Some of the benefits of working in IT (Information Tecnology)
1) Good Salaries
- Programmers, architect, cloud engineer and IT managers earn very good salaries.
- Average salaries of Programmers is approx $106,000.
- Software Architects average $140,000.
- Average salaries of Software Engineering Manager is approx $137,000.
Source : Indeed.com
2) Demand
- Programmers, architect, cloud engineer and IT managers are all in high demand.
- Approx 50,000 position available in the U.S. today available from approx 3,000 employers & 100,125 open positions in whole world.
Source: Where Cloud Computing Jobs will be in 2020 www.forbes.com
3) Mobility
- After you have mastered core IT skills it is fairly easy to move to another company that utilizers the same hardware and software platforms.
- This allows you to changes job or location as business conditions changes.
- Many companies now support working remote or working from home.
- IT jobs are particularly well suited for this especially cloud computing jobs.
- Working from home can save you large amounts of time and money.
5) Business knowledge
- Since your system supporting running the business you will becore well versed in how your business operates.
- This knowledge is valuable and can lead to promotion or jobs in other parts of the company.
6) Tight Deadline
- Deadline areoun IT project can be critical to the success of the company.
- Some project are driven by legislative deadline that can not be changed.
- Fines or penalties might be involved for missing deadline.
- All if this can lead to high levels of stress!
7) Long Hours
- If you work in IT support you will probably have to work long hours at time to support fixing problem and service outages.
- Most hardware/software upgrades happen on off hour may times this is on weekend or holidays.
8) Deadline With Change
- The IT business is constantly changing. You will need to adapt to that changes.
- The pace of change is continuing to increase. You will need ongoing training to adapt to this change.
- IT certifications expire as the technology changes. You will need to continually update certification throughout your career to be competitive.
9) Stress
- Working with mission critical application is a stressful job!
- Many of these system deal with a large number of customer and a large amount of money!
- When large system goes down you will be called in to work on it until problems are resolved. These event often involve the senior management of the company.
10) Burnout
- Long hours and high stress level can lead to burnout.
- Development some secondary skills that you can transition to new career if and when you need to.





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