Hello, my first post. There are so many intelligent people that contribute to this website so I wanted to tap into all of your knowledge out there for some advice/opinion/input on my situation that may be a common issue among others, thank you in advance for your posts, looking forward to some insightful opinions!
I graduated with an MIS degree and am currently working in the healthcare industry. My current position is a technical consultant/programmer within a finance organization. Previous to my current job I was one of many programmers on a proprietary development team within an business operation. So, in other words, I’m a business-side application developer/Systems analyst. My responsibilites include process improvement, data transparancy (through new tracking applications), data analysis support etc. I would love to get into a traditional IT role but am running into many obstacles. When looking for a job it seems that hiring managers are more hung up on the departments I work in rather than the type of work I do (95% IT work, not desktop support). In other words looking at me as a finance guy rather than an IT guy.
So here is my question; Has anyone else worked as an IT resource in an non-IT department? (i.e. Finance, accounting, sales etc.) And have you eventually moved into a traditional IT career path? How did you do it and what skills did they value most when you moved into IT? Did you run into similar obstacles? Thank you all so much!!
