My inerest in I.T has died...

I hate threads like these due to making me feel depressed about the path I am wanting to take.

4 days into my 5/6 work experience (5 if I don't take a week off) and still holding strong. But I am in a department that still maintains a high interest in computers even after many years of being there.

Even the relatively boring replacing the RJ45's today where they have been kicked around was good fun. And have fiber and dumb terminal installs to look forward to. :)

In response to above, I really want to work in this school's IT department next year while studying for CCNP, and it has increased my want to follow it.
 
Bunka said:
Exactly the reason why i'm going down the project management side of things, it's FAR more interesting. I've been working on my summer placement with British Airways for a couple of weeks now, and so far i've flown down to london to meet clients twice, worked on various contracts, plans etc. and have been given the task of organising a charity run for the business park, with its associated media exposure, advertising etc. which is likely to attract around 300 people.

It's essentially IT, but you don't have to mess around with the crappy low level work, and instead spend your time meeting people and finding out what they want and the best way to deliver it.

Time will tell if it's definitely the career which I feel is right for me, but it's definitely looking good so far.
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I feel the opposite really. I still enjoy what I do (Programming) most of the time and find each day a new challenge occurs. Doing business stuff, presentations, marketing and that sort of thing would just bore me senseless.

I occasionally have the odd day where I really hate the path I have chosen but most of the time it's quite enjoyable.
 
All my life i have been intrested in Computers, its the subject I have performed best at, and therfore I am currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science. Reading this thread, has made me a bit depressed, seeing all these posts about people hating their IT related jobs. But the way I think of it, no other degree is of intrest to me, so i should stick to what I am good at.

What I would like to do is, stay away from the "coding" side, but not sure how easy this will be!
 
digisatman said:
Reading this thread, has made me a bit depressed, seeing all these posts about people hating their IT related jobs.
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There's positive posts too... and more to come!

digisatman said:
What I would like to do is, stay away from the "coding" side, but not sure how easy this will be!
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Very easy... just don't apply for jobs that involve it you numpty. :D
 
I know those saying "get a mac" are doing so as a joke but there's something in that. I work on both macs and PCs at work (run school networks) and being dual platform keeps me interested as at least you get a variety of blue screens ;)

I spent 7 years training to be an electrical services engineer and by the time I qualified I was utterly bored with it. I can see why people go off a career path especially one that can be as frustrating as computing/I.T. where a lot of the people you deal with just aren't interested in what you say and the work you do can be repetative.

All I can say is try to get a new hobbie at home, something completely different to I.T. that might help, other than that you're going to have to make some career decisions soon, I did and thankfully it worked out for me.
 
I've been in IT for 15 years or so working up from a helpdesk monkey to an organ grinder ;)

Still love building my own PC. Looking forward to building my first HTPC around Christmas time.
 
richieboy said:
That's pretty strange. Absolutely everything in that post (and the subsequent one by yourself) sound's EXACTLY the same as the situation one of my friend's is in.

You don't live in Sussex do you? :p :confused:
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Nah, nowhere near Sussex. Take it your friend has just finished uni then?
 
Here's my story.

1987 - Started using computers - Loved them with a passion.
1989 - Started OND & HND in Computers - Loved them even more.
1995 - Working for a well known Computer manufacturer (in computer dept)
2000-2005 - Promoted to Systems Specialist - starting to hate working in an office looking at windows xx for up to 50 hours a week. Same old meetings, same old PC phrases - my brain is turning to mush and my life is duller than the UK weather.
2006 - I now realise if I don't leave computers for good, I am going to go mad. I hate PCs - Don't want to see a computer at work or home and I don't even answer friends questions when they ask 'computer' related stuff.
Luckily I change fields and move in mech. engineering (after nearly 20 years)

Now I fix machines (not computers)and love what I do. I get a sense of achievement and my mind isn't numbed by coding / my eyes aren't strained looking at a screen 8 hours a day - I can sleep sound.

