Recently, I complained (whined) about the challenges working in an organization namely a large organization. Being part of technology development it may just seem like the normal ramblings from a member of a profession that likes to complain. If you have been in this profession any amount of time you have both heard how clueless the non-technologists among us are or how everyone’s code is never up to snuff.

AS I have gotten older (and hopefully wiser) , I have become more inured to those type’s of attitudes. It’s not that Non-technologists are clueless by default, its that they speak a different language; product features, monetization, business models etc. How it happens when it depends on software is of little interest to them just like its of little interest how a car works as long as it performs it basic function reliably.

For Technologists to truly succeed and have fun doing do in an organization that needs more space then a typically sized garage, they need to become conversant with the language of their business partners.
They need to assess and adapt to different types of forums. Yes, if you are in an architectural review, geek out. When you are in a forum discussing the next set of feature enhancements for a product, leave the geekiness at the door. Otherwise the communication will be stilted at best
and totally useless at worse. Furthermore it will just sharpen the perception that Technologists are solely bit fiddlers and best treated as car mechanics. I am not saying going into a business centric forum and signing up for BS bingo. Its just no one cares about object oriented patterns or unobtrusive javascript and the infinite variety of jargon we keep neatly nestled at our fingertips.

[tags]Julio Hernandez-Miyares,ADLC,Agile[/tags]