"Years ago, I worked in an organization that combined automation and IT, and somebody got the bright idea to put everyone under the same manager. That manager went off and came back with a 'brilliant' suggestion. He announced they'd all change everyone's job title to analyst. One of the automation engineers stood up and said, 'If you call me an analyst, I quit.' He wanted to be respected as a professional engineer." Eric Cosman, an engineering solutions architect at Dow Chemical, offers one anecdote that points to what all engineers and IT folk are struggling with in today's software manufacturing environment--respecting the other's turf to work as a cohesive team. "I think respect is at the top of the list" when it comes to engineers and IT professionals, he said. "My experience has been people have a feeling (whether right or wrong) they don't get respect from the other party."
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