Yeah, I still work in IT. I think IT requires a fairly specific sort of person to get the most out of a career in it, but it can be very rewarding if you play your cards right.The most important thing is that you don't just like computers, have have an innate curiosity about how they work, how to solve problems, and technology as a whole. There are an awful lot of people in IT who end up as mediocre helpdesk jockeys their entire career because they don't have that drive.The average career trajectory in IT is to start at a helpdesk or desktop support level, stay there a few years to get your experience up, then start working towards a specialisation that interests you. Database analyst, network operator, web developer, system administrator, network engineer, all will generally pay very well, but you'll need to do training and certification to get there. For example, a CCNA cert (Cisco Certified Network Associate) will get your foot in the door as a junior network engineer, from which you'll be earning a nice wage already, and have a fairly clear career progression.That said, it isn't all positive. You'll be expected in any IT role to be available outside business hours (for urgent issues, out-of-hours upgrades/updates, etc), many businesses see IT as a drain on resources rather than a revenue stream and treat the department as such, and frankly it's still a big sausagefest.I do recommend going into IT if you have a sense of curiosity and the ambition to push past the helpdesk ceiling. There are some nice perks (I ended up travelling around the country to provide support in some amazing locations), the people working in IT tend to be pretty cool as a whole, and the sector offers a huge variety of opportunities to learn and shift around compared to the very static world of many other professions. You'll have to spend your professional life learning new things, but to me, that's one of the best parts.

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