Trending @Accenture; How can I switch from CIO internal project within a few months of joining?
I recently joined an internal project in haste but I don't see much potential for growth here. Nothing worth working or learning here. The so-called tech architects (lol) lack even basic technical knowledge and seem to be just pretending to know their stuff 😴
They mostly communicate in their regional language, no client interactions, communication skills are quite poor. I don't feel a sense of belonging here.
I’ve been in a similar situation, and my advice is to take bold action and leave the project as soon as possible. CIO projects often feel restrictive and more like tech support than meaningful development work, even for skilled developers or DevOps/cloud automation engineers. While some CIO projects may have potential, the teams often lack the necessary expertise, as you’ve noticed. If you’ve already spent 6 months—or in some cases, a year—start pushing for a project release now. Aim to request a release after June, but avoid trying to exit before the appraisal period.
Best of luck!
Yeah, it’s been a terrible experience and honestly a huge waste of payroll. Instead of having 10 incompetent tech architects spread across projects, the CIO could just hire one truly skilled and technically strong architect to replace all of them, and still get better results
Yeah I have to push after June as you have suggested 👍
Any instances where the tech archs were lacking? My experience has been similar
They’ve been in the industry for 20 years but have no real hands-on experience anymore. Ever since they became tech architects, they stopped learning, stopped building, and just got comfortable. They don’t have proper project management skills, no solid decision-making ability, and barely any grasp of system design, cloud, or DevOps. All they do is sit on code reviews, which add no real value. When things break or go wrong, they’re useless—no insights, no help, nothing. And if you bring in fresh ideas or suggest improvements, they get defensive and act like you’re a threat. Instead of encouraging growth, they mock you down. It’s like they only want people around who won’t challenge them—just as clueless and passive as they are.
Mine is literally horrible
CIO have the worst projects and management. I came out of it with lot of difficulty. Their egos gets hurt if you say you want to move to client project. They fill your workday with negative feedback. Come out asap.
I fell into the trap. I accepted it as I was worried about possible layoffs for bench resources 😑
I too am working in CIO, and have similar experience, they just keep on hiring people that too incapable, the hiring process is never ending . Nothing to learn no upskilling and no hikes, truly waste.
I'm surprised that someone with over 20 yrs of exp, yet no strong technical and soft skills, has managed to survive at Accenture this long time and even more those are trusted with handling entire technical stuffs for CIO projects. It really shows their staffing and hiring standards. Being asked to blindly follow their instructions is the worst part..I really like to see them thrown in front of demanding US clients to handle delivery 😂😂😂
