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If someone actually did a study

I take that somehow you have peered into some crystal ball and have garnered this revelation about the expertise level of CIO's. Also, just how many CIO's have you run across in your time? Most likely not more than, say 5? I am not a CIO but have had many IT/IS Managers, and now CIO's, that I have worked with (well over 25 in the last 30+ years). As a consultant for them, I find that, like some programmers, some are clueless and some are extremely astute. Most fall somewhere in-between. The best ones are the ones that hire people that can find the answers to their questions. The worst ones are the ones who think that they know all the answers.

You paint things with a very wide brush, and it doesn't surprise me that you do not have a college degree. Also, it wouldn't surprise me that you have been passed over for a juicy position and it was given to someone that you felt was either an idiot or unworthy of the promotion. The only thing you could put a finger on is that they had some degree. A person that has a degree has some things that you don't (besides the piece of paper), and that is the proven ability to learn new and different things, even those things that they are not particularly interested in, and the ability to critically think. That is what management is interested in. Prove that you can research and present an argument to do something a particular way, supported by a plethora of disinterested third parties to back up your position, then management will be interested in listening to you. Otherwise, all you can do, in the eyes of management, is sling code. It does not make any difference if you are the best or mediocre, as you will max out at about $70,000 a year and can be replaced by a kid that eats, drinks, and sleeps the next generation of development concept for half the cost.

Do yourself a favor and look at getting a BSCS (Computer Science degree) or a business degree (BSBA or BSBM) and quit whining about the kid that is getting ahead and do something about it. If you think that you can do a better job as a CIO, then prove it. At some point, you have to either put up or shut up. I decided to put up and have a MBA with Technology Management as my specialty to show to management that I know what it is I am talking about. Now, I have the opportunity to make the changes, instead of wishing for them.

JC Williams, MBA/TM

Posted by: jc williams   Posted on: 04/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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