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I think I've made myself misunderstood. I'm not intending to put down IT work or the people who do it. But from a career perspective, if I want job security and
by teachrdan 9y ago
I think I've made myself misunderstood. I'm not intending to put down IT work or the people who do it. But from a career perspective, if I want job security and a higher salary, I think it'd be a mistake, in the long term, to be seen as IT. IT is seen as a cost center, which leads to corner-cutting and outsourcing--even when it ends up costing way more in the long run.[0]
0. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2017/05/29/british-airways-flights-and-it-failure-cue-furious-debate-around-outsourcing/#5c4e78837839 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2017/05/29/british-airway...
- matchagaucho 9y agoTell that to $250 hr SAP and Salesforce Architects/Developers, or to Baby Boomer COBOL programmers who are given ever increasing incentives to post-pone retirement. IT is by far more lucrative in the long run. It's just the structure of RSUs and stock options that gives start-ups the illusion of relatively larger comp gains.
- melq 9y agoNo idea what a 'salesforce architect or developer' is, but how would a COBOL programmer be considered IT staff? (In the context of this thread where IT staff == support staff)
- jonhendry18 9y agoI think where the IT/development issues meet is that software development departments can also be outsourced, just like IT admin and support.