Menu

Home › Forums › Other › OT: The two ways to succeed in IT

Viewing 11 posts - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • June 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM #18849
    StaunchLibertarian
    Participant

    One of the better pieces I’ve seen on how to succeed in IT.

    http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/how-succeed-in-it-without-really-trying-816

    This describes exactly what I’ve seen in my own career. You either need to actually be good (which means you’ll end up doing most of the work) or the PHBs need to think that you are good — or at least competent. Many PHBs mistakenly believe that someone who is always busy is also competent.

    A good discussion on slashdot.

    http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/06/2222226/How-To-Succeed-In-IT-Without-Really-Trying

    June 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM #701407
    ucodegen
    Participant

    Pretty well matches what I have seen, complete with the higher up’s belief that .. “well that didn’t look so hard, so why are you paid so much”. I have also wondered about some people I have seen in companies, where I have wondered what work are they really doing. I know most of the projects that are in the company and these people are not working on those, yet they seem to be busy.

    June 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM #701506
    ucodegen
    Participant

    Pretty well matches what I have seen, complete with the higher up’s belief that .. “well that didn’t look so hard, so why are you paid so much”. I have also wondered about some people I have seen in companies, where I have wondered what work are they really doing. I know most of the projects that are in the company and these people are not working on those, yet they seem to be busy.

    June 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM #702100
    ucodegen
    Participant

    Pretty well matches what I have seen, complete with the higher up’s belief that .. “well that didn’t look so hard, so why are you paid so much”. I have also wondered about some people I have seen in companies, where I have wondered what work are they really doing. I know most of the projects that are in the company and these people are not working on those, yet they seem to be busy.

    June 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM #702248
    ucodegen
    Participant

    Pretty well matches what I have seen, complete with the higher up’s belief that .. “well that didn’t look so hard, so why are you paid so much”. I have also wondered about some people I have seen in companies, where I have wondered what work are they really doing. I know most of the projects that are in the company and these people are not working on those, yet they seem to be busy.

    June 7, 2011 at 10:39 AM #702609
    ucodegen
    Participant

    Pretty well matches what I have seen, complete with the higher up’s belief that .. “well that didn’t look so hard, so why are you paid so much”. I have also wondered about some people I have seen in companies, where I have wondered what work are they really doing. I know most of the projects that are in the company and these people are not working on those, yet they seem to be busy.

    June 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM #701412
    barnaby33
    Participant

    I was hoping for a little more insight. Lets face it there is nothing specific to IT about this article. You could say the same about any industry where its hard to judge work being done. Though in IT most times when work gets done, nobody notices, simply because keeping things running isn’t what gets attention.

    Josh

    June 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM #701511
    barnaby33
    Participant

    I was hoping for a little more insight. Lets face it there is nothing specific to IT about this article. You could say the same about any industry where its hard to judge work being done. Though in IT most times when work gets done, nobody notices, simply because keeping things running isn’t what gets attention.

    Josh

    June 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM #702105
    barnaby33
    Participant

    I was hoping for a little more insight. Lets face it there is nothing specific to IT about this article. You could say the same about any industry where its hard to judge work being done. Though in IT most times when work gets done, nobody notices, simply because keeping things running isn’t what gets attention.

    Josh

    June 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM #702253
    barnaby33
    Participant

    I was hoping for a little more insight. Lets face it there is nothing specific to IT about this article. You could say the same about any industry where its hard to judge work being done. Though in IT most times when work gets done, nobody notices, simply because keeping things running isn’t what gets attention.

    Josh

    June 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM #702614
    barnaby33
    Participant

    I was hoping for a little more insight. Lets face it there is nothing specific to IT about this article. You could say the same about any industry where its hard to judge work being done. Though in IT most times when work gets done, nobody notices, simply because keeping things running isn’t what gets attention.

    Josh

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 11 posts - 1 through 11 (of 11 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.