Boring, while simultaneously challenging (because of terrible support). I get along well enough with my colleagues but I had a couple that were really great people on top of that, and they were let go for the flimsiest or supidest of reasons.
Essentially, I’ve fallen out of love with the field (IT). Been working in it for 20 years despite lacking a relevant degree, and there’s just no more innovation. Everything is a SaaS or subscription service, and no one is trying to build something better than the competition, just something that extracts more value out of their catt- uhh, customers.
I feel this. There are a lot of companies trying to be a tech company that don’t understand what it means to be a tech company. IT and devops get particularly shafted - if everything is running fine it gives the appearance that they aren’t needed when in reality it takes a load of work to keep things running smoothly. In addition they are massive cost centers and don’t actually make money, so they are first on the chopping block. Every company I’ve worked at has had a severely understaffed IT/devops team.
Worked for a tiny, conservative, family-owned, Southern Baptist outfit, only IT person. After I settled in, they treated me like gold. No one under me, but I sat every management meeting and my input was valued.
They understood that IT was as key as accounting and payroll, and this was a payroll processor. Always had my own private office, hell, last one I outfitted like an apartment. Left for way better pay, lost that job due to them needing occasional office work. And that was fair, job was kinda nuts WFH. Kill to get back in there.
Boring, while simultaneously challenging (because of terrible support). I get along well enough with my colleagues but I had a couple that were really great people on top of that, and they were let go for the flimsiest or supidest of reasons.
Essentially, I’ve fallen out of love with the field (IT). Been working in it for 20 years despite lacking a relevant degree, and there’s just no more innovation. Everything is a SaaS or subscription service, and no one is trying to build something better than the competition, just something that extracts more value out of their catt- uhh, customers.
I want off mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.
I feel this. There are a lot of companies trying to be a tech company that don’t understand what it means to be a tech company. IT and devops get particularly shafted - if everything is running fine it gives the appearance that they aren’t needed when in reality it takes a load of work to keep things running smoothly. In addition they are massive cost centers and don’t actually make money, so they are first on the chopping block. Every company I’ve worked at has had a severely understaffed IT/devops team.
Worked for a tiny, conservative, family-owned, Southern Baptist outfit, only IT person. After I settled in, they treated me like gold. No one under me, but I sat every management meeting and my input was valued.
They understood that IT was as key as accounting and payroll, and this was a payroll processor. Always had my own private office, hell, last one I outfitted like an apartment. Left for way better pay, lost that job due to them needing occasional office work. And that was fair, job was kinda nuts WFH. Kill to get back in there.
SRE here, and yeah fuckin’ same.
When things are running smoothly all they can do is give us busywork like re-writing the monitoring scripts. >_<
Burned on IT as well, but I have no earnings potential outside the field. I could easily get fired up again with the right employer though!