Why developers are turned off to becoming CIOs

CIOs may think they are the top dogs, but not everyone sees it that way, at least not software developers.

A lighthearted piece in PCWorld suggests that software developers are too wrapped up in their own world of innovating and writing code and "don't want to spend their days in meetings, manage petty squabbles among subordinates or beg for budget dollars.''

Besides, the publication notes, developers would have a hard time communicating at meetings since they speak in their own codes, and are not likely to have much use for a key task of the CIO--"sucking up to the CFO and CEO.'' In this view of the world, software developers are king while CIOs are "clueless.'' Of course, there is another side to this story--the five reasons why a developer might want to be a CIO, and tops on the list is that a CIO job comes with "lots of money and lots of perks.''

For more on CIOs and code writers:
 - see this PCWorld article