[nycphp-talk] Why IT Sucks
Kristina Anderson
ka at kacomputerconsulting.com
Thu Apr 17 11:20:38 EDT 2008
Oh, I did read it.
> I wish you would have read the fullness of my post. =D
>
> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> > Oh I assure you that I'm not "angry or whiny" and am completely
> > sincere, and also assure you that in NYC, secretaries DO make more
than
> > 46K...not sure why you found that "angry or whiny", it's simply a
fact.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Let's be intellectually honest Kristina,
> >>
> >> It's hard to take your emails with a dose of sincerity, when your
> >> scholarship seems random and a result of passion. Phrases like
> >> "Secretaries make more than this" and posting what you "feel" is
the
> >> average income for a particular profession (without citation or
> >> reference), leads the reader to thinking you're angry or whiny.
> >>
> >> If however you are sincere, I do think that there is a particular
> >> paragraph in Tom's reply that should be of interest:
> >>
> >> -TOM MELENDEZ -
> >> >Look at what you can do to excel. How are your sales efforts
> >>
> >>> (speaking for myself in my experience as a consultant - I always
> >>> dreaded sales, but recently realized that it needs to be
embraced,
> >>>
> > not
> >
> >>> feared)? Professional networking? Who is your customer? Are their
> >>> pockets deep enough? Are you really taking advantage of your
> >>> expertise (are you doing graphics when you are really a DBA at
> >>>
> > heart)?
> >
> >>> How can you get the work done faster? Can you invest in tools
> >>>
> > (store
> >
> >>> bought or that you create) to help? Invest in services? People?
Can
> >>> you reuse code? Are you tracking problems so that you don't make
> >>>
> > the
> >
> >>> same mistake again?
> >>>
> >> This paragraph reminds me of a book my friend recommended some
time
> >>
> > ago, entitled, "What color is your parachute?". The whole concept
is
> > not looking to an outside change, when sculpting your small
business
> > growth, but looking at your inner development and maturation. And
in so
> > doing, specific areas of personal growth will be obviously and
easily
> > leveraged to grow your small business substantially. Then,
hopefully,
> > it becomes a beautiful cycle of inner growth -> application ->
business
> > growth -> inner growth
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >>
> >>> The salary numbers on that site (46K for an accountant??
> >>>
> > Secretaries
> >
> >>> make more than this) seem way low, and I was moreso referring to
> >>>
> > NYC
> >
> >>> salaries...if my numbers are way off, I do apologize...but I do
> >>>
> > feel
> >
> >>> that these professions are overall more lucrative to
practitioners
> >>>
> > than
> >
> >>> IT is...
> >>>
> >>> I love these discussions with you guys, I'm not intimidated in
the
> >>> least, as you can see, to be a minority in a "male" IT profession
> >>>
> > (or
> >
> >>> discussion board!) :)!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Tom --
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The average corporate attorney makes $200K. The average
attorney
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> in
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> business for themselves makes about the same.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Corporate_Attorney/Salary
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> The average CPA, about
> >>>>> 150K.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Accountant/Salary
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> T. Gales & Associates
> >>>> 'Helping People Connect with Technology'
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.tgaconnect.com
> >>>>
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