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Story: Ten secrets about working in IT
Interesting list however I disagree
Point 5. I have found certifications and qualifications practically useless.
It's true that they might get your CV read when stupid employers advertise graduates only or MCSE essential, but you'll meet hundreds more people who don't have those bits of paper and are really good.
Get qualifications if you want and if you're interested but don't imagine that they'll be any use.
Point 8. Veteran techies may not want to change something that works, but my experience is that older IT professionals not just techies are hungry for new technologies and the chance to find out more about them and implement them. As they're veterans they do endless hours outside work reading and learning about them.
Point 9. Totally wrong. IT people don't do this, it wouldn't be professional, but business managers do. I've frequently been asked to implement a hi-tech solution, complex application system, or expensive solution when a cheaper, easier, lo-tech solution would solve the problem better.
Business managers believe salespeople's hype, or they think that something more complex or more expensive must be better.
Often they're just trying to compete with other departments, eg, "our IT budget is bigger than yours".
Point 10. This is true about everyone in every occupation not just IT people. When we fear retribution, blame, or having to pay to repair something that we used in the wrong way, we try to cover up.
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