An IT professional fits into a COW, says C. R. Jena in ‘22 Things You should know about Indian IT’ (www.applebooks.org). The acronym, as the author explains, stands for conceptualiser, operator, and writer.
Conceptualisers are the most important IT workers, and in most cases they have already been an O or a W in their career, he informs. “On an average the Cs have at least 7-10 years of experience as an O or a W before they assume the role of C. The Cs can also come from non-IT background having worked in other industries. The IT organisations hire them because of their domain experience…” The conceptualiser may have varied job titles such as project manager, business analyst, domain expert, system architect, IT analyst, process consultant and so on.
If the C is like an architect, O and W are like the mason and construction worker, one learns. Os – with titles such as hardware engineer, network administrator, operations engineer, system support engineer, and infrastructure specialist – are the ones who install the desktops and servers, load the software, and put the networks in place. Their more complex activities, Jena lists, include maintaining the server, managing your mailboxes, scheduling batch jobs to run, and ensuring that the network is up and running.
The Ws, popularly called programmers, constitute the maximum number in the Indian IT workforce, he finds. With job titles such as technical lead, developer, database administrator, functional consultant, and project leader, the Ws write computer programs, and perform such allied activities as testing, reviewing, quality assurance, and user training.
Engaging perspective.
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