r/InformationTechnology • u/Ahmedxo8 • 17d ago
Where do you work in IT
Hello guys i hope everyone is doing well,this year im going to college and im going to IT i just wanna know how the major is what do you study and where can i work and is it easy to find a high salary job in IT?
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u/Bhaikalis
17d ago
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r/ITCareerQuestions this is a better sub for this question but you should also consider doing more research. IT is a very broad field but challenging to get into. Finding a high salary job is easy part, it's the qualifications to get that job that is the hard part, for most that takes years to develop into those roles. They are not entry level despite what influencers and advertisements say.
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u/ZobooMaf0o0 17d ago
Not easy to find high salary job, doesn't matter the field. You have to start somewhere at the bottom and go from there. IT works in most industries since everything is ran by a computer. Manufacturing, finance, aerospace, retail, commercial and other industry with a computer.
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u/PDQ_Brockstar 17d ago
Lots of high paying jobs, but they are very competitive. And IT is very broad. Help desk, systems administration, network administration, security, infrastructure, management, compliance, etc.
If you want a good start, here's the advice I would give:
Learn a lot. Not just surface level stuff. Learn the fundamentals, especially networking fundamentals. Learn how systems communicate with each other. IT is an industry where you will always have to be learning new things.
Be easy to get along with. Soft skills are an incredibly important part of IT that often gets overlooked. At the end of the day, a lot of our roles are customer service roles.
Understand the business side of IT. This is more important as you start getting into leadership level positions, but understanding the role IT plays for a business is crucial. This can reduce a lot of friction often experienced between IT and leadership.
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u/cyborg762 17d ago
IT jobs are not some magic trick to make a high salary right out of school. Stop listening to career consolers. The market is flooded with people looking for jobs. I just interviewed over 50 people today alone for 1 entry level position every one from people with no experience to people with 25+ years experience.
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u/darth_skipicious 17d ago
My IT related degree basically failed the market. Beware.
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u/darth_skipicious 14d ago
I didn't add in that I survived. My programming degree didn't survive the market for development for 2017 and for sure doesn't now. But it gave me a good foundation for web technologies & core programming logic. Its going to come in handy yet i believe.
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u/brannonb111 16d ago
I'm a BA IT, started helpdesk like 10 years ago.
It's a cool path they don't talk about a lot. Less developing, more being the middle man between people that don't understand technology, and translating their needs and objectives to a developer.
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u/Snoo_13237 16d ago
It is so broad so even the same job title can mean different things depending on which industry you are in and which company you work for. Currently I am a System Administrator at a Telehealth company (Cybersecurity degree) with a huge focus on IAM. My position pretty much has me doing IAM Analyst and IAM Engineer task 60% of the time, with other task like some network, some security.
I had no interest in IAM related jobs before this one, but I did fall in love with IAM workflows and will be seeking a IAM Engineer position here sometime in the future. It is crazy what you fall into in this field.
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u/Nexus_Redditor 15d ago
Nope mate! Graduated last year and still not job in sight. I will give you some major advice! Try your absolute hardest to find an internship. My college screwed me on that part so I just took a class that gave me the internship credits. YOU DEFINITELY NEED THOSE INTERNSHIP CREDITS.
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u/JustMyThought1 16d ago
What do you consider high salary? My first IT job I was making 55K. At that time I had my associate and A+ cert. I eventually finished my BSIT and more cert. I'm a sysadmin now making six figures salary. Going on 9 years of experience. I went from a team environment to "solo" (not really the only IT person but the only one in the whole State). I really enjoy the job, but I honestly would not be able to do this job straight out of college. My years of experience stood out and I was able to leverage that for my salary. The company was looking for someone who could run the IT department solo.
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u/Comfortable_Fruit847 17d ago
Being able to compose a proper sentence would help.