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One thing to note here in HN is that, competitiveness of many a business is on the table because of this state of affairs. This is really so. The opportunity t
by gtycomb 10y ago
One thing to note here in HN is that, competitiveness of many a business is on the table because of this state of affairs. This is really so. The opportunity to organically develop technology with the business is always lost if the CIO skill is mostly that of a Purchasing Manager. Outside contractors will easily sell you a "roadmap" that looks nice and modular for management, with only contracts to manage :-)
Engineers need to get smarter, learn something from marketing and management, develop and protect their ideas, and move on to new business strategies for themselves.
- Spooky23 10y agoYou're exactly right. There's a line that gets crossed where a CIO is really an operations guy. Usually that means that technology is seen as a cost center, and often the CIO is working for the CFO. When you read about fucked up states of affairs in the Federal government and Fortune-500 companies, it's usually because of attitudes like this. The most successful companies use technology to make money, the run of the mill use technology to spend it.