"The most competitive work situation I've experienced was when our CIO was considering engaging outside consultants to assist with security issues. While I understand the rationale behind this, I felt that our organization could do just as good of a job for less money. I met with the CIO and explained the competencies of our team, the technologies they were trained on, and our track record of keeping the company's IT assets safe and secure. The result was is that the CIO allocated a smaller budget for the consulting services and put me in charge of interfacing with outside resources as an extension of our internal team."
