It’s a rarity that anybody says something that completely and utterly floors me. So, as you can imagine, I was rather surprised when it happened yesterday as I was leaving work.
My boss, Mr IT Director, pulled me aside and let me know that our CEO had emailed him, regarding me. He relayed that the CEO was asking questions about me and what I do, who I report to, and what my team does. She also apparently stated that she doesn’t think I do anything.
And…. that did it, I was floored. This was coming after last week I sent a report to the corporate leadership team (CEO, COO, CFO, Etc) regarding a serious security flaw we found in our network, and our recommended course of action to rectify it. I believe her exact words at the time were “good work!”. This also comes a few hours after a meeting in which one of the department heads mentioned having worked with me to resolve security issues, and another one begging people to stop acting like “junior security analyst” and ask the security staff for answers instead.
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I haven’t really talked much about my job and what I do. There are a few reasons for that, the biggest one being that I don’t want an issue to come up because of something I blogged about.
Mr IT Director made me promise I wouldn’t get mad, and showed me the email he received. I kept my promise – I didn’t get mad. I did get profoundly sad, though. I work hard, and so it saddens me to know that the work I do is overlooked and under-appreciated.
