[Sigia-l] Re: Large Orgs

[Listera]

"Beth Mazur" wrote:

> I have the great luxury of being in a web group that functions almost
> as a start-up, even though it is in a relatively large organization. Even
> stranger, we manage the web servers outside the ITS function (IT acts
> essentially as a co-location vendor, providing us with power and bandwidth).
> Thus we're running open-source tools while the org's infrastructure is
> your garden variety Microsoft shop. Pretty neat actually.

There you have it. 

When large companies want to become competitive, creative and solve nasty
problems quickly, what do they do? They create internal ventures/skunkworks,
run by intrapreneurs and operated as, surprise, small orgs.
 
> But  having been in both large orgs and a small 20-person consultancy,
> I think it's a grass is greener phenomenon.

Well, it's more like green grass vs. Astroturf. :-)

> While I miss the brain trust at my old design firm, I don't miss the pressure
> to fill up billable hours or the challenge of dealing with difficult clients.

This can and does happen in large *service* orgs.

Ziya
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