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A couple of years ago, the clock struck midnight on the IT industry and computer geeks, who had been hailed as heroes, turned back into being, well, just geeks again.
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When you focus only on the pay cheque instead of your career as a whole, you may find yourself lacking the kind of technical innovation and management opportunities your dream job would provide.
Many IT support professionals view management as the next step in their career, but few understand the consequences of such a move. Find out what you should consider before you accept an IT management position.
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In front of 95,000 people and a prime time television audience, John Polson, creative director for the Intel-Tropfest short-film festival, donned a figurative candy-striped suit to became technology's spruiker for a few moments at Sydney's Domain last Sunday. He read out the Intel prize (a PC package) for best cinematograhper with whiz-bang enthusiasm... but the crowd wasn't having a bar of it.
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