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You'd be surprised how many such jobs are there. Mostly not listed though. If my experience is any guide, one generally starts as a temp / consultant and you sl
by MezzoDelCammin 2y ago
You'd be surprised how many such jobs are there. Mostly not listed though. If my experience is any guide, one generally starts as a temp / consultant and you slowly expand the role from there. There's generally a point some years later where you're almost "too big to fail". Too many small odd jobs that are needed maybe once a year, but when they happen, they are pretty important.
- smatija 2y agoImportant to note that this too big to fail point occurs very quickly in some cases. Non-IT companies are generally very risk/change averse in regards to their IT infrastucture (and for very good reason, see e.g. [1] and [2]). So if you are capable enough to learn their legacy codebase you will be very quickly the only person worldwide capable of maintaining it. [1] - https://www.cio.com/article/274138/enterprise-resource-planning-citing-botched-erp-system-fire-truck-maker-says-ibm-contributed-to-ban.html https://www.cio.com/article/274138/enterprise-resource-plann... [2] - https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/birmingham_erp_budget/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/06/birmingham_erp_budget...