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Having worked at a JPMo competitor for several years, we did certainly value IT. At most such shops IT spend is around $3 Billion a year, so they're not messing

Having worked at a JPMo competitor for several years, we did certainly value IT. At most such shops IT spend is around $3 Billion a year, so they're not messing around. Many even created specific dev centers around the world (i.e. London, Moscow, India, RTP, Dallas) specifically to do just dev. But, the real kicker is at few such firms will you find the tech "talent." They might join mistakenly, but usually they'll get out within a year or two to better pastures at startups or SV. What often remains are the folks that are mainly task masters at CRUD forms, but not anyone that thinks about the merits of various architectures, reads up on optimal coding practices, or that learns in their free time. Nope, those are the high paid "contractors" that are hired when folks can't figure out why a six foot long query is running slowly.

vonmoltke 12y ago
> Many even created specific dev centers around the world (i.e. London, Moscow, India, RTP, Dallas) specifically to do just dev. Being in Dallas, I have poked around at openings for some of them. They seem to be the epitome of enterprise HR buzzword bingo.
rrrx3 12y ago
Exactly. So many go along to get along types that progress will never be made.
Hansi 12y ago
Having worked in the front office at a JPMo competitor for several years, most people around me certainly hate IT. This is because our IT is diligent and wants to do things correctly and follow standards and practice. But there is no effort to educate the money makers to this effect, they just want results yesterday. So they bitch and wine about IT being a blackhole where requests go to die. And I agree with them in many cases as someone who's sort of midway between these people.
dneronique 12y ago
> but not anyone that thinks about the merits of various architectures, reads up on optimal coding practices, or that learns in their free time That's a bit demeaning IMO. As with any large corporation, there will be people who stay for years and years just coasting and letting their skills stagnate. However, there are also a lot of people who work hard, learn rapidly, and move around a lot internally instead of changing companies.

vonmoltke 12y ago

> Many even created specific dev centers around the world (i.e. London, Moscow, India, RTP, Dallas) specifically to do just dev. Being in Dallas, I have poked around at openings for some of them. They seem to be the epitome of enterprise HR buzzword bingo.

rrrx3 12y ago

Exactly. So many go along to get along types that progress will never be made.

Hansi 12y ago

Having worked in the front office at a JPMo competitor for several years, most people around me certainly hate IT. This is because our IT is diligent and wants to do things correctly and follow standards and practice. But there is no effort to educate the money makers to this effect, they just want results yesterday. So they bitch and wine about IT being a blackhole where requests go to die. And I agree with them in many cases as someone who's sort of midway between these people.

dneronique 12y ago

> but not anyone that thinks about the merits of various architectures, reads up on optimal coding practices, or that learns in their free time That's a bit demeaning IMO. As with any large corporation, there will be people who stay for years and years just coasting and letting their skills stagnate. However, there are also a lot of people who work hard, learn rapidly, and move around a lot internally instead of changing companies.