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Ditto that! Your points cannot be stressed enough!!
My first job was a few years at a small (i.e. < 30 employees) engineering firm. Variety was the order of the day - you did what needed to be done. You learned on the job as a result. New ideas were relished. Results were the emphasis.

Then went to a large F500. You could not step out of your role - that meant audit problems. Ideas needed vetting...if they got past initial veto, you needed to find a "sponsor" to fund a proof of concept. There had to be an ROI study. You quickly got the picture - unless you have a total blockbuster, don't bother stirring the pot. I.e. spend your own time to prove it, develop it, and bring it to us already 80% done on your own unbillable time. Oh, but we know "our employees are our greatest asset"...so, you have to get x% of your time in on training every year, or your performance review will suffer. So we all go to stuffy training classes to keep us "up to date" on technologies that we should just know if we were able to tinker with things that we find interesting. And yes, there's a form or approval for everything. Sigh.

I guess it is no secret that small & private = innovative. But it really blows the mind every time I think back and do a mental comparison.
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They're right. It can be boring.  Pliny the Elder | 06/23/08
Boring. Thankless. Deadend.  net1tech | 07/20/08
More Wasted Money  nothingness | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  jfp | 06/23/08
Ditto that! Your points cannot be stressed enough!!  techboy_z | 06/23/08
On the flipside ...  dkawalec | 06/23/08
Very Boring for some  barence773 | 06/25/08
You got it right  cfostel | 07/10/08
Any job is boring if...  bjbrock | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  shagbark | 06/23/08
Yup, I.T. pays less than many semi-skilled positions  fr0thy2 | 06/23/08
I agree  ZDNET_guest666 | 06/25/08
IT employers struggling not to hire qualified emplyees.  Anton Philidor | 06/23/08
Good tact  startx.jeff | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  hadoz | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  spiderwebby | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  sparky10020@... | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  Kaiwai | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  jrob155 | 06/23/08
Boring??? Compared with what?  bigpic | 06/23/08
huh???  bls@... | 07/11/08
RE: IT work is 'boring' students  Thogek | 06/23/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  Delerius | 06/23/08
IT IS boring  spitefulgod | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  wmparry | 06/24/08
Match the right people with the right jobs  save_clippy | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  Subrato123 | 06/24/08
IT work is 'boring,' students if it's taught that way  PeteHol | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  issam.khatib | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  2nightRider | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  mr_robble | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  GatorIT | 06/24/08
IT A Level for OCR is bad  McDonger | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  SaibiFaisi | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  JasterMereel | 06/24/08
you must be somebody's boss  barence773 | 06/25/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  jtwoods4 | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  jklein@... | 06/24/08
Of course it is boring to them...  jpr75_z | 06/24/08
Hmmm  rickroberts_mcse@... | 07/10/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  poowasake | 06/24/08
New Learning Model  cordesa | 06/24/08
Yes, but..  jonnjonnzdnet | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  aray4n | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  nilskyone | 06/24/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  ZDNET_guest666 | 06/25/08
IT won't last. Outsourcing/offsite hosting.  ZDNET_guest666 | 06/25/08
IT won't last? LOL!  Gradius2 | 07/10/08
IT is a Geek culture, boring and lonely  ZDNET_guest666 | 06/25/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  EricSham | 06/26/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  EricSham | 06/26/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  ronancarty@... | 06/26/08
RE: IT work is 'boring, It Support  sk8er448 | 06/26/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  ivantheterrible | 07/03/08
Mentally challenging is a more apt description.  StevePlante | 07/03/08
The problem is in the Marketing  StevePlante | 07/03/08
It's not Marketing, it's Money  Drakaran | 07/11/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  rachnoid@... | 07/03/08
Awesome!  halukakin@... | 07/10/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  prnatst001 | 07/10/08
Boring is a problem?  Dr_Zinj | 07/10/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  agallo33@... | 07/10/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  bigbigboss | 07/10/08
It is boring  falnar69 | 07/10/08
Being a developer IS IT  pwoon@... | 07/12/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  sailnott@... | 07/10/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  dinosaur_z | 07/10/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  cballinger@... | 07/10/08
I cannot believe ANY of this! Read here why.  Gradius2 | 07/10/08
If IT isn't for you then, well, it simply ISN'T!  roy4otis@... | 07/10/08
Back in my highschool.....  rebelxhardcore | 07/12/08
Name one office job that is never boring  pwoon@... | 07/12/08
RE: IT work is 'boring,' students  Metzgermeister | 09/20/08
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