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>I have the feeling that a lot of problems between IT and non-tech workers stems from the former treating latter like morons instead of trying to help them to d
by dropit_sphere 11y ago
>I have the feeling that a lot of problems between IT and non-tech workers stems from the former treating latter like morons instead of trying to help them to do their jobs efficiently.
No. I know this sounds bad, but they really are morons.
OK, maybe that's too much. They're not morons. But neither are babies (could you learn a language as quickly as they do?). Like babies, they just don't know stuff. And they never have an incentive to learn it. Programmer is always there to save the day.
When the ability to code is seen as essential to be in a C-level position, I predict that many frustrations with IT will just magically disappear.
- gtCameron 11y agoI predict that many frustrations with IT would magically disappear if IT stopped calling everyone who doesn't know how to program morons or babies.
- dropit_sphere 11y ago>I predict that many frustrations with IT would magically disappear if IT stopped calling everyone who doesn't know how to program morons or babies. That's already happened. Have projects magically aligned to budgets and schedules? Have we been able to fire all the programmers and replace them with business analysts yet? Have Excel sheets become maintainable? Certainly it's a good thing if IT doesn't hold itself as superior; but that does not mean that it's not a bad thing that most business people don't have what is becoming a more and more essential skill.