That you are surprised at being let go for your actions in the second job makes me question your suitability at the first. An Information Technology managemen

That you are surprised at being let go for your actions in the second job makes me question your suitability at the first. An Information Technology management role is a management role. As a former manager, you shouldn't need to be reminded that you can't be compentent in that role without knowing your organizations's rules and working with them. Obviously I don't know your situation, but one question immediately comes to mind: as an IT manager did you ever find yourself in a situation where you had to recommend terminating someone because they committed a serious violation of the organization's rules when they should have known better? Any good manager will tell you it sucks for everyone to be in that situation but if the rules are to mean anything they have to be enforced. You paid a high price in this case, but if you learn the right lesson from it you'll become a better manager in the future and at the very least you should have some good real-world experience to relate in your future interviews.