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At some non-tech companies nowadays (like manufacturers, etc.), I.T. senior leadership wants the dynamic sorts of start-up-minded, agile-like people to work in
by mxuribe 7y ago
At some non-tech companies nowadays (like manufacturers, etc.), I.T. senior leadership wants the dynamic sorts of start-up-minded, agile-like people to work in I.T. But, the business users within these companies - at least in the U.S. region - do NOT want that their I.T. to be like that. These business users just want someone local/on-site to help them with basic things like outlook assistance, resolving network (more likely wifi) issues, etc. At least in the U.S (at least for the numerous firms that I've worked for), the business users are totally fine with just giving "app-building" (and other fun, "advanced" types of work) to vendors/suppliers/bigtime consultants. And, then you have the senior leadership on the business side that actually prefers to outsource (get rid of) the local/on-site I.T. people...who suffers? Primarily, the non-senior business users suffer, and then the people who don't want to do the "advanced, agile, app-building" work suffer also.
I think one way to "look for a job"...is to make one...That is, start your own business...where YOU become the respected, hopefully high-paid vendor/supplier/bigtime consultant...And then sell your services to non-tech companies, so you handle their traditional I.T. needs. You will get price pressures to lower your costs, because you'll be competing against the TCS, WiPro firms of the world. But i imagine - at least at some small scale - there must be local markets for small/medium businesses that want a local/on-site presence of IT support. This might be worth a shot! Good luck!