Article by
Casper Manes
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several
years, you have to have at least heard of "Game of
Thrones," the epic television series on HBO based on the even
more epic series of books in The Song of Ice and Fire series by
George R.R. Martin. The books tell of a mythic world, filled with
intrigue, betrayal, dragons, and a group of men who have sworn
their lives to guard the kingdoms of men against a threat from the
outlying lands. These men are known as the Night's Watch, and
there is more than a little similarity between them and the IT
Department in many major companies, or even the IT staff at smaller
ones.
If you've seen "Game of Thrones," tell me you
don't for a moment at least feel a sense of brotherhood with
the brothers of the Night's Watch. That you don't find
yourself rooting for them, pulling for them, hoping it all works
out okay for them. Now, think about them and how many parallels
they have with the typical IT
