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Aug 09Fan or Die!
by in Feature Articles on 2009-09-15
Let's jump into the wayback machine, all the way to the summer of 1994. David G. was starting at his very first job out of school, developing some train control system software. Perhaps not thrilling work, but hey, it was a job.
"David, I'm so glad you were able to make your way here!" It was Tom, a thick, sweaty looking man in his 40s who gave a hearty, double-handed hand shake upon entering the door. "Us old timers have been hoping for some fresh experience to come to our department here!"
In my career as a developer, I've worked in a few organizations (and survived through my fair share of re-organizations) but the general pecking order stays the same with regards to IT. Developers work together and take direction from a Project Lead who is directed by a Team Lead, who answers to a Department Lead who in turn receives orders from a person at the Executive level. There's the same thing at Hobson's work, however, their org chart has a additional...twist.