I'm not sure if this is actually a repeat of past threads, we spend a lot of time talking about this sort of thing within "IT organizations" but I'm not sure I've seen this one.
$WORK is a computer system manufacturer. Thus it is largely technical with an R&D component building software and hardware. Within our IT organization we have two or three highly experienced sysadmin/devop/engineer types that could hold their own against any of the R&D "Principal Engineers" and do, at time, consult for R&D. The politics and handling of "IT" is every bit as dysfunctional as you might expect, however, and the job titles and "official status" of these IT guys make them almost indistinguishable from a front line help desk tech (no, I'm not dissing the help desk tech, don't go there). I am interested in hearing from anyone who works with or has worked with companies that have actually recognized such senior folks within their organizations. One term I've heard the term "IT Fellow", but I'm really not hung up on the name so much as the perceived role within the company and how such people might appear in the company ranks. I suppose I should add that the "VP of Administration" who is the ersatz CIO (in terms of corporate position) denies all CIO responsibility, indicating that the Director of IT, his immediate report, has all IT responsibility. There is an "Office if the CTO", I don't know if it would be possible to hang these highly senior IT people off that instead. I do realize that the de-emphasis of IT at the VP level probably means we're all screwed. Sigh. Thanks for any input... Tim -- Tim Kirby [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
