Workplace
Job specialization - boon or bane?
[First published at SQLServerCentral.com on 5-29-2008]
An article I recently read suggested that a reason employers are having a difficult time finding qualified IT employees might be the result of the narrow focus of the employer’s own requirements. This makes sense. As the number of different technologies and industries in which we specialize grows, it is [...]
The Value of an MBA in IT
I recently read a Computer World article that cited a study touting the benefit of having an MBA in the IT industry. A two-year MBA degree would yield an average 8.2% increase in salary, as opposed to two years of extra experience, which would yield an average of 2.8%.
That sounds good. But the study, they [...]
Who is “the IT guy”?
[First published at SQLServerCentral.com on 6-26-2008.]
I’ll be frank. I don’t want to be called an “IT guy.” Among my IT colleagues, when we refer to the IT guy, we mean desktop or hardware support. When tech support calls, we are talking to “the IT guys”; call this elitism, but there it is. (For brevity, I [...]
Is Info. Tech Sexy Enough for Dinner Conversation? (Part 3)
So it’s been a while since my last entry. For a good stretch of time, it was tough to engage someone in a discussion about IT and get a different outcome than I’ve had so far. But now I finally have a some interesting morsels worth sharing - two to be exact.
The first is a [...]
Why choose IT as your career?
Why should you choose IT as a career? Here are some good reasons…
Practical Ways for Influencing (Educating) Your Colleagues in the Workplace
This blog is about methods for learning and teaching. So why am I writing a Covey-esque article about how to influence people in the workplace? Because sometimes you have to teach (i.e., sell to) your colleagues why your ideas are better than theirs to get them adopted. This article is about how to get your [...]
