Poll of the Day > Anyone in or has been inside the IT field?

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I'm curious into making it a career, considering having somewhat of a Affinity towards technology, and helping someone on their IT homework pretty well despite not taking a technology class since 4-5 years ago in high school, which I've managed to get a few certifications in Microsoft Office(Word and PowerPoint specifically). 90% of other college majors isn't appealing at the slightest, and it seems like something somewhat easier to get into than a 4 Year Degree mandatory career, given the certs can subsistute for a bachelor's to a extent.

I have no real calling of destiny towards a career atm, so I figured I might as well play to my strengths.
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Do let certs lure you into thinking they are a substitute for anything, let alone ones for word and PowerPoint. Certs aren't going to be much help without experience to back them up.
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im in IT. im rich asf. do it
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I graduated school in May 2016 with a degree in computer science with a concentration in IT and found work immediately 3 times in a single year.

First job was a ripoff and used me for 90 days and said they were eliminating the position. Second was a contract job, which I quit when I found my 3rd and current job, which I've had for 7 months now and love it.

Beautiful thing about IT-- depending on the job you find-- people need it. The job security and pay is real. EVERY company using computers these days has a need for them. More often than not, it involves different work a lot of the time and you get to use your brain to figure it out instead of finding a stagnant job where you do the same shit every day. It's awesome if you're a logical thinker.

If you decide you don't like the IT work, another amazing aspect of it is that you're flexible. There's IT project management, software engineering and/or programming, web development, networking, security, database management, etc.-- there is always plenty to do. You are in one of the most adaptable fields imaginable in the 21st century if you choose IT.

Before I chose IT, I was taking English classes to become an English teacher. When I realized I didn't want to teach the same stuff to classes year after year, I went with Forestry. I went away to school to learn about recreational management... and then I got scared about job security because it was around the time we had a government shutdown in the U.S. Eventually I wised up and thought, "Nah, I want to do something computer related." It was the best decision I could have possibly made. Demand is high and so is the pay grade.

Highly recommend it, TC.
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