[ubuntu-uk] Where to find good labour

[Matthew Larsen]

mwuahahaha you poor ITIL slave. I am trying VERY hard to avoid that myself.

And where's my beer?

Regards,

On 07/09/2007, Chris Rowson <christopherrowson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  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
>
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