My article in today’s BI This Week. BI veterans give tech workers advice on getting ahead in the industry without burning out first.
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Joke about the business-IT gulf
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Jon Carroll, whose column is one of the first places I go in the morning, relayed this joke from a reader in his column today.
… Read the rest “Joke about the business-IT gulf”Realizing he was lost, a balloonist dropped down to ask directions. “Excuse me, but I’m a little off course,” he shouted. “I promised to meet a friend an hour ago. I don’t know where I am.”
A woman yelled back, “You’re in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You’re at exactly 40 degrees, 22 minutes and 21 seconds north latitude and 70 degrees, 30 minutes and 33 seconds west longitude.”
Tech as a career is a “dead end”
The business intelligence author Tony Politano said this morning that technology as a career is a “dead end.” When I heard him say it, I knew it was my lead for next week’s story in BI This Week on BI careers.
He’s the author of Chief Performance Officer: Measuring What Matters, Managing What Can Be Measured (2003, iUniverse) and a frequent instructor at TDWI events.
Actually, he says it often. It’s his non-violent way of shaking young techies by the scruff of their necks.
“You’d be amazed at how many people who’ve worked 25 years in a bank don’t know the difference between commercial banking and investment banking,” he said.… Read the rest “Tech as a career is a “dead end””