"If you want something done, do it yourself. Remember, the same bureaucracy that won't upgrade your Linux kernel is the same one that would be in charge of punishing you for doing it yourself. So don't fear the consequences of actions; if something feels right, just do it."
That's a wonderful idea. It sounds like you're at a much more open "big company" than I am. You see, I don't even have the access to install stuff on a production box. I have to give it to an infrastructure team to install for me. And they aren't going to do anything without me going through a process that takes days of approvals and no less than 5 different documents. It doesn't matter how small the change is. If it needs to move fast, you need even more approvals, but the built-in rules of it taking so long are removed. Still need all of those documents though or they won't install it.
Most people in my ISD don't even have the ability to download. They don't have admin rights on their box. Most people are using 17" monitors. I was only too happy to get a 19". It was only a few years ago that they finally decided it was ok to give us internet access. Freaking internet access! This is my big corporate world experience.
I recently gave an estimate to someone which would take me 2 hours to do, and 4 to go through the change control process etc....
Of course that cant be taken at face value since im not allowed to estimate. My estimate is taken by a designer who produces several documents. They then budget for the following, designer, development lead, design lead, business analyst, tester, product owner, business tester.
I checked what my 2 hours work 4 hours testing etc... and its now an 80 hour effort. With 10 hours spent already producing the documentation and at least 3 levels of management discussing it.
For the record I implemented the change while giving the estimates and it ended up taking me an hour, but is still sitting in development.
Don't even get me started on how much time (weeks) effort (4 levels of management, weeks of meetings and at least 10 people involved) it took to get an additional 2 gig of RAM added to a production server which only had 2 gig to start with. I think the cost in man hours would have been at least $50,000 for a stick of ram which actually cost nothing as its already in the server and just needed to be enabled.
Oh on the Screen thing. I bought my own. 27" monitors can be had for $300 or less these days. Easier then trying to justify why a 24" would be advantageous to me and why dual 19" isn't as good.
That's a wonderful idea. It sounds like you're at a much more open "big company" than I am. You see, I don't even have the access to install stuff on a production box. I have to give it to an infrastructure team to install for me. And they aren't going to do anything without me going through a process that takes days of approvals and no less than 5 different documents. It doesn't matter how small the change is. If it needs to move fast, you need even more approvals, but the built-in rules of it taking so long are removed. Still need all of those documents though or they won't install it.
Most people in my ISD don't even have the ability to download. They don't have admin rights on their box. Most people are using 17" monitors. I was only too happy to get a 19". It was only a few years ago that they finally decided it was ok to give us internet access. Freaking internet access! This is my big corporate world experience.