A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers

Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers by gadders on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:01AM (#10002453)

If you're a CIO in a large company, your life is more about managing budgets than doing anything technical.

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Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers by sgt101 on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:18AM (#10002499)

If you're a CIO at a large company your life is about leadership, or you will become a CIO at a small company really fast.

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Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers by gadders on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:42AM (#10003645)

In my experience, some are leaders. Most are just managers.

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Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers by sarwechshar on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @02:11PM (#10005151)

I don't remember the last time I saw a company with a "CIO". It seems to be a dying trend.

Interesting fact: CIOs are also known as Chief Investment Officers (mainly in finance) and play an integral role to the company, perhaps in importance second only to the CEO.

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Re:A Plan to Turn Engineers into Managers by o_nate on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @04:29PM (#10006071)

At many finance shops, the CIO can even outrank the CEO, in reality if not on paper. For instance, during his glory days at PIMCO, Bill Gross was CIO while others, such as Mohammed el-Erian filled the CEO role, even when Gross was basically calling the shots.

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