Ah, this brings back memories.
The 30 skills every IT person should have (infoworld.com)
It's probably funnier to me since over the course of history, I've been:
Ted's ranting and raving over @ SSC about not wanting to be the IT Guy. You are, Ted. Get over it. People generalize, so just be glad that it's a relatively innocuous stereotype that you're caught in.
I agree that I'm not a typical IT admin monkey, but... Like it or not, we're "IT guys," Ted. You might convince somebody to call you the database guy, but there's strength in numbers. I recommend T-shirts and bumper stickers:
I'm an IT guy, and I vote.
Heh.
p.s. Three cheers for the Supreme Court! They finally got one right this week in Heller. w00t!