Allison Tolman Quotes

I'm not an IT expert myself.

I'm a technical manager, but I don't have to take care of people. I only have to worry about technology itself.

It's important to have IT knowledge; it's important to increase every government agency's IT capability.

Any editing, software work, and mail is done in this exported Plan 9.

I learned a ton of things during my time in CNET.

I'm not technical.

As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.

I have been a systems engineer, systems administrator, a senior adviser for the Central Intelligence Agency, a solutions consultant and a telecommunications information systems officer.

Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money.

In any software work, you have IT consultancy competence required to build the systems.

My dad worked in the IT industry, although I haven't got a clue what he did. He always tells me but it just goes over my head.

I'm not really good with technology.

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.

I look like a geeky hacker, but I don't know anything about computers.

We've had such thorough training, we've had an excellent team on the ground. With the minor glitches that have occurred, we've been able to take care of them. And the teams on the ground are getting tons of incredible data.

Silicon Valley builds its bridges on abundance. Abundant bits of information floating out there, writing great programs to process it, then giving people a lot of useful tools to use it.

It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.

I'm not a computer person at all. I only know how to turn them on. I'm not a programmer. I couldn't program my way out of a paper bag.

We didn't use the shuttle robot arm before, so this has been a training flow to get ready for that.

Enterprise is hard work. You have to integrate the client with the optimized systems of all the servers and software.

I actually love technology. I worked for 18 years as systems analyst in technology.

I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.

Much of the real computer talent today is concentrated in the private sector.

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can.