Contacted by recruiter, then setup call with hiring manager who is not officially an IT person, but more a developer trying to handle IT. This setup has proven problematic in the past. Developers do not make good IT overlords; they think in terms of technical solutions only with no eye toward capacity planning, political problems associated with technical solutions, and overall user productivity. For instance, I've worked for developers who attempt to run IT departments. They usually underestimate the importance of user productivity when choosing desktop/laptop solutions, opt for more complicated technical solutions than users want to deal with, don't purchase or consider support/backup when implementing solutions, and provide little to no training for IT staff. Most of them are full-on technical and assume others are as well (bad assumption). I got the feeling right away that this position was not really an IT director position, but more a senior IT specialist role. Your job will be to agree with the "Head" of IT and bioinformatics when he presents his opinion on proposed solutions and act more as a right hand man rather than directing activities of the department. I got ghosted after the interview anyway so I assume they hired someone else. I wouldn't want the job if they offered it to me. About 75% of what they need can be farmed out to a consultant.
