For Better or Worse
PackRatt,
I encourage us all to track our employers and try to improve them. I?ve worked for managers that were looking to coast their last years out and wouldn?t make waves despite knowing his folks were being killed and that the wrong decisionswere being passed down from on high.
From your other posts I see that you?ve had a diverse background in IT and have been around a bit. I personally am staring down that 40 mark and find that my diverse background gives me the ability to see problems and issues from many angles and to empathize with the folks I work with. I think there is a different perspective from executive level management. Most don?t know spit about IT nor about what it takes to make it successful. However, a new trendis emerging. Companies are finding that it is easier to promote a CTO or CIO to a CEO than it is to train the CEO in technology. In corporations IT Management is starting to be held liable. (REF earlier post ?what your missing?) No longer can companies churn and burn talent or they find that they cant complete projects, consistently have high recruiting costs, have to have expensive contractors etc. The market is correcting itself naturally. Am I a big fan of the H1B extensions not really I oppose any interference by government or other organizations.
When I was in industry, it was a constant struggle to educate management that rather than pay that big bucks contractor they could increase wages and increase moral, retention, effort and employee satisfaction.
I feel sorry for those IT folks who don?t feel appreciated and a part of the team. I guess I?m fortunate to work for a technology-consulting firm where technology skills are valued and prized. I?m realistic enough to look ahead so I?m starting to train myself for several technology areas where I can leverage my current skills while being in the right place down the road.
