As an update on a previous blog re the “Professional Jealousy” . In April I had the good fortune of attending a workshop with Gregor, in lovely Italy. Apart from enjoying Tuscany and Venice, I also asked Gregor the big question: Was my experience in this big integration project really different to his, and if so: Why.

Well, turns out that Gregor’s experience was quite different to mine. Lots of nice technical stuff to focus on with a huge amount of architectural principles to go and work with. Exactly the reason for my “Jealousy”

And the reason for this is pretty simple. The project was extremely technical in nature, and not a line of business replacement project such as mine. His clients were technical people; mine were system analysts, business analysts and end users.

As a side note: This project has now gone live, and I have picked up extremely valuable experience, both technical as well as on the management and softer side of things