I hate to say it - but getting 'into computers' was one of the worst choices I made - and I even feel my creative side was destroyed because of it. It turned me into a vitual robot and left me with headaches and stress.
Its only now that I have a different job - that I look back and realise how conditioned my IT employers expected me to be. In fact - I now detest IT work so much - I have vowed never to return to it as a full time job (but just as a passtime)
 
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digisatman said:
Reading this thread, has made me a bit depressed, seeing all these posts about people hating their IT related jobs. But the way I think of it, no other degree is of intrest to me, so i should stick to what I am good at.
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My position involves, something like this.
40% development (coding)
25% meeting with clients and deciding what they want (presentations, meetings, etc)
15% specification writing
5% estimating, and finding resources, breaking down into parts for people (including myself to do)
15% arguing with client, over specifications, changes, and things they say "hmm, it's not quite how I imagined, even though they signed off the spec".

I love my job, it's a nice balance of development and business related stuff.

My previous post was really saying that I like to keep work at work, and often am computered out by the end of the day.

Thing is with dev work, is I learnt a bucket of dev stuff at uni, as at the end of the day the harder it is to learn the more it's worth in the real world. I knew people who did units at uni like "input devices" or "computer art". Where I was doing, C++/C and j2ee. Check out the jobs there's buckets of people paying loads of developers, you just have to find the right balance. As money ain;'t everything if you hate your job, I could prob move up into central london, but I may lose the great atmosphere and responsibilities I have at my current job. So I'm staying put for now!
 
I went the same way, loved computers and everything about them from the time I was a kid up until my early thirties. Went through all the different systems, from the ZX81 through the Spectrum, Commodore, Amiga, 386, 486, Pentium, etc.. Went into University late in life to try and get a job in the field, had a bit of a family tragedy and didn't feel up to completing it.

Eventually got forced to take a job I didn't want, working at a local shop, and over time my whole view completely changed. It turned out that it wasn't that I was enjoying computers, it was that it was a great hiding place away from people that I was too shy to go near. Working in a shop forced me out into the open, forced me to interact with people I never would otherwise, deal with lots of different things.

I went from the shop to the Post Office and am now Manager, and I feel very little need to be on or near the computer anymore. It used to be that I'd be on the computer every moment I could. Now I just can't be bothered, I might do a variety of other things instead - play guitar, watch some TV, watch a movie, go to the gym, etc.. If I do go on the computer to play a game, it doesn't last more than an hour or two before I'm bored and looking to do something else.
 
I like I.T as a hobby, upgrading , knowing new technology, etc. But i would never intend to go into a career with it. I can forsee now that it would be very boring.

I am looking to be involved in the stock markets in someway, it intrests me a lot. I would be sitting infront of a PC, but it wouldn't be coding or anything.
 
LordSplodge said:
I have been like that for years. IT Manager by trade, can't be arsed with them at work, and at home I just use a laptop for the Internet. If it breaks it is ages before I can be bothered to do a re-install.

Xbox360/Wii for gaming and a mountain bike and soon a road bike for having my fun in the evening and weekends.

Forget computers for fun! :(
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Hear hear! I try and get out on one bike or another everyday, but the weather recently has made me think about getting a canoe. :mad: Now if the sun so much as pokes out of the clouds, I'm out on the bike like a shot. :)

My advice is don't be on a PC 24/7 or more than you have to. Do other things (apart from veg out in front of the TV)... cars, sports, books, take up and instrument... there are loads if things to do.

Job wise, I guess it might help to try a non-related IT job, that way you won't be in front of a screen so much...

Last summer I worked on a TV drama for 6 months, and it was great fun, even tho I was a trainee and doing 11 hour days and 6 day weeks. :eek: Makes a change from being in front of a screen the whole time.
 
For those who are worried about their choice to go into IT, I would say don't worry too much. I am sure many, many people enjoy their jobs in IT.

Advice I will offer though is that you do not stay in any job too long, especially if the work is repetitive.

If you want to be frequently moving forward technologicaly, and your company is stagnating, move - if they say they are planning to use some tech, that is not good enough. If they don't do it within X amount of time leave.

If you land up working for a disorganised bunch of plonkers, do not stay for any amount of money. Their bad habits will only rub off on you.
 
GuruJockStrap said:
Nah, nowhere near Sussex. Take it your friend has just finished uni then?
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Yup. Studied the same thing as you and is currently applying for the Police as he decided he wants nothing more to do with computing, i know he uses these forums just don't know what his username is... :p
 
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