Not true at all. Depends on the company’s requirements for the position.
Trades vs IT?
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The amount of dudes in IT barely over 50 years old dropping dead from heart attacks is rampant. These dudes literally work themselves to death. A few condolence emails go out but by the next week he's forgotten. Then it's time to reassign his workload to someone else.
Make as much money as you can then get out. Nobody gets treated worse during interviews. Then some laid off 50 something tech guy who's not old enoug to retire just yet. These young cats on the job be straight disrespecting them during the interview. Can you imagine some dude half your age interviewing you and talking shyt? It's gotta eat at them to be getting grilled by some cat just a few years out of college.
How long have you worked in IT?
TheKongoEmpire
A Wilsonian Garveyite
That's actually the plan. Save 6-digits (if possible, 7) then bounce to the Continent. We already have one of the lowest life expectancies. I won't let that cac make it any lower.
JealousOnesEn_V
HTX Certified
I totally agree with him, depends on the company and the requirements of your job position at said company.
trades.
Dance_Like_A_Fiend
All Star
I’m studying IT right now. The pay where I live at is pretty meh but it’s high everywhere else.
My dad is against it. He says the market is saturated with internet/online based jobs
My dad is against it. He says the market is saturated with internet/online based jobs
If you making over 6 figures in IT you probably busting your ass to do it. But if you working on Geek Squad or some shyt probably not.
Bumblebreh
Collecting honey and money
Yes, studying a stem subject in college is going to be intensive. You will also have to network to secure an internship and learn about tech interviews. For example if you have studied computer science or mathematics at a good school, you can work in data science. A data scientist can earn up to 150,000 or more. But the work life balance is terrible. A high salary = high cost of living.
Meant to get back to you. Ultimately sales engineers (or solutions engineers, solutions architects) influence the sale of software by becoming a SME or technical advisor on the sales team. We intersect in between the salesperson and the engineer. This generally takes a breadth of experience working in highly technical roles, in my case I've worked operations and site reliability roles. Not only that you must also be able to be personable and be able to have business acumen and have great communications skills to convey that knowledge. These are rare qualities to combine and if you possess both you will be rewarded handsomely.
I realized that I will never become a principal or distinguished engineer going the purely technical path. I attempted to get into management but that wasn't for me either. The opportunity to get into a sales role fell in my lap. I was already training colleagues on products, wrote documentation, and have done presentations in the past so it seemed like a good fit for me.
My compensation right now is low - mid 200s which includes my base salary + variable commission + stocks so I'd recommend it to anyone who has strong sales skills and a voracious appetite for learning.
I have 2 cousins both in their late 40's.
We hung out over the holidays.
One is an IT guy and the other is an electrician and they both started their careers around the same time.
The IT guy is getting nervous because of his experience and age, he commands a higher pay rate than similarly skilled H1B visa workers who will take less to get to the US. He is constantly having to skill up to stay relevant in the workforce. He makes six figures and lives a nice middle class life but the market has him uneasy.
The electrician has more work than he can handle and is hiring electricians and helpers as fast as he can for his business.
He makes mid 6 figures and lives a great life. His wife and son helps run the business.
Take that for whatever it's worth.
We hung out over the holidays.
One is an IT guy and the other is an electrician and they both started their careers around the same time.
The IT guy is getting nervous because of his experience and age, he commands a higher pay rate than similarly skilled H1B visa workers who will take less to get to the US. He is constantly having to skill up to stay relevant in the workforce. He makes six figures and lives a nice middle class life but the market has him uneasy.
The electrician has more work than he can handle and is hiring electricians and helpers as fast as he can for his business.
He makes mid 6 figures and lives a great life. His wife and son helps run the business.
Take that for whatever it's worth.
GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
not true at all breh
Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
Sounds a lot like me and my cousin. I'm an electrician, he is in tech/IT. He is always worried about getting laid off/contract ending and constantly says he has to learn new shyt or he can't get a job or get higher wages. I haven't worried about getting laid off in years and I have gotten a raise every single year I've been in the trade and don't even be asking for them they just happen.
they both have a good ROI compared on some college majors
