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Try not to be a jerk but we don't need to be friends. Most IT staff are professional enough to do their jobs. Personally I value clarity over attitude. How to
by johngalt 13y ago
Try not to be a jerk but we don't need to be friends. Most IT staff are professional enough to do their jobs. Personally I value clarity over attitude.
How to work with IT:
Communicate your needs properly and get buy in from people who write the checks. Make it so your IT staff only has to solve technology problems not political ones.
- nhance 13y agoThis is overly idealistic. Some part of working in a business situation (no matter the industry) is dealing with other people. You might be able to get pretty far, but you won't be able to avoid politics forever. I think the advice in here is solid and is something that's been forgotten by too many. While the "jocks" in high school were getting this right, the "nerds" never had to learn. This is great advice for those of us where it doesn't come naturally.
- marcuscreo 13y agoThanks! As a nerd, I know I had to learn it the hard way.
- marcuscreo 13y agoSorry, I'm not inferring you need friends. I am inferring that treating IT folks as human beings will being more success over treating them like cogs in a machine you hate to deal with. Are you really saying that people with disrespectful and derisive attitudes don't bother you, and you do your best work for them?
- johngalt 13y agoNowhere did I say that. Respond to the comment I made, not the straw man that you've created. To restate my point: While you shouldn't be a jerk, friendship as described in the article is unnecessary. Clarity is more important, and often lacking.