>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> writes:
Edward> You're in a social situation - at a party or something - You're talking with Edward> some CFO or otherwise interesting financial person about work, and Dilbert Edward> cartoons, and the wastefulness and inefficiencies of typical corporations or Edward> typical organizations, etc. Somebody uses a term like "overhead" or Edward> "secondary" referring to support roles. But you're an IT person - You're a Edward> support role, and depending on what is your core business, most likely Edward> you're overhead. Edward> With only a moment's thought, and only a few words, how do you Edward> describe the value that your role adds to the organization? Edward> How do you justify your own existence, casually, when talking Edward> to a CFO or somebody in a social situation? I'm sorta like insurance, you don't notice me when nothing goes wrong, and hopefully nothing does go wrong, but I'm there when it hits the fan working to bring your business back to life. When you don't notice me, it means I'm doing my job. John _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
