Brehs what jobs/industries would you say are the most meritocratic???

[Gold]

Sometime these CIOs gotta play chess to get funding. Doing that will cause bandwidth problems but he will be able to present the "problem" as an issue to the COO or CEO to increase funding for his division.

The other thing I've noticed is that the CIO job is a losers bracket for other departments. So they take a Marketing guy they think is good, but not COO good, but they don't want him to get poached either so they promote him to CIO where he doesn't know anything but feels pacified because now he's "C-level."

You hit the nail on the head.

And the reason why that's so true, is because unless you are outsourcing your internal technical services (which is extremely rare), IT does not produce money.
Yes they keep the company afloat, but to non-technical people who look at P and L statements all day and have to justify the department budget for IT.... maaaan.

Breh, 2 positions ago when I was a network engineer, they put the Manager of the Call Center as the VP for Engineering because "well, they both offer support"

You couldn't be more right with your assessment.

 

[Mowgli]

Mer who?

fukk outta here

 

[Treblemaka]

You hit the nail on the head.

And the reason why that's so true, is because unless you are outsourcing your internal technical services (which is extremely rare), IT does not produce money.
Yes they keep the company afloat, but to non-technical people who look at P and L statements all day and have to justify the department budget for IT.... maaaan.

Breh, 2 positions ago when I was a network engineer, they put the Manager of the Call Center as the VP for Engineering because "well, they both offer support"

You couldn't be more right with your assessment.

A lot of IT Brehs and Brehettes don't realize that. IT is a cost center not a profit center, we bring value via effeciency and decrease costs for other departments. So unless the company sells IT products or services (cisco, oracle, etc.) we are never first in line for funding. The disconnect for exec management is that they don't want to spend the money until technical debt has doubled or tripled the costs of overhauls or upgrades.

 

[Gold]

A lot of IT Brehs and Brehettes don't realize that. IT is a cost center not a profit center, we bring value via effeciency and decrease costs for other departments. So unless the company sells IT products or services (cisco, oracle, etc.) we are never first in line for funding. The disconnect for exec management is that they don't want to spend the money until technical debt has doubled or tripled the costs of overhauls or upgrades.

This man right here gets it

 

[TL15]

Hustlin

 

[Lazy Migrant]

Hustlin

Hustlin what though

 

[TL15]

Hustlin what though

 

[concise]

Nobody mentioned medicine.
A couple of malpractice lawsuits and you are done.

 

[EndDomination]

Nobody mentioned medicine.
A couple of malpractice lawsuits and you are done.

True, but the worst doctor in residency will still be a doctor making hundreds of thousands minimum.
You kill to many people though, hope you like the sound of a new career

 

[Disgustya Stallone]

You hit the nail on the head.

And the reason why that's so true, is because unless you are outsourcing your internal technical services (which is extremely rare), IT does not produce money.
Yes they keep the company afloat, but to non-technical people who look at P and L statements all day and have to justify the department budget for IT.... maaaan.

Breh, 2 positions ago when I was a network engineer, they put the Manager of the Call Center as the VP for Engineering because "well, they both offer support"

You couldn't be more right with your assessment.

lol go ask the guys at amazon web services about that retarded ass bolded comment

it is a VAST career field, work at a software company that makes the products the it companies use, you are talking about billions of dollars of profits on a weekly basis

 

[DrX]

Retail, these mothafukkas that I work with r hall of retards, esp these young kids, my god are they unless....all of them need to down a cup of bleach

One old nikka like 40 riding a damn bike...I don't even talk to that dude

 

[Disgustya Stallone]

A lot of IT Brehs and Brehettes don't realize that. IT is a cost center not a profit center, we bring value via effeciency and decrease costs for other departments. So unless the company sells IT products or services (cisco, oracle, etc.) we are never first in line for funding. The disconnect for exec management is that they don't want to spend the money until technical debt has doubled or tripled the costs of overhauls or upgrades.

I disagree, the companies that truly view it as an asset, and treat it as such are always in a better position to be successful than the ones that view it as a cost center