Untouchable

Part of me wants to be an executive. The part that can make mistakes and still keep your job or at least land on your feet with a nice exit package.

You are able to make decisions that cost the company money, putting that spin on it that makes it look like you are doing something positive.  For example, let's say you had your hand in migrating from one system to another.  The newer system is highly inferior than the one that's already in place.  Two years into the migration, things are not going so well.  A few million has been spent on software, hardware and consulting fees to the person that sold the idea as "awesome".  Now, the whole company is "excited" about the transition from this newer system back to the system that was already in place and it's billed as a "success" that we are making progress.  That is, if you deem progress as costing a few million, a couple of years of wasted time and endless amounts of extra hours that everyone except aforementioned higher up and his consultant have put in to make things right.

Meanwhile, those of us on the lower end of the organization chart, forget one minor configuration when rebuilding a computer - one that takes a few minutes to correct - and are chastised because of it.

Something seems a bit off balance here.  Way off balance.

I'll continue to pursue my efforts to be the other part.