My view of IT career Opportunity looking at the Bureau of Labor Stats. 2

[BocaBurger]

I score Scarlett Johansson an 8.5



BocaBurger
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword hurts more!

 

[jsteph]

She'll do.
--Jim

 

[langleymass]

Actually the NLP is paying dividends. It looks like I am starting a new position with a raise of over 25%. It is also defintely getting good results with the women.

 

[kHz]

whatever.

 

[langleymass]

This thread has been dead lately.

 

[flapeyre]

Requiescat in pace.

Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui!

 

[SteveGlo]

... its not dead, its resting (remarkable plumage the My view of IT career Opportunity looking at the Bureau of Labor Stats thread)

 

[Skittle]

I have a situation that may relate to mmorancbt’s posting on the 26th of November.

I have worked for the same company for many years in IT.
My position will be gone soon and I will be out of a job.
I've known this was coming for quite a few years.

My first response was PANIC!
My second response was DON'T PANIC!

I settled into a long slog of gaining certifications and I am just short of achieving MCDBA status on top of a few smaller ones – even though MCDBA is tottering on the out of date since SQL Server 2005 has been released. So I have put the work in and learnt the stuff based on a negative problem/situation.

Now a role is possibly open to me to move into a process management/improvement role. There is a lot of statistics involved and it relates a lot to Six Sigma quality control. The thing is that the more I think about it, the more I think this might be the opportunity I havn’t seen.
Even though it’s not specifically an IT role, it must by it’s nature benefit greatly from IT knowledge. Know any business system or problem that doesn’t get solved or involved with IT these days? I’m debating with myself every night at the moment wether or not to stay with what I know, put up with the skills arms race or take the plunge and apply for the other role. To be honest my passion is not with the new role but I SOOO TIRED of worrying about keeping up to date. Do I really want to keep doing this for another 30 years??

I suspect I’ve proved mmorancbt’s point on his posting but I’m still undecided which way I should jump.


Dazed and confused
(N+, MCAD .NET)

 

[kHz]

I would take the new job, without looking back. It may not be in an area you are familiar with and would require you to learn something new, but as you noted, learning new skills is ever changing, too.

I have thought the way you are thinking, too. I have wanted to get out of IT for the last couple of years (been in IT for 11 years) but I stay because it is familiar. I have thought I would like to research or analysis positions which wouldn't be a stretch considering IT work. I also enjoyed stats in college and I enjoyed research in grad school.

My thoughts have been to take a couple of college classes to refresh myself in research/stats and then look for a job as a market researcher/analyst, which is a growing field.

In my previous job, I joked with a colleague about becoming a stats analyst like him. He said to come on over because they couldn't hire enough. It was for a gov't healthcare company, too, so they are not going anywhere. The pay is good and comparable to IT and they work 8-5 without a pager!

 

[langleymass]

I would take the new job. I hope your MCDBA pays dividends, but don't have much hope.