@gcr, I noticed that with moneyweb, surely someone in their tech department is feeling the pressure... Btw, I quite like your comments on the articles there.
Patrick - with all due respect to you and your career calling. I have yet to find an IT person who understands the clients needs, nor do they have the capability to implement anything remotely close to the clients needs. When I cobol coding in the 70's our lecturer made the statement " there is nothing a computer can't do, the only limitation is the programmer", I have tended to keep this dear to my heart.
No reflection on you but most programmers lack the knowledge of the business within which they operate.
With both my sons I insisted that they take business administration, accountancy and computer appreciation (both did their MSC first) for their B. Comm degrees - at least they understand business requirements and can argue with the propeller heads when they sink into their jargon state of mind and tell you it can't be done.
There you have it my rant about IT people - but don't feel put out because I have the same views about Architects and QS's
