Is it common for people who work in a company’s IT department for several years and then move into a client area and become an IT agent in the line of business (outside of corporate IT) to become the bane of those who remain in IT? I spent 10 years in our IT department and then moved into a group which provides application development, support, and business analysis for an engineering group.
Most of my colleagues still view me in the same light as when I was in IT, but many in IT management now view me as a rogue agent and want to limit my interaction with systems currently supported by IT. We have one system used by one of the departments my team supports and IT did the original development but does not have the resources to devote to performing needed enhancements. My team offered to take over the system and met with heavy resistance from IT management because we were not “in IT.”
With many companies experiencing limited resources, would it not make sense to utilize anyone in the corporation who has the requisite skill set to support IT systems – even if they aren’t reporting directly through the IT chain of command? Our team works hand-in-hand with IT on many issues including following IT standards for application development.
It’s not like I am was an accountant for 10 years and now am trying to call myself a developer. I worked in the same company’s IT department for 10 years and demonstrated the ability to support multiple applications under the IT flag. Why can’t IT management allow me to continue providing that service to the company under some other department’s flag?
