> I think you are correct in that companies (directors managers etc) are > looking for IT process. But IT departments are run by those people. The > heads of IT/IT Managers/IT Directors/CTOs (who are on 50k+) are responsible > for such business. The IT department, or the team itself needs to be made up > of geeks: sys admin,programmers,support etc. (< 50k) > > Perhaps the problem comes in where too many people are aiming for the large > salary too early! But hey, who can blame them! I'd love a salary like that!
I kind of agree, but things are a-changing. Up until a few months ago, I was chugging along as a happy techie in a departmental IT team when all of a sudden, crash bang awallop - ITIL happened! Departmental IT was dissolved, and a few of us (including yours-truly) got redeployed into service level management teams to work as a bridge between IT and the customer. No more do I get to fiddle with the gadgets that I love so much (well, not at work anyway!) as my job now consists of helping organise projects, reviewing SLA's and general non-techie megubbins. I'd love a Linux job! But it seems that a lot of IT work in the country is sliding away from the techie and to the suit :-( Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/