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From: Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions <kinprocomputers@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 13:49:25 +0300
Subject: Re: 10 reasons for quitting IT (MotoBaridi)
To: skunkworks-request@lists.my.co.ke
See my hand up.
You said it right,this is IT...now i have become so good it these off
the Profession business,such that I can point with accurate all
abusers.
The most recently clients on the phone I adviced him this "...The only
service remaining is "Helping to uninstall the package+cancelling all
the remaining balances....".if interested i would be more that happy
to give instructions.
All of them where shocked and many decided to pay quickly others were
trying to play victims.
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Raise your hand if you’ve nearly quit your job on at least a few
occasions. Go on. You don’t have to be shy. We all know that IT is one
of the more stressful careers you can choose. And unfortunately,
universities don’t teach you coping mechanisms for getting through the
days/weeks/months that can turn into long years. Let’s take a look at
a few reasons you might decide to leave that beloved career in IT.
1: Stress
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that a career in IT is easy going. It’s
a rare occasion that someone will have a job in the IT field where
there isn’t stress. Remember, IT is disaster management. When a client
or user calls you, it’s almost always an emergency that must be taken
care of immediately. And when you are working on those jobs, you had
better get everything right, as failure could cost you a contract or a
job. What makes this worse is that the stress rarely lets up. Every
minute of the day, you are working and working harder than you might
expect.
2: Hours
If you want a Monday through Friday, 9-to-5 job, look elsewhere — IT
seems to be a job you carry around with you 24/7. Not only do you put
in more hours in the office (or the field) than your average
professional, you also have to work outside the office to keep your
skills up and make sure you’re better than the guy standing next to
you. And the people who aren’t your clients or users (friends and
family, for example) will want to take advantage of your knowledge and
keep their computers running smoothly for free.
3: Getting paid
If you are an independent contractor, one of the most stressful issues
you face is getting paid. I can’t tell you how many consultants I know
who have had to make threats or use an attorney to get paid. And when
you’re freelancing, if they don’t pay you, you don’t eat. That is some
serious stress there. You don’t have the advantage of having that
regular check coming in weekly or biweekly. Honing your interpersonal
skills is key to keeping those relationships as good as possible. Good
relationships (even with not-so-good people) will go a long way to
make sure you do eventually get paid.
4: People (in general)
This one I hate to mention. A long time ago, I was a positive, upbeat,
people-loving kind of person. But after being in the consulting
business, I’ve found myself getting taken advantage of, used, abused,
unpaid, underpaid, unappreciated, and more. It’s a constant fight to
resist wanting to retreat to the woods and off the grid. That is not
to say that people, in general, are bad. It’s just that when you have
your IT hat on, people seem to look at you in a different light. You
are both savior and sinner in one stressed-out package.
5: The chain of command
Let’s face it. Not many higher-ups understand your job. They think you
should be able to get everything done on a shoestring budget, with no
help, and you should treat end users as if they were better humans
than yourself. And to make matters worse, the higher-ups want you to
magically make those PCs last for more than a decade. This
misunderstanding of both duty and technology does one thing: It makes
your job impossible. When the powers-that-be begin to micromanage your
department for you, every single bad element is exacerbated. You know
your job and you know you know your job. Management does not know your
job, but they don’t know they don’t know your job. It’s all a vicious
Mobius strip of stress.
6: Technology
Have you ever had one of those days when it seems like the whole of
technology has rebelled against you and it looks like the singularity
might very well be on the horizon? Those days will have you wishing
you were walking out of the building with your belongings in a
cardboard box. This has been one of the issues I have had to deal with
since working with a consultancy that deals primarily with Windows
clients. It seems that entropy has a strong hold on the Windows
operating system, and every day is a battle to keep PCs and systems
working. Some days you win that battle, some days you lose it. The
days you win are always lost in the pile of days you lose.
7: Competition
One thing you can count on — there will always be someone better than
you. But in the IT industry, it isn’t a 1:1 ratio. Instead, it seems
that for every one of you there are one hundred IT pros who are
smarter, faster, and better equipped. That ratio is quickly realized
in dollar signs. Remember, the IT landscape is constantly changing,
and if you can’t keep up, you may not be hired or remain employed. The
longer I am in this business, the more I realize it’s a young person’s
game. Being as agile as necessary, being able to work the necessary
hours… it all adds up. I’m not saying us older folks can’t run with
the pack. We can. But every day we work is another day even more
competition is added to the field, and the competition is fierce.
8: The cloud
Every time I hear an actor on TV speak the phrase “to the cloud” I
want to pull out my hair and kick in the television. The cloud has
been one of those aspects of IT whose definition has been, and
probably always will be, in flux. What exactly is the cloud? Should I
be using it? Is the cloud safe? How much does the cloud cost? I get
hit with these questions all the time. Generally, I just answer by
asking the clients if they’ve used Google Docs before. If they say
“yes,” I tell them they are already using the cloud. But that is never
satisfying. Clients and end users want the cloud to be some magical
experience that will make all their work easier, better, and faster.
If only they knew the truth.
9: Lack of standards
Our lives would be infinitely better if some sort of standards could
be applied, across the board, in IT. Many open source projects have
done everything they can to achieve a set of standards, only to be
knocked down by proprietary software. Those proprietary software
vendors want to keep their code closed and not compliant with
standards so they can keep their bottom line as padded as possible. I
get that, I really do. But while they are refusing to conform to any
sort of standard, they are causing end users and IT pros any number of
horrendous headaches on a daily basis. There is no reason why
standards can’t be followed without preventing proprietary software
vendors from making a killing.
10: Respect
The general public has a bad taste in its mouth for IT professionals.
Why? There are many reasons. They’ve been burned before. They’ve been
ripped off before. They’ve had consultants who only seemed to want to
sell them bigger and better things. So long has this gone on, and so
jaded has the public become, that IT pros have a hard time earning
respect. Oh sure, when they see you walk in the door you are their
best friend… for the moment. But the minute you get that one
“impending doom” issue resolved, it’s time to go off on you or insist
you do more than they hired you to do (or more than you have time to
do).
Thinking about quitting?
Are the downsides of working in IT starting to outweigh the positive
aspects of your job? What career would you pursue if you left IT?
Share your thoughts with other TechRepublic members
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