IT Managers Are Aloof Says Psychologist and Your Co-Workers

dcblogs writes "IT managers see themselves as 'reigning supreme,' in an organization, and are seen by non-IT workers as difficult to get along with, says organizational psychologist Billie Blair. If IT managers changed their ways, they could have a major impact in an organization. 'So much of their life is hidden under a bushel because they don't discuss things, they don't divulge what they know, and the innovation that comes from that process doesn't happen, therefore, in the organization,' says Blair."

Simple Answer:

[newcastlejon]

"They despise stupidity wherever they see it, and they see it everywhere."
Kryten 2X4B-523P

Re:and you wonder..

[Volante3192]

Yeah, we're just afraid you'll all find out our dirty dirty secret that networks and computers really ARE magic.

Repairo Catfiveo!

Re:and you wonder..

[jhoegl]

Linus Tarvoldo!
Yes, all magic incantations end in "o", but you must put a semicolon at the end for it to work... unless its vbscript.

Re:Simple Answer:

[cultiv8]

If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.

That's why he created git.

Blame it on women

[Anonymous Coward]

If more women would sleep with us, we'd be nicer people!

well, let me tell you about my awesome accounting

[decora]

project. its really , really, cool... you see we take the general account ledger, and we balance it based on the length of time the charge has been on the current report, whereas before we were simply going line by line ,

im sorry, .. are you ok? it almost looked like you fell asleep there. my brother in law has narcolepsy -- horrible disease. did you know that the first person to discover narcolepsy was sinus grimbald in 1823, when he happened upon a lemur collector in guernsey.. .

Re:Simple Answer:

[swanzilla]

If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.

That's why he created git.

Linus may prefer you to capitalize the 'H.'

Re:and you wonder..

[Anonymous Coward]

Given the article, does your attitude qualify as irony?

Organisational Psychologist Study

[anchovy_chekov]

Research confirms what IT managers have long suspected, organisational psychologists are perceived as "manipulative" and "self serving".

"I really don't like talking to them," says 20-year IT veteran Charles ("Heap Space") Edwards. "They always seem to have some agenda on their mind, but they can never tell you what it is short of wooly motherhood statements. I want precision, but I've never seen a decent spec come out of the OrgPsy team".

According to the report, 9 out of 10 IT managers "wouldn't piss on an organisational psychologists if their keyboard was on fire".

Re:and you wonder..

[ArhcAngel]

I had an instructor in school who proposed the hypothesis that all electronics were powered by by magic smoke. He proved his hypothesis by "releasing" the magic smoke from the device and showing it no longer worked.

Re:and you wonder..

[EdIII]

Given the article, does the fact we all seem to have kingdoms to give away qualify as irony?

Re:Simple Answer:

[Mitchell314]

Yes . . . if your mom's name happens to be "Large System". Yeah, yeah, mod me down, but it still was totally worth it (at least I didn't make a cvs joke). :D