ian paterson

London

IT Consultant, Banking

The skills gap works in two directions. Senior management at board level more often than not have very few IT skills. Understanding of technology has to meet in the middle. As IT Managers say, they feel their opinions are not respected. This is often due to a mistrust of the 'smoke and mirrors' assocaited with IT systems and not wanting to admit their complete reliance upon 'geeks and nerds'.

The whole image is promoted also by a lack of understanding. The stereotype is over used and displays another level of misunderstanding.

Maybe if we had Arnold Schwarzenegger in a new movie gloriously defeating the bad guys with his PDA and the Windows 2003 Support Pack the image may improve. Somehow I can't see that happening.

Oh well. I will just have to put my tank top back on, gaze longingly at the picture of Lara Croft on my pin board and wait four minutes for the light to ooze through my ridiculously thick glasses while I play my VR game online all night.