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Who are the smartest people in IT?

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    #21
    Supply Company Execs who make a sale at extortionate rates and then get some peasant, called Bob, in the third world to do the actual work for a bowel of rice a day and fresh straw once a month.
    How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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      #22
      Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
      PMs get paid lots for having no useful skillls, not contributing much of anything, taking credit for other people's work, and doing very little. And all they need to do to get on this gravy train is pay for a course in PRINZEY7, or some such silly acronym.

      Sounds pretty smart to me. Which I'd thought of it. Damn this being good at things and doing useful work for clients.
      Here in Holland Test Managers get paid about 10% less than PMs but have about 90% less stress.
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        #23
        Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
        Supply Company Execs who make a sale at extortionate rates and then get some peasant, called Bob, in the third world to do the actual work for a bowel of rice a day and fresh straw once a month.
        Ewwwwww!

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          #24
          End users because they know what the system should do (not so good at articulating it) and they are the undisputed experts on breaking it.
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            #25
            Originally posted by Zippy View Post
            End users because they know what the system should do (not so good at articulating it) and they are the undisputed experts on breaking it.
            Really, they don't know what they want. It's a good manager's job to tell them what they want (something achievable) and make them think it's their idea.

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              #26
              Originally posted by Scary View Post
              Ewwwwww!
              ops

              Should I change it - nah, frack it. Sounds about right anyway.
              How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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                #27
                Originally posted by Hawkeye View Post
                Project Managers!
                Promoted out of the way of harm.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                  Promoted out of the way of harm.
                  Or to put it another way, those who can, do, those who can't - project manage ...

                  I've never met a project manager who wasn't at failed tech at some point. I can live with the ones who at least realise that, it's the ones who still think they're technically competent that do my head in.
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                    #29
                    Who are the smartest people in IT?

                    The ones who are making plans to get out of IT.

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                      #30
                      'Who are the smartest people in IT? '


                      I'd say it is simply the ones who do the least amount of work for the most amount of money


                      alternatively,

                      what Clipper just said


                      Milan.

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