Enterprise IT
What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?
What type of systems did you work on five years ago? What are you working on now? What type of products/services did your organization offer five years ago? What makes money for your organization today? Chances are very good that in five years you'll make your living delivering a product or service that hasn't been thought of yet. Moreover, you'll be working with products that do not exist today (can you imagine "legacy Windows applications?").
ReadThe Long-Lost Art Of Making A Buying Decision
Have you ever noticed that the people who can make a decision about a $70,000-dollar-a-year staff member in 20 minutes are the same people who spend endless hours in endless meetings with countless people over the course of months deciding how to spend $50,000 on a piece of hardware or some software? Why the obsession with the buying process? First, the impact a particular technology will have on the organization is usually overestimated from the start. Second, as we've increasingly become an economy of knowledge workers--you know, no tangible products--buying an actual piece of hardware or software programs is a big deal. And third, we're obsessed with the buying process because it's simple and fun--honestly.
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