FAO people in the IT Industry

currently do software configuration, but wouldn't of minded going into some sort of game design or programming and working on some big games
 
I'm fairly happy as an analyst at a software firm - I wear jeans to work, we've got a pool table, the company provides breakfast and snacks. Start/finish time is flexible, can work from home every so often. The people I work with a fairly smart, I'm constantly learning new stuff, the work is demanding without being overly stressful. Am fairly happy with the pay too, the clients are pretty solid and we're locked into fairly long contracts with them so the company is quite stable too.
 
I love my job and think ive had a pretty successful career so far. Just turned 23, have worked for 2 Fortune 100 companies, have a demanding but desirable career plan set out for the next 24 months to achieve CCIE/CEng status, which will then open up the door to move to Australia within the company to be nearer to the family.

If I were to do anything all over again, i would take my A Levels more seriously. Other than that, every "mistake" / chance i've taken has resulted in what I am today.
 
Even though I have done OK out of it, If I was starting out now I would avoid IT at all costs

This. I'm training to be a clinical psychologist as fixing people is better than working with computers - far more rewarding.

However, if I had the option to roll back the clock I'd go to medical school. Dr LordSplodge is in the house.
 
Even though I have done OK out of it, If I was starting out now I would avoid IT at all costs

This is what I'm now thinking I've always been driven towards I.T but I'm approaching the age of 20 have A-levels/GCSE's but did not go to university things are starting to get serious about what career I want to chase so I don't want to regret choosing the wrong one and sitting in front of a computer doing 9 to 5, 48 weeks of the year doesn't seem for me anymore. (Not saying this is the same for every I.T career)

I'm heading towards Fire and Rescue, not bothered if there is a lot of competition. It's exactly the same with any career path these days.

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I'm heading towards Fire and Rescue, not bothered if there is a lot of competition. It's exactly the same with any career path these days.

If you can get through the training, the running into burning buildings, dealing with the command structure & the deaths then this isn't a bad career. If you're good you can rise quickly through the ranks and earn a nice bob or two.

You wouldn't catch me running into a burning building though...
 
If you can get through the training, the running into burning buildings, dealing with the command structure & the deaths then this isn't a bad career. If you're good you can rise quickly through the ranks and earn a nice bob or two.

You wouldn't catch me running into a burning building though...

Bah I'm not worried about the danger, you're in danger every time you go out for a drive, get on your bicycle, drink a bit too much but that doesn't stop people :p
 
If I had the chance again I would have stuck with being a mechanic! The IT industry is just horrible and you put your sanity on the line being involved let alone working in it.

It also bores me to death. Some of my friends love doing everything the hard way and it just defeats the whole point imho.
 
Just to add that I read that Comp Sci graduates have one of the highest rate of unemployment atm - about 12% or something. And yet still our wonderful government believes that there's a skills shortage and is encouraging IT companies to abuse the intra-company transfer scheme to get cheap workers from India over.
 
Bah I'm not worried about the danger, you're in danger every time you go out for a drive, get on your bicycle, drink a bit too much but that doesn't stop people :p

I work in the Fire Service so I can say it is a little more dangerous than those! Good career though but it needs fitness and commitment.
 
Hmmm ... if I could do over then I would have strongly considered Architecture or Finance instead of IT ... but probably have ended up in IT anyway :)

If I could do over what I've done since Ive actually started working then I would push more at work instead of getting into comfortable positions and staying in them. I'd probably have got to my current level then ~5-6 years ago. I'd have probably gone into the same sort of area that I am in now as (most of the time it's interesting) but I'd have leaned more towards the security aspects.
 
To be honest I've been very lucky and I'm happy where I am doing 3rd line Server Support. If I could go back I'd probably have exploited virtualisation a bit more as companies were paying a massive premium and also done more on the networking side (i.e. gained qualifiacations) but I can still do that so it's not a problem.



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