[ryanwaldorf]

Totally agree. In my last job I was able to create my own ETL jobs as a PM to get data for my own analyses and figured out a fairly minor configuration change could save us $10M per year. It was from one of many random ETL jobs I created myself out of curiosity that, if I had been forced to rely on other people, I may not ever have created.

[wjnc]

If you’d just had a business controller, you’d have x*$10M saved and have more time for your PM-role.

Yes, calling BS on leadership running their own SQL. Bring strategy and tactics, find good people, create clear roles and expectations and sure don’t get lost in running naive scripts you’ve written because you can do all roles better than the people actually occupying those roles.

[mble_]

Agreed, if you have the budget for it. There are often times where living off the land is necessary.

[wjnc]

I know nothing about working in small firms. So that is probably very true. The smaller the firm, the more you do yourself. But ... if a company can save $ 10 mln. ... it can afford a set of financials.