Ask HN: Management or Technical

Posted by DirtyPowder on Friday February 04, 2011 @01:41PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am interested in becoming a CIO and would like to know, do you think it is better to focus on management training or getting a technical foundation first.

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Re:Ask HN: Management or Technical by tst on Friday February 04, 2011 @01:46PM (#2180587)

Depends on your background. What's your job at the moment?

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Re:Ask HN: Management or Technical by DirtyPowder on Friday February 04, 2011 @01:58PM (#2180641)

Right now I am an information assurance consultant. Job focus is on the policy and management side.

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Re:Ask HN: Management or Technical by tst on Saturday February 05, 2011 @03:22AM (#2182736)

I would take a semi technical path, maybe as a BI consultant. You work with people, take leadership roles but also work with new technology.

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