IT not worth it anymore?

[DimPrawn]

Get into IT. The money is good and you get to spend all your time on CUK moaning about how bad it is. How good is that?

[lukemg]

You won't get rich doing IT, career earnings are comparable with most office based professions, even if you get some good contracting years making you think otherwise.
Be prepared for the following :
1. Technology takes a different path - your 10 yrs of skills can become worthless.
2. As everything in IT is made simpler to do - your 10 yrs of skills can become worthless.
3. As the whole world is now connected - your 10 yrs of skills can become worthless.

Some people love coding, if you do, then go for it. If not, try something else.
Consider a business of your own, take a few chances before a mortgage etc means you need 2k a month just to stay afloat.

[DimPrawn]

10 years as an IT contractor should mean an above average lifestyle coupled with the ability to pay off any sensible mortgage in the same period.

Hence the net result is a large lump of capital and a lower cost of living going forward, enabling an enjoyable plan B to takeover in later years.

[Forumbore]

[QUOTE=Sockpuppet]If you want no holes barred oney go into economics or recruitment. I have 2 mates who are in it. One earns £80k as a rec consultant in bristol. The other works for CitiBank an ears >£100k/year. They both make good money but earn it doing >12hour days. By contrast I get £60k as a logistician and do 4 hour days. See the maths there...

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I cannot see the logic in what you do.

[Sockpuppet]

If you want no holes barred oney go into economics or recruitment. I have 2 mates who are in it. One earns £80k as a rec consultant in bristol. The other works for CitiBank an ears >£100k/year. They both make good money but earn it doing >12hour days. By contrast I get £60k as a logistician and do 4 hour days. See the maths there...

I cannot see the logic in what you do.

Do you work in marketing by any chance?

[Forumbore]

Do you work in marketing by any chance?

I just think that £60 k a year for driving a truck is rather a lot.

[Weltchy]

Smuggling immigrants into the country paid well until recently!!!!!

[rge]

Thanks for all the responses. I know that if i want to work in it i'm going to have to start at the bottom, and helpdesk and technician roles would suck my soul out, which i just can't do. That and it seems that people are always saying good tradesmen can make a ton of money and are always in demand. Its not just the money i am interested in, although it is a big part, but i also need to like what i do and eventually being my own boss.

[SallyAnne]

Thanks for all the responses. I know that if i want to work in it i'm going to have to start at the bottom, and helpdesk and technician roles would suck my soul out, which i just can't do. That and it seems that people are always saying good tradesmen can make a ton of money and are always in demand. Its not just the money i am interested in, although it is a big part, but i also need to like what i do and eventually being my own boss.

rge - I'd like to give you some honest advice. I dont think you have to like what you do, you can stick out anything if your end of month invoice is knocking on for £10k or more.
If you want the big bucks, and are eady for a challenge and a bit of a gamble, then I suggest getting yourself into Oracle Apps.
You can do boot camps where they train you very quickly and you get a nice shiney little credit card certificate at the end of it (which you can walk into gigs with).
Its about 2 months out of your life, (and I think it costs about £10k aswell) but you'd reap that back after your first 2 months.
You come out of the boot camp pretty wet behind the ears, but take a cheap gig first and you'll gain plenty of experience.

Have a search on Oracle's website (or just google Oracle Developer boot camp) and have a look.
This is what all the Indian lads do, so why not you?

You have to have a bit of guts like, but you should go for it.

Course I'm like a turkey voting for Xmas telling you this (as you may come out of it and steal my job) but competition never hurt anyone!

[Sockpuppet]

I just think that £60 k a year for driving a truck is rather a lot.

Well lorry driving is only around £30k/year - thats the plan b only to be done while looking for contracts.

The rest is made from plugging numbers into cast & dips/paragon and telling someone the result.