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Like every profession, IT has its own set of dirty little secrets that its members don’t often talk about out loud. However, if IT leaders aren’t aware of these issues then they can quietly doom an IT department to failure. Episode #2 of Sanity Savers for IT executives shines the spotlight on five of these dirty little secrets.

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Other dirty little secrets about working in IT? Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 05/07/08
And don't forget the old IT manager one of Deadly Ernest | 05/08/08
Right on! Top.Gun | 05/08/08
I've been there SObaldrick | 05/08/08
Secret 1 is opposite talk GaryChernipeski | 05/08/08
Maybe I should move to Canada jcreek@... | 05/08/08
Consultants dcolbert@... | 05/08/08
Consultant, Turned Enterprise Engineer, Turned Gardener rustty@... | 05/08/08
who wrote the consulting contract? GaryChernipeski | 05/09/08
It is the smart VARs role to be the scapegoat at times bfitch@... | 05/08/08
Different people behave differently Deadly Ernest | 05/08/08
re: Secret 1 is opposite talk patrick@... | 05/08/08
A Different Perspective YourAverageManager | 05/08/08
Completely Agree with Gary ... Hiner not so much ... jtalbott@... | 05/09/08
Say wha'...... ChansondeRoland | 06/27/08
I AGREE Secret 1 is opposite talk teradude | 05/27/09
vid.........eo was j................erky karenc | 05/08/08
jerky-ness and player applets jwlindsey@... | 05/08/08
4 and 5 are bang on sollution is linked to 2 and 3 GaryChernipeski | 05/08/08
Thanks, Gary! rcaraway@... | 05/08/08
Pretty Good Observation Gary - but what about the Young and Blinkered? mikejkemp@... | 05/08/08
EGO vs Support Craig_B | 05/08/08
Right! dsteve2368@... | 05/08/08
Dont Forget About the Upper Management Bonus!!!! doug.statum@... | 05/09/08
Jason Debunked iM2501 | 05/09/08
But isn't this true of any department Chaz Chance# | 05/15/08
observations jck | 06/02/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT raju.rawat@... | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT bhardwaj_saket59@... | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT rajat.hash@... | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT geebees8@... | 05/08/08
So, what you wanted was neilb@... | 05/08/08
The Dirtiest Secret of All reisen55@... | 05/08/08
Wow - you hit that right on radicale | 05/08/08
Outsourcing is destroying IT in America reisen55@... | 05/08/08
Outsourcing is destroying IT in America itjunkie@... | 05/08/08
Indeed a good wish for the future reisen55@... | 05/08/08
Re: Bad service jacob3273@... | 05/08/08
It's not just the jobs that go over seas No User | 05/08/08
The federal government is heavily outsourced arignote | 05/08/08
The reason that happens Robbi_IA | 05/08/08
True, but hforman@... | 05/27/09
. ve4yz@... | 05/08/08
It's all cost/benefit analysis handyman1972@... | 05/27/09
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT boolsea@... | 05/08/08
They had computers back then? usmcdjb@... | 05/08/08
They sure did! boolsea@... | 05/09/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT rp4643 | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT DeeSigner | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT don.gulledge@... | 05/08/08
Your environment dnealey@... | 05/08/08
Agile? by any other name don.gulledge@... | 05/08/08
for real GaryChernipeski | 05/09/08
interesting, RAD, faith, and LOL GaryChernipeski | 05/09/08
What is so inherently IT about these? No User | 05/08/08
The biggest secret of all ... english/history majors running IT h_buchal@... | 05/08/08
Message has been deleted. Certifiable | 05/08/08
Unions = bdyson@... | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT cbellur@... | 05/08/08
Veteran IT Pros davidj2@... | 05/08/08
Ditto bdyson@... | 05/08/08
Also... ehagihara@... | 05/08/08
Ditto dave_shepherd | 05/14/08
Old heads often have smart ideas, like Deadly Ernest | 05/15/08
Potentially, But Not Always melekali | 05/08/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT richo21432@... | 05/08/08
Thanks for saying this out loud dean.owen | 05/12/08
Veteran IT manager knows when to step aside. wbtedrick@... | 05/12/08
Veteran IT manager knows when to step aside Jon@... | 05/30/08
doing what is best for the business wbtedrick@... | 06/02/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT kkp40 | 05/13/08
RE: Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT tkopp@... | 05/21/08
My dirty little secret... mellis@... | 06/17/08

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