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0 pointsmarcus0x623y ago0 comments

> It does not help that system replacement projects often go over budget and introduce other problems that cost more money.

If justifying speculative future benefits to the CFO is the first strike against these sorts of projects, this is the second strike — the operations team has likely been burned by failed IT modernization projects before. How hard are you going to fight for something you aren’t 100% sure is even going to work?

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CoastalCoder3y ago

> How hard are you going to fight for something you aren’t 100% sure is even going to work?

Tangent: maybe I'm just tired of this industry, but I have trouble imagining myself "fighting" to convince a CxO to do anything that benefits the company but not me.

My attitude is like, here's my advice and reasoning. Listen to me or don't. I'm not going to participate in some budgetary cage match just because the CxO likes drama.

I wonder if this shows my age :)

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