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Focusing less on technology, and more on business strategy which uses technology as a tool How does one go about doing this (other than spending a decade worki

by vijayr 13y ago

Focusing less on technology, and more on business strategy which uses technology as a tool How does one go about doing this (other than spending a decade working in a particular domain)? Do you follow any plan, certification etc?

rmcastil 13y ago
Its part of the initial conversation you have clients. The goal with the initial meeting isn't to focus on how you can fix all their problems with technology, it's to focus on truly understanding the problems they have from their perspective. Once you completely understand and empathize with the issues their having only then can you formulate an appropriate business strategy (which may or may not use technology) to address their problems.
j45 13y ago
I started when I was about 16, and have worked about another 16 years: - Certifications are generally worthless I've found. They get outdated, new software comes and goes. My main plan has ended up being: - be centered around being an extremely good problem solver across a more complete "full stack" (hardware, software and network), vs the front-end/back-end coders. I do this by solving problems all the time. I don't care how trivial they seem or how they may not fulfill my fantasy of feeling like a special and significant snowflake. Solving problems has lead me to the best problems to work on in my life. Technologies come and go, the methedologies get additional experience. I started doing JIT manufacturing, into more lean stuff, and conveniently lean startup became popular at a time where I had a good 5-7 year head start in implementing lean software solutions in small, medium and large organizations. Convenient, it seems, but mostly happened to be around not having an opinion on what I was beneath, or above doing. I'm a problem solving junkie, after all.

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Focusing less on technology, and more on business strategy which uses technology as a tool How does one go about doing this (other than spending a decade worki

by vijayr 13y ago

rmcastil 13y ago
Its part of the initial conversation you have clients. The goal with the initial meeting isn't to focus on how you can fix all their problems with technology, it's to focus on truly understanding the problems they have from their perspective. Once you completely understand and empathize with the issues their having only then can you formulate an appropriate business strategy (which may or may not use technology) to address their problems.
j45 13y ago
I started when I was about 16, and have worked about another 16 years: - Certifications are generally worthless I've found. They get outdated, new software comes and goes. My main plan has ended up being: - be centered around being an extremely good problem solver across a more complete "full stack" (hardware, software and network), vs the front-end/back-end coders. I do this by solving problems all the time. I don't care how trivial they seem or how they may not fulfill my fantasy of feeling like a special and significant snowflake. Solving problems has lead me to the best problems to work on in my life. Technologies come and go, the methedologies get additional experience. I started doing JIT manufacturing, into more lean stuff, and conveniently lean startup became popular at a time where I had a good 5-7 year head start in implementing lean software solutions in small, medium and large organizations. Convenient, it seems, but mostly happened to be around not having an opinion on what I was beneath, or above doing. I'm a problem solving junkie, after all.