I worked in the IT department of an early software company (est. 1980) based in the Bay area. It was slightly better, since people understood software's value,

I worked in the IT department of an early software company (est. 1980) based in the Bay area. It was slightly better, since people understood software's value, and Ops was shared between the devs and IT. However, maintaining that sort of culture always felt like a constant battle. Management often slipped into IT = cost center. In fact, my job officially became bridging this gap as an IT Business Partner. I don't think I did a very good job.