WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat is something you learned in your line of work that other people wouldn't knowmessage-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down12
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something you learned in your line of work that other people wouldn't knowWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up50·3 days agoIn IT the first problem/question should always this: Is it a people problem or a technology problem? IT can fix technology problems, managers need to fix people problems if someone gives an IT person a people problem and they try to fix it, it will probably not go very well same if you give a manager a technology problem and ask them to fix it this is the most important lesson that leaders needs to understand
minus-squareTriasha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoMy supervisors will try to fix it for 3 minutes and post a question in the chat. If that doesn’t’t make it work, it’s an it problem.
In IT the first problem/question should always this:
Is it a people problem or a technology problem?
IT can fix technology problems, managers need to fix people problems
if someone gives an IT person a people problem and they try to fix it, it will probably not go very well
same if you give a manager a technology problem and ask them to fix it
this is the most important lesson that leaders needs to understand
My supervisors will try to fix it for 3 minutes and post a question in the chat.
If that doesn’t’t make it work, it’s an it problem.