The community discussed this topic at the end of last year, but we thought we’d revisit with an article following last year’s poll.
If you were on that thread last December, has your opinion changed? If you haven’t weighed in yet, where do you stand now?
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I can’t imagine doing anything else. I still enjoy the problem solving and people helping aspects of the job more than anything. It also helps that the pay is, as the article mentions, above average, even in places like where I live (middle of nowhere…).
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It’s definitely diverse and ever changing and presents new challenges all the time. If you want a routine job, this is not for you.
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I prefer the actual IT work to the management nonsense that I’m forced to do these days.
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My dad used to say the same thing a lot, but replace “IT” with “science.”
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molan
(molan)
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I love that aspect of the job
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If you are just starting now, it seems like it is pretty rough right now, NGL, but if you are in it currently, then things seems promising. I am not too worried about Agentic AI coming for our jobs just yet. It will be a tool… but that is a discussion for another thread.
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It isn’t for everyone. There’s a very large scope of paths you can take in the land of IT. No one will understand what you do while every single one of them will volunteer their theory.
Is it worth it? Heck yes! If you’re strong enough. #MiB
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AI-EI-O
(Denis)
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Short answer is, “Yes!” As others have said in this thread, technology is ever-changing and broad. Many humans, businesses, machines and systems need to refresh to catch-up. Somebody has to help these participants evolve or they get left behind.
I do acknowledge that if you’ve been in this industry for a while, it can be very concerning, the pace technology is evolving to keep your role relevant.
Stay agile and thirsty my friends!
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It really depends…
There are always 3 sides to every coin…
If we only talk about those who “made it” in their “mid level” jobs, I have friends in banking (customer relations), banking (forex trading), Interbank brokers or housing agents who drives respectable vehicles, goes for weekend getaways almost every other weekends, goes monthly vacation as long there are long weekends or occasions like birthdays or anniversary.
Then when we mention “Technology”…do you mean support, sales, R&D etc ??
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This is an excellent point…along with what you said right above this, too. Quality of life (like, having a life after-hours) is just as important as pay level and often, the on-call demands not stipulated during the hiring process (those are just 'expected/other duties) plays a big part of the burn-out techs experience. But there are so many other facets of IT beyond support.
-Sales would probably be where I went if I suddenly decided to change careers, because I have several go-to technologies I’d love to really get behind and support.
-R&D would be fun, because you’d get hands-on experience with stuff the general public won’t see in 5-10 years, if at all!
-Support is where I live, even as a department manager…but I would and could see myself dropping back into a full-time support role if the price and position were right.
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