Bonus notes
I am sympathetic to these bad raps each of you must struggle with everyday. One of the systems I developed for Hughes replaced a full-time accounting clerk. It just so happens that I became good friends with her and even though I was told she would be placed elsewhere, I felt responsible for replacing her with my system. She moved before the project was completed, greatly easing my conscience.
Back in the days when my hair was short I had an official Hughes pocket protector. It was a convenient place to wear my badge. Of course that was about 25 years ago and things change. You don't see that many Hughes engineers with shirt, tie, crew cut and pocket protector these days.
The issues of control and trust of one's data to IT are important ones. With IT moving to the cloud, these issues will become even more important.
How old is IT now? It is no longer a baby, coddled at every moment. Opportunities are now harder to find. IT may have already entered the contentious teenage years.
As always, I will be popping in occasionally to answer any questions and add to the discussion when I have something intelligent to say.
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