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The Truth About Working in IT

Originally published by "dbarker" on 2007-10-15 07:48:00Z

Sanity check: 10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT: The brutal honesty of this article made me smile. Every word is the God’s honest truth.

The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you

[…] You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day

[…] You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones

Comment by "thegrumpyadmin" on 2008-05-14 13:47:00Z

Number 6 is dead on. Well, so are the rest for that matter. -thegrumpyadmin.com