- Preference for more of a hands-on role.
- Title carries a lot of responsibility, but little power or authority.
- Hours required preclude work/life balance.
- Relatively low pay.
Why More IT Pros Say ‘No Thanks’ to Becoming CIO
Want to be a CIO? You're in the minority. Long hours, lack of prestige and company politics have more IT pros saying they don’t aspire to become CIO, according to a Computerworld survey. Only 32 percent of the 489 IT professionals polled say they are still gunning for the CIO title, while 55 percent say "no thanks." "Being a CIO doesn't offer the opportunity to do the cool stuff that IT people like so much to do. It's about meetings and budgets and politics," says Stephanie Jurenka, an IT manager at Westway Group, a bulk liquid storage company in New Orleans. Respondents cited a number of reasons their aspirations lie elsewhere: