ManagementSpeak: Wanted: Director of Information Systems to plan, direct, Information Technology. Candidate will work closely with Administration and Board of Directors. Must have a working knowledge of CICS, C+, C++, Visual Basic, NT, Unix, COBOL, and Java.
Translation: Wanted: Programmer willing to accept responsibility for all management chores and the blame for all IT-related problems.
IS Survivalist Daryl Crowley explains another reason CIOs need technical credentials.

ManagementSpeak: Mr. Jones has left to pursue other interests.
Translation: It turns out we’d hired another loser, and we had to pay him a bundle to leave quietly.
IS Survivalist Roger Phillips’s contribution, on the other hand, was another winner.