Name: Carl Esposito
Title/Employer: IT Director, NYC Board of Education Retirement System
Age: 49
Education: BA/Business Admin; MBA/Management
Tenure in IT industry: 27 years
First Tech Job: Programmer for Missouri Pacific Railroad
What's been your best job and why?
Systems architect at Merrill Lynch as working on Wall St. exposed me to some of the best and brightest. We worked hard and played hard.
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What do you think is the number one non-IT skill IT professionals need today? Oral/written communications.
What do you credit your career success to?
Business knowledge and luck.
What are the top three skills a high-level IT manager needs today?
Communications, business savvy, mentoring.
What's your favorite IT resource site and why?
Don't have one.
What is the best career advice you've ever received?
Go for the money
What's the top advice you'd give to a new IT staffer?
Try to stay objective.
What would you advise someone looking to find the type of role you currently have?
Good luck
What is the one career decision you would change if you could?
I would have stayed with my first job longer. I left after only one year.
If you had the choice to jump into any other job, tech or non-tech, what would it be?
Massage therapist.
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