Reply #20: Remember that IT is about service. Make sure that philosophy shines through in your interview. [View All]

[Mister Ed]

IT has been very good to me these past eleven years. One reason I've been a success is that I've never forgotten that it's all about the customers - the end users of the technology. It makes me downright happy to help those folks. Every day.

The only excuse for the existence of my network - or the software you develop, or what-have-you - is that it facilitates the productivity of the end-users. They're not there to serve the technology. The technology is there to serve them.

Let that be your philosophy, and let it show. You'll win out over the guy whose technical expertise is a little greater than yours, but lets himself forget who and what the technology is for.