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

[cojak]

+1000... You seem to have a material (political) interest in this question.....

As you might have guessed, he's a one trick pony.

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Because the UKBA allows expenses to be treated as salary to get to the rate for the job to issue the visa, foreign service companies can onshore these bods at more or less the pay they get in India. So if you can do that or like M&S outsource your IT dev / support to these companies why would any company in that position want to offer entry level jobs to residents? Consequently the number of entry level jobs has gone down. Look around you how many young people do you see working in IT?

I discouraged my oldest from a career in IT after he graduated last year and my daughter isn't interested.

[backthemac]

As you might have guessed, he's a one trick pony.

Thanks for the compliment

[cojak]

Thanks for the complement

I'd complement you with a bitter, certainly not a curry...

[cojak]

And yes, I did catch you the first time...

[backthemac]

I'd complement you with a bitter, certainly not a curry...

Very funny. I appreciate your support.

[vetran]

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

on the sauce already?

[Manz]

If they can get one or are being offered one through connections, then yes I would say go for it, but if its something they are set on doing but have no real connections on the inside and have to find an entry level job, I would say its not worth it. I'm trying to get my second one and its hard enough, especially since my first ever job was a contract that had 10 renewals. When I apply for entry level positions, they say I'm over qualified, when I apply for mid level positions, they say I don't have enough experience, so I'm stuck.

[Sysman]

No way. The UK hates IT.

Emigrate.

There's always been a good case for having a second skill. A lot of the older folks I knew at the time got through the early 90s recession by going back to stuff like truck driving, accountancy etc etc.

[Zero Liability]

Law, sales (on site not telesales) & Medecine

And accountancy - there's a global increase in demand for chartered accountants.

[darrylmg]

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

I think it's about 2 aspects.
1: The family/friend would need to show real enthusiasm for IT.
2: They'd need to be really good at learning stuff, fast.

I tell my non-IT friends that it's not as simple as some other jobs, because IT doesn't stand still for long. You need to be able to understand the new stuff real fast.
Obviously a PM role is less technical so it does really depend on where in IT you work, compared to where the friend/family member may want to work.

In short, "it depends", but I probably would recommend an it role.