Comments on: IT Engineering and Management in the MidWest versus Silicon Valley http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley Discussion on IT roles in non-Silicon Valley yet tech savvy companies Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Midwest IT Survival » Financial Transparency Key to Long Term Success http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-15 Midwest IT Survival » Financial Transparency Key to Long Term Success Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:01:41 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-15 [...] I look back over my almost 20 years [about me] of corporate IT employment in multiple MidWestern companies, I’m starting to detect a pattern.  And for those that know me or read my bio know, [...] [...] I look back over my almost 20 years [about me] of corporate IT employment in multiple MidWestern companies, I’m starting to detect a pattern.  And for those that know me or read my bio know, [...]

]]> By: Midwest IT Survival » Vendor Management – Part 6 – Vendor Service Integration Challenges http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-14 Midwest IT Survival » Vendor Management – Part 6 – Vendor Service Integration Challenges Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:09:13 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-14 [...] into the project schedule, a comfortable testing exercise.  The next article will dive into more MidWestern IT perspectives on the topic of “Vendor Service Integration Challenges” in addition to this article. [...] [...] into the project schedule, a comfortable testing exercise.  The next article will dive into more MidWestern IT perspectives on the topic of “Vendor Service Integration Challenges” in addition to this article. [...]

]]> By: Midwest IT Survival » Not Wanted http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-13 Midwest IT Survival » Not Wanted Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:00:50 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-13 [...] I read the article, I reflected on my almost 20 years of IT experience in the MidWest and I could appreciate Rands’s supposition of “wanted-ness” driving employee employer [...] [...] I read the article, I reflected on my almost 20 years of IT experience in the MidWest and I could appreciate Rands’s supposition of “wanted-ness” driving employee employer [...]

]]> By: Midwest IT Survival » Vendor Management – Part 8 – Role of the Sales Rep – Part 1 http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-12 Midwest IT Survival » Vendor Management – Part 8 – Role of the Sales Rep – Part 1 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:59:48 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-12 [...] annoying conversation?”  I’ll dive into this value proposition in the next article with more MidWestern IT perspectives on the topic of the “Role of the Sales Rep” in the spectrum of vendor management. career, [...] [...] annoying conversation?”  I’ll dive into this value proposition in the next article with more MidWestern IT perspectives on the topic of the “Role of the Sales Rep” in the spectrum of vendor management. career, [...]

]]> By: Midwest IT Survival » Resource Thrashing http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-11 Midwest IT Survival » Resource Thrashing Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:47:23 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-11 [...] you ever stepped back and observed a [maybe yours?] MidWestern IT technical team and wondered why all the engineers seem legitimately busy, yet there doesn’t [...] [...] you ever stepped back and observed a [maybe yours?] MidWestern IT technical team and wondered why all the engineers seem legitimately busy, yet there doesn’t [...]

]]> By: Midwest IT Survival » In Praise of How to do Nothing http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-10 Midwest IT Survival » In Praise of How to do Nothing Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:44:24 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-10 [...] The hero may get initial fame and glory, but it is short lived.  In my experience in multiple MidWestern companies, the hero ultimately gets revealed for his/her display of reactionary management.  Senior [...] [...] The hero may get initial fame and glory, but it is short lived.  In my experience in multiple MidWestern companies, the hero ultimately gets revealed for his/her display of reactionary management.  Senior [...]

]]> By: Midwest IT Survival » Jumping Back into the Job Market http://midwestitsurvival.com/2009/08/it-engineering-and-management-in-the-midwest-versus-silicon-valley/#comment-9 Midwest IT Survival » Jumping Back into the Job Market Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:44:09 +0000 http://www.midwestitsurvival.com/?p=130#comment-9 [...] and contraction of the IT labor force in MidWestern companies is nothing unusual. In America’s boom and bust capitalist economic system of recent decades, [...] [...] and contraction of the IT labor force in MidWestern companies is nothing unusual. In America’s boom and bust capitalist economic system of recent decades, [...]

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