That one Wednesday where I accidentally fixed a broken printer with a paperclip and got promoted to IT lead

I was just trying to get my report printed at 9 AM when the office printer jammed, so I grabbed a random paperclip from my desk and poked around inside until it spit out 50 pages of someone's wedding photos. The next day my boss said I saved us $400 on a repair call and asked if I wanted to run the whole department. Has anyone else stumbled into a career upgrade by pure dumb luck?

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lily23029d agoMost Upvoted

Fixed a broken printer with a paperclip" - that's a movie plot.

jenny_sullivan9729d ago

@lily230 I feel your pain so much. Printer problems are the absolute WORST and sometimes you just gotta MacGyver it with whatever is lying around. Seriously, I once used a bobby pin to fix a paper jam and felt like a tech wizard.