Seems like everywhere I go, people in IT act like they are on an island, they don't attend user groups, Geek/Techy relationships I have with others seem to be rare, they don't visit or much less hang out on irc (.i.e. freenode) most don't follow blogs.

I talked to a long term Sun guy and mentioned Ben Rockwood of cuddletech and they have never heard of him. Brian Cantril creator of dtrace is just some guy they have never thought they would get to talk to.

People in IT really need to break down some of these bariers we have a hard enough job as it is, why should we have to do it alone?