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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/