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The great thing about Gartner is they believe everything. It doesn't
matter what strategy you espouse, you will find a Gartner Research
Service that will back you up. And such a company cannot be wrong, can it?
I've had several recruitment run-ins with Gartner. I know several of the
mainframe guys quite well.
Why not? In the first place, they work them far too hard. At my time of
life, the schedule is quite punishing. Secondly, the sales content of
even a lead analyst job is very high - they spend around 60% of their
time selling. A Gartner analyst who visits you and leaves without an
additional signature will get ROASTED back at the office. And - thirdly
- you have to support the 'corporate view'. This is bizarrely
influenced, and every time I've come up against it I've found it impossible.
And the last hurdle is that you effectively have to be 'voted in' by the
incumbent team.
Somehow, that never happened.
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I've worked with recruiters and HR types with the same mindset. Names
omitted to protect the terminally stupid.
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