IT Career talk

[bigred]

Just thought this might be a worthwhile topic to jabber on for awhile...

I'll tell you this much: you stinkin freakin geeky programmers command about 80% + of the IT jobs (at least around here) and it's getting REALLY old.

Just a grumble from an old ex-programmer who doesn't "get his hands dirty" anymore. I do just about everything else - testing, tech writing, business analysis - but it's mighty slim pickins for any of those.

 

[Oleron]

I, for one, am glad that most geeks gravitate towards the programming career rather than choosing the 'boring' sysadmin role. It means that incompetent loons like me can get a job!

I started off doing hardware fixes on a contract basis, years ago. I would fix printers, photocopiers, desktops and laptops and life was good. I got promoted and started to tinker with servers, much more interesting.
Then I graduated onto network and application administration and, god forgive me, did all the Microsoft exams I could find.
Nowadays I'm an IT manager but in name only. I insist on remaining hands-on because I'm a far better techie than a manager. I enjoy my job and it's pretty easy compared to some.

I think many IT graduates consider only the programming path because that's what their degrees primarily equip them for. Long may this continue. The last thing I need is a bunch of overqualified geniuses muscling in on my racket!

Spread the word, being a sysadmin is boring.

 

[Iconoclast]

I do just about everything else - testing, tech writing, business analysis - but it's mighty slim pickins for any of those.

In my part of the world, good testers are highly sought. Good testers.

 

[bigred]

Let me guess: you live in Romania or something.

They aren't highly sought here in the mid-atlantic belt, unless you're insane enough to want to work in DC or the like (in which case you can buy a nice house for, oh, $400-500K, give or take a bit).