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That highlights a problem woven through the industry which is that the IT department isn’t always the sharpest team in the building, even on security matters.
by natch 7y ago
That highlights a problem woven through the industry which is that the IT department isn’t always the sharpest team in the building, even on security matters.
- maxxxxx 7y agoThey are completely outsourced and offshored. Only a few competent people are left.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt's worse than that. I haven't met an IT person yet that wasn't as smart as the developers they worked with, except in slightly different domain. But the incentive structures are aligned in a way that makes IT's real job to execute cover-your-ass directives which freeze work. Doing the right thing is literally the opposite of what IT is being paid for.
- ubermonkey 7y ago>I haven't met an IT person yet that wasn't as smart as the developers they worked with You are very, very fortunate. The standard big-company IT person I see at client sites is not very bright or will-informed.
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