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Chief Information Officer (CIO) Reviews
What is it like working as a Chief Information Officer (CIO)?
August 2016
A techie does not a good CIO make.
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Tech skills are easy to come by and frankly not very useful for a CIO on a daily basis. Assuming you have some kind of tech schooling or more preferably, tech experience, focus on business and soft skills. You use those over 90% of the time compared to your technical skills.
May 2016
Great Rewards Await Those Who Master the Balancing Act.
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Pros: I really get to make a difference. Setting the goals and strategy of an organization that has a mission to provide public service can be incredibly rewarding. My group provides technology services that make our agency's operational staff more efficient and effective. When they perform better then the public benefits.
Cons: It is absolutely impossible to keep up with demand and to satisfy the desires of my internal customers. Our business units have real needs (and perceived needs) that I just can't get to.
October 2015
Don’t sell yourself cheap!
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Set a minimum for yourself before accepting an offer from your employer and never go below that line.
September 2015
The management.
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Pros: I am working in an area and with people that is very satisfactory and rewarding.
Cons: Nothing in particular.
August 2015
100 day plan.
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Build out a 100 day plan to present during your interview or your first week on the job.
August 2015
Get the Big Picture Fast -- Avoid the Weeds.
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Get and overall picture of the systems, software, infrastructure and your teams current skills, talents, and responsibilities as soon as possible. Simultaneously work to understand the you Company's strategic objectives so that technology and systems can be aligned appropriately. Work hard to not get sucked down into the weeds of the daily problems that your team will be consumed with.
May 2015
Challenging.
Chief Information Officer (CIO):
Pros: Challenges.
Cons: Work life balance.
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