At this .edu it's definitely not corporate mindset. I think I'd like a little bit of that just to get us organized. In our division we've got a core team of four web developers supporting over 1000 people in 67 campus units and 98 county offices. And we have no organizational plan for the web. We just have to do whatever people ask.
-Kevin On 4/14/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I worked for one for about 13 years before they let me go because I > pissed off the wife of the VP of IT. > > I liked the amount of resources: training, conferences, software, etc > that was available. However, I always hated the politics and "bottom > line" drive. > > I got a job at this university and absolutely loved it. The atmosphere > was more-relaxed and people were great to work with. > > That is, until our system admin lost 75% of the university's data > because he didn't have a backup tape for that particular file server. > The witch hunt that followed determined we needed new management. > > What did we get? Well, we got a corporate guy. Now, this place has the > lowest moral I have seen and the only players are Microsoft and IBM. > Everything else is child's toys. > > The worst part is we have the corporate management mindset, but no > corporate resources. I may as well go back to a damn corporation if I > have to put up with corporate bullshit. At least I can go to training > and Macromedia conferences and buy software that *I* want to use. > > Oh, they were also a fortune 500 company for a while, I think. They > were always in the Fortune 1000. The biggest problem with them is > top-level management were pretty sharp. The lowest-level grunts were > pretty sharp. It was always the middle managers that fucked everything > up. They knew they were the ones that stood to lose their jobs first. > > M!ke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153998 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
