IT jobs...are the gonna last for ever?

[out_at_sea]

I used to have my own business which I sold it 3 months ago...got tired of it and wanted to travel and kick back for a while.....I went to Europe for two months and now I have to start doing something in terms of jobs ....I thought of buying another business....but i would like to get some feedback fro those who have knowledge about IT field.


I have little knowledge about IT jobs and as I can see these jobs seem to be in hihg demand....

Is the market ever gonna be saturated with so many IT jobs?

What does it take to get into IT field in terms of education?

 

[SoreArms]

There's already a bit of saturation

about 5 years ago, an MCSE would have payed major bank, now it is like a requirement for some jobs.

The other problem is that you have to keep upgrading your knowledge as systems change. You can't jsut learn what's in use today and roll with it, you will be obsolete in a few years.

But if you like to keep learning and are into technology, it's cool.

I'm down with IT.

 

[Razorguns]

start an online casino with your IT skills.

sit back in a nice remote island and watch profits just soar in.

Can you THINK of a better job???

 

[Code]

Right now, the market is saturated with under-qualified, over-certified goobers.

Meaning, I put out an ad on monster for the following...
Requirements:
Linux, Red Hat & SuSe 5 years Admin experience.
BGP Routing 3 years experience
Complete understanding of OSPF
7 years Solaris administration

And I get....
3000 applicants who have less than 5 years experience in ANYTHING IT related.
2990 of whom don't know what OSPF or BGP is.
2000 of whom have never seen a router.
2900 of whom can't figure out how to do anything in linux/unix from the command line.

 

[out_at_sea]

There's already a bit of saturation

about 5 years ago, an MCSE would have payed major bank, now it is like a requirement for some jobs.

The other problem is that you have to keep upgrading your knowledge as systems change. You can't jsut learn what's in use today and roll with it, you will be obsolete in a few years.

But if you like to keep learning and are into technology, it's cool.

I'm down with IT.

Is still an MCSE certification in demand?

 

[strongsmartsexy]

Right now, the market is saturated with under-qualified, over-certified goobers.

Meaning, I put out an ad on monster for the following...
Requirements:
Linux, Red Hat & SuSe 5 years Admin experience.
BGP Routing 3 years experience
Complete understanding of OSPF
7 years Solaris administration

And I get....
3000 applicants who have less than 5 years experience in ANYTHING IT related.
2990 of whom don't know what OSPF or BGP is.
2000 of whom have never seen a router.
2900 of whom can't figure out how to do anything in linux/unix from the command line.

Oh, so they were fully MSCE certified!

 

[B0ARDIN087]

so basicly, if u graduate from a good 4 year university with and IT degree ull get a good job?

 

[Code]

Oh, so they were fully MSCE certified!

MSCE
CNE
A+
A+ Internet

It's all shit. Get a CS degree and while at school intern with a large company in their IT dept.

I've interviewed far too many "certified" people who freeze up when they are asked questions specifically related to their cert.

 

[strongsmartsexy]

MSCE
CNE
A+
A+ Internet

It's all shit. Get a CS degree and while at school intern with a large company in their IT dept.

I've interviewed far too many "certified" people who freeze up when they are asked questions specifically related to their cert.

I've hired 3 IT managers/directors in the last few years. I tell them each the same thing. You and your organization are OVERHEAD. At any point you forget that, you're fired. If anyone under you forgets that, they're fired, followed by you for not enforcing that.

IT departments that suddenly crop up as the know it all policy creation unit drives me insane. Taking the lowest common denominator knowledge and having them make coporate wide policy based on their unwillingness to do the work they're paid to do is counterproductive to a corporation.

 

[Code]

As to whether or not the niche will last?

Yes and no.

If you consider programming IT, no (unless your Irish, Israeli or Indian).

If you consider IT to be infrastructure related, both physical and logical networking. Yes. Outsourcing your infrastructure only works for firms that don't need 99.999% uptime. And there are business' out there that don't require much uptime at all.

Will it be off-shored? Not unless the off-shore firm operates during the comapny's business hours. People demand immediate repsonse from IT depts, it's on of the reasons the job sucks.