One thing I've noticed in 20 years in computing in a range of industries and on this forum is the absolute literalness of most IT people.
Obviously I'm talking about technical people (support people/developers mainly). There seems to be a complete lack of imagination in most IT types, a singular inability to imagine anything they have not experienced personally and allied with this a complete lack of ability to see the bigger picture.
Many IT people see their skills (say C# programming or DBA) as defining who they are.
And so they remain at a low level for the rest of their lives and allow the chancers and bulltulipters (PMs, BAs etc) to exploit them and cock things up.
Why is this? Education? Or is it inevitable that a mindset that deals with detail has no time for the bigger picture? Is there a level of autism involved?
I have long been fascinated by this issue.
Obviously I'm talking about technical people (support people/developers mainly). There seems to be a complete lack of imagination in most IT types, a singular inability to imagine anything they have not experienced personally and allied with this a complete lack of ability to see the bigger picture.
Many IT people see their skills (say C# programming or DBA) as defining who they are.
And so they remain at a low level for the rest of their lives and allow the chancers and bulltulipters (PMs, BAs etc) to exploit them and cock things up.
Why is this? Education? Or is it inevitable that a mindset that deals with detail has no time for the bigger picture? Is there a level of autism involved?
I have long been fascinated by this issue.
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