[nylug-talk] Why does "enterprise" imply "Java"?

[mbac@netgraft.com]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 5:03 pm, Steve McAllister wrote:

> I think it's what is wrong with the idea that IT management doesn't 
> have to know much about IT. Management skills are far more important.
> I used to think the bad decisions were because of payola, but am now 
> thinking it's more from a lack of IT knowledge.

I think the typical manager just sucks at making money.

I don't know how many companies I've seen who have had employees quit, 
then money conscious managers put out job openings for a replacement at 
the bottom end of the salary range.  Naturally, no one is beating a path 
to their door so the job goes unfilled for months.  In the meantime, 
remaining employees have a too high workload to deal with, start looking 
elsewhere for work.

Management cruises along for months believing nothing is wrong until 
employees start quitting en masse.  Suddenly, the costs of that one 
employee they tried to hire at below market wages who never appeared are 
far higher than anything they could have imagined.  Domino effect, 
clients bail, revenues go down, and it takes years for company to 
recover.  What do they learn?  Probably not the right lessons.  Instead 
they develop an even bigger anti-employee agenda, put less trust in 
their people, and reprime themselves for future failure.

Seriously, what are they teaching these people?