I don’t think you’re going to find a consensus on this because it really just comes down to the quality of the employees in each discipline. Actions speak louder than words. I’ve seen the IT people GP is describing. I’ve also seen yours. In GP’s scenario, they often even mean well but are very overwhelmed because they’ve come to exist in a space where _everything is IT_ because no one else is remotely qualified to fill the specialty gap. When I found myself in your scenario, the opposite was true and it completely matched what you described.