Sorry David …
FWIW, at a previous employer one requirement to attain Sr SE was not a technical qualification, but on how the SE could communicate with the LOBs, and design/provide solutions for the business need based on discussions at the strategic level. Lower level SEs were defined by their limitations of ‘big picture’ skills, and self confinement to the tactical realm. Almost to the point of the Sr SE position being a combination of SE and Consultant. I don’t know if this helps in your situation, but might be a way to rearrange your presentation of qualifications to show the value to the exec level. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Morale killer... vent mode:on I asked for a promotion to Sr. Systems Engineer but I have been denied. Talking to my boss she feels I am qualified but her boss disagrees – not because I don’t fit the roles and skill set of a Sr. SE as listed in our job description, but because she wants to “see more broad scoped project proposals”. Yeah sorry that my evaluation of products used across the enterprise for encrypting our laptops (chose PGP), remote access (went with RDS), 3rd party patching (Shavlik), and then doing the work of standing up the servers and installing configuring, deploying and then handing off of said items all in the last 12 months isn’t broad enough… “You’re really great at what you do and you meet the job description but it’s not enough, sorry”. Some of you guys can relate, right? I’ve only been doing IT professionally for 16 years…and admin-y stuff for 12 of that. Vent mode: off David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
