Would you encourage / discourage family or friends on a career in IT?

[vetran]

You are probably talking about Software development jobs. I can see plenty of entry level jobs in support roles. A friend of mine landed a junior SQL DBA after couple of months of self-study with his IT skills prior to that being limited to FB, skype, e-mail.

Helpdesk, developers , DBAs, Data administrators.

[sal]

Helpdesk, developers , DBAs, Data administrators.

I don't see these roles disappearing any time soon. Yes a decent amount are being offshored, but at the same time the demand for them grows. There will always be roles for people who are good at what they are doing. If you are rubbish - that's different story. Large enterprises aside, a decent amount of SMEs prefer in-house teams that can deliver quality service and/or their demands are too small to engage a large offshoring supplier.

Like already stated, the offshoring affect not only IT but nearly every other white collar sector.

I would be interested to hear what people would recommend, if not IT

[vetran]

I don't see these roles disappearing any time soon. Yes a decent amount are being offshored, but at the same time the demand for them grows. There will always be roles for people who are good at what they are doing. If you are rubbish - that's different story. Large enterprises aside, a decent amount of SMEs prefer in-house teams that can deliver quality service and/or their demands are too small to engage a large offshoring supplier.

Like already stated, the offshoring affect not only IT but nearly every other white collar sector.

I would be interested to hear what people would recommend, if not IT

Law, sales (on site not telesales) & Medecine

[scooterscot]

Would you encourage / discourage family or friends on a career in IT?

I'd never encourage anyone to consider a career in a saturated marketplace.

Become an expert in a niche, even if it's boring.

[minestrone]

Law, sales (on site not telesales) & Medecine

Being unable able to spell a word that most teenagers could has clearly not hindered yourself working in the industry.

[minestrone]

I'd never encourage anyone to consider a career in a saturated marketplace.

Become an expert in a niche, even if it's boring.

What exactly do you do? Engineering? I know plumbers that pay more tax than the sum you were bragging about.

[BrilloPad]

No way. The UK hates IT.

[scooterscot]

What exactly do you do? Engineering? I know plumbers that pay more tax than the sum you were bragging about.

What bragging?

[minestrone]

What bragging?

Oh that Morphy Richards kettle thread that sas kept going on about.

[scooterscot]

Oh that Morphy Richards kettle thread that sas kept going on about.

Don't take anything I tell him for granted.