Culture Shift (Score 1)

Politics: Most folks who have worked in industry a while and moved to University don't grok the culture shift, esp. the academic side of the house. Personal relationships and consensus building is critical for success. "Top down" management style is met with fierce resistance. Everyone *thinks* he/she is your boss. Money: If you are doing this for the money you need to seek psychiatric assistance. Guarantee: You will be grossly underpaid for your work. Unless you are a consultant in which case you can charge $250/hr and deliver a half baked system 2yrs late and still get paid. Expectations: You will find two classes of employees: Intractable, lazy, incompetent and bright, enthusastic, and capable. Over time it will become hard to distinguish one group from the other. So why bother? You will learn a lot on your own and be given lots of autonomy to deliver systems the way you want. If you are self motivated, have lots a ideas and can deal with the quirky personalities you will fit right in. Best fo luck!