On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Paul Herring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:16 PM, estherschindler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > This time, I'm tackling the relationship between IT Management and > > developers (in which I include documentation, testing, and anything > > else related to getting the application's bits in the proper > > configuration). > > In my experience, the IT department as a whole has absolutely nothing > to do with development (except perhaps in my last job where IT's > policies were not conducive to development - they tied the machines > down so tightly that we couldn't run the compiler.)
Yep, in my company, IT and Engineering are wholly separate (even at the VP level). I do IT-like stuff, since I manage the engineering lab, which means racks and racks of Solaris & Linux servers rather than climbing under people's desks to hook up their monitor or whatever. -- Brett ------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi
