Direction in the IT industry

JJ Rodriguez · 07-26-2007, 09:59 AM

All you IT guys, what's a good direction to head in the IT industry? I'm afraid that if I stay with my current company, I'm going to be stuck doing desktop stuff forever, especially since we're joining the union in a couple of months so that will definately limit what I can do to gain experience. What do you guys who have been around think based on current trends will be in demand in the coming years? I have some of my server certifications, but I figure with more specialized work comes a higher salary, IE being a DBA or something. I crave action, I would rather be fixing something that's blown up or setting up something new than sitting behind a desk doing mundane BS. I don't have any real Linux experience, so that might limit some of my options, so I'm not opposