AZ: Working in IT

[rdouglass]

I've been 'doing' IT for over 25 years now. I currently do ASP and ASP.NET development specializing in SQL Server & mySQL connectivity issues for web site 'backends'. Make about $30/hr during my day job but more in the eve's when I am doing my own freelance work.

I began my IT career for the first 9 years as a Technician. Contrary to Fyron's suggestion, it is a good 'in' IMO and it's almost a 'prerequisite' if you really want to understand the IT world from a user's perspective. Personally, I don't care how much studying you do or how many books you read, you'll never understand IT as well as when you learn it from the 'trenches'.

Having said that, if you get into this business aspiring to be a tech or work a help desk, you probably will not find this career very rewarding.