In the kind of IT organizations that I’ve worked, the job isn’t an 8-5 job. Try to hire people that you would trust and enjoy working with. Would you want to spend an overnight shift with them to put out a fire in a problem firewall? Would you trust them with the keys to your car to transport a server to a customer? Hire people that you would want to spend time with and who you would trust with putting your reputation in their hands.
Very true, all too often IT Managers get all excited when they find someone with 10 certs and/or degree(s) and they forget to look at how they will work out. My org has about 150-200 users, and everyone of them as said I breath of fresh air over the gentleman (with multiple certs, years upon years of exp. and working at IBM) but very very hard to work with.
In the kind of IT organizations that I’ve worked, the job isn’t an 8-5 job. Try to hire people that you would trust and enjoy working with. Would you want to spend an overnight shift with them to put out a fire in a problem firewall? Would you trust them with the keys to your car to transport a server to a customer? Hire people that you would want to spend time with and who you would trust with putting your reputation in their hands.
Very true, all too often IT Managers get all excited when they find someone with 10 certs and/or degree(s) and they forget to look at how they will work out. My org has about 150-200 users, and everyone of them as said I breath of fresh air over the gentleman (with multiple certs, years upon years of exp. and working at IBM) but very very hard to work with.