Thanks for the info.<br><br>To clarify, this is not a survey. I got contacted by some folks from the college I went to, they wanted some advice in regards to a career in the software side of IT. I didn&#39;t want to use myself as a case study but still wanted to give them inside information from the people who are inside the industry.<br>
<br>I did a bit of research, <a href="http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/">ITJobsWatch</a> gave the answers i wanted, for UK. Then came across this post from <a href="http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&amp;ixPost=23012">Fog Creek Software</a> which formed my question to skunks.<br>
<br>To be more specific; should I be becoming a guru in MySQL, SQL Server or Oracle? Should I become a .Net wiz or are my chances better with the PHP, Perl and Python. If I go the desktop development route, who leads the pack; Java, C#, VB.Net? If it is mobile apps, J2ME or WML?<br>
<br>Or can I throw all of the above out of the window and go the route less travelled: NetApp, Sharepoint etc<br><br>Where I (or the kids i&#39;ll be talking to) am right now: Fresh out of college with a basic degree/diploma in IT<br>
Where I want to be in 2 to 3 years: Earning more than 100k per month working in or with software<br>Where I want to be in 5 to 7 years: Not much hands on work, integration kind of stuff, consulting etc, kinda like the things SevenSeasTech does.<br>
What I am good in: Nothing in particular, but just finished college and not really dump thus can learn new stuff quickly<br>Political alignments: Non-existent. Like a typical college grad, girls, money and machines interest me most.<br>
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