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I've seen similar levels of incompetence first hand. This isn't someone actively ignoring important security warnings. This is someone not understanding what yo

I've seen similar levels of incompetence first hand. This isn't someone actively ignoring important security warnings. This is someone not understanding what you are talking about. This is someone who, at a fundamental level, has no grasp of the landscape they are operating in or the challenges they are up against. This is someone who wants you to go away because the jargon you're talking doesn't make any sense to them or their team. "Please stop sending me these confusing emails. I have important work to do." The only way to fix this is a "changing of the guard" at the organizational level. The IT boss, and everything he has ever touched, has to go.

dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
The Peter Principle…people get promoted into incompetence.
- cduzz 3y ago
  We put peter there. He's doing the job we put him there to do.
  - dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
    The Peter Principle says people get promoted until they can’t do the job. If you aren’t being promoted to a higher position people wonder about you… I see your point, did you know it’s a book? Dang Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle
    - cduzz 3y ago
      I'm off-handedly referring to "the gervais principle[1]" [1] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
autoexec 3y ago
> This is someone who, at a fundamental level, has no grasp of the landscape they are operating in or the challenges they are up against. This is someone who wants you to go away because the jargon you're talking doesn't make any sense to them or their team. Sounds like exactly the kind of someone you wouldn't want to have to trust with your personal information let alone trust to manage your life/property/business/liability insurance.
- zelon88 3y ago
  Unfortunately the people in charge of hiring IT Directors often aren't qualified to hire IT Directors.
  - swader999 3y ago
    Don't stop there.
- Takennickname 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - nativeit 3y ago
    I can’t tell whether or not this is a serious comment.

dirtyhippiefree 3y ago

The Peter Principle…people get promoted into incompetence.

cduzz 3y ago
We put peter there. He's doing the job we put him there to do.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
  The Peter Principle says people get promoted until they can’t do the job. If you aren’t being promoted to a higher position people wonder about you… I see your point, did you know it’s a book? Dang Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle
  - cduzz 3y ago
    I'm off-handedly referring to "the gervais principle[1]" [1] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

autoexec 3y ago

> This is someone who, at a fundamental level, has no grasp of the landscape they are operating in or the challenges they are up against. This is someone who wants you to go away because the jargon you're talking doesn't make any sense to them or their team. Sounds like exactly the kind of someone you wouldn't want to have to trust with your personal information let alone trust to manage your life/property/business/liability insurance.

zelon88 3y ago
Unfortunately the people in charge of hiring IT Directors often aren't qualified to hire IT Directors.
- swader999 3y ago
  Don't stop there.
Takennickname 3y ago
[flagged]
- nativeit 3y ago
  I can’t tell whether or not this is a serious comment.