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That's pretty much it. There is also a widespread belief that software development is "IT" which means that an initiative to implement cloud systems gets led by
by maxxxxx 8y ago
That's pretty much it. There is also a widespread belief that software development is "IT" which means that an initiative to implement cloud systems gets led by people who have experience with desktop deployments or firewall setup. There is a lot of politics around budgets so the IT department won't let go of that power.
- pdelgallego 8y agoI read in Werners Vogels blog (amazon CTO), that there are four types of CTOs [1] based on Berray and Sampath paper. [2] * Infrastructure Manager * Technology Visionary and Operations Manager * External Facing Technologist * Big Thinker [1] https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2007/07/the_different_cto_roles.html https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2007/07/the_different_c... [2] http://www.brixtonspa.com/Career/The_Role_of_the_CTO_4Models.pdf http://www.brixtonspa.com/Career/The_Role_of_the_CTO_4Models...
- jessaustin 8y agoThat list is not exhaustive. One might also encounter "Peter Principle Beneficiary".