IT & condescendence
14 January 2007The Information Technology field is filled with people who have the attitude that, because they know a whole lot about technology, they are better than or smarter than the average user. What it really boils down to is this: We all have different skill sets. I work in a college. I doubt that the Dean of Student Life is walking around telling people that I am an idiot because my knowledge of student affairs doesn’t match his. I also doubt that the Dean of Faculty thinks I’m a moron because I don’t teach. However, many IT pros do have this kind of attitude.
I will be the first to admit that, in my early years, I didn’t always say the nicest things about users. However, as I have progressed and realized that IT is a tool used by an organization to move forward, that we are not the end-all, be-all. That is not to say that IT is not vitally important to an organization–it is. However, is IT more important than the other functional areas? No. We do support all functional areas, but we’re not better than them. We simply have different skills.
So, what am I getting at? I just read a posting that sums it all up so well that I’m not going to keep going on my diatribe. This guy says it all in a great way.
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