of its IT staff. The company previously relied on a group of technical experts. Still, when they decided to part ways and split the company, the owners were left severely understaffed in the IT department. Suddenly, I was the company’s only IT resource, shouldering various tasks from maintenance and IT support to development and various other IT-related duties. …