If you had your time again would you still work in IT?

[OwlHoot]

.. there is no future or money in it any more. 5 more years and it will be as dead as dead. ...

Can't see that myself - If anything the required skills grow more diverse and extensive each year. Yes most tools make it easier to do more, but you still need experience and training to use them effectively. And we've hardly started on robots yet.

[scooterscot]

Thankfully I avoided IT 1st time round and went for engineering instead....

[centurian]

I wouldn't, I'd do my upmost to get trained in something like pharmacy. I realise the uni course is meant to be difficult, but once you're working you're guaranteed regular work. I'd like to think I'd still be interested in IT matters, but as a career move it's been a disaster, even allowing for some good years. I'm sure I would have earnt more (or at least equalled) working regularly in a shop or McDs, instead of the ups and downs of IT. Or perhaps it just feels that way because I got used to spending more, and haven't been able to adjust to the last 7 years?

Signed A bitter Benchie

Would have become an MP instead. By now I would have creamed so much out of expenses that I would be able to retire on my solid gold pension plus all that consultancy work.

[gingerjedi]

I wish I'd been a chippie or stuck with aerospace manufacturing, I've tried getting back into it but no-one will touch me as I've been out of the game too long.

[Bumfluff]

I hate working IT with a passion, did a business studies degree of which 2 units were IT and I barely passed them . I had to do years placement during the degree and that ended up being in IT so ended up doing SQL etc, once graduated I went for every job that was not IT and didnt get anything, after 6 months I went for an IT job and got it the rest is history 10 years in IT I ended up contracting as I thought I might as well get the £ for it and now only do it for the money no other reason. It scares me that IT could be my career now, too late to move into another field I think, really need to start my own business doing something, but again it comes back to the money I'm just too much of a whore

[vetran]

Oh yes

I do problem solving, IT was one facet, I started fixing TVs, had a long career of changing jobs and sometimes direction. If IT goes I'll still fix problems just means working with people more - yeuch at least computers don't mess you about.

I personally love IT. I don't risk killing someone like a Doctor or have to herd them out of their house like a Baliff. Its inside work with no hard lifting can't beat it.

I am a bit jealous of my mate though, he is 'the man form Delmonte' flying round the world chosing soft fruit, but he did work very hard for that.

Not sure I'm going to encourage my kids to go into it as its difficult to get started in now.