At this stage, I’m twelve years into the role as solo operator, looking after all web infrastructure — internal and external — for an organisation with over 6000 employees, serving 1.5 million people annually.
Therefore I’m neither surprised nor particularly disappointed that my case for increasing capacity has been rejected once again. This has been the state of play for over a decade and I know by now that it is never going to change.
On one hand, I might say this benefits me personally, in that at least it offers me some job security. On the other hand, I might say it stifles career development, limiting options to move on.
Certainly, I’m at about the most senior position I could get with my current focus. So, if I wanted to progress in pay or status, I’d need to leave this specialism behind. Something that doesn’t exactly appeal.
As we go through yet another changing of the guard — I’ve outlived multiple CEOs and executives by now — there’s always the worry as to what new ideas they’ll implement this time, and how it will effect our work.
Long gone the directors who used to be our advocates, ensuring we were credited for work we did. Here the apparently bold visionaries, intent on stamping their own mark on everything. They will have their own ideas about how that is achieved.
One thing is certain: it won’t change anything at all about how this service is funded. I’m too long in the tooth now to entertain the notion that I will ever be taken seriously. My job is simply to deliver. Nothing more.
Last modified: 3 December 2024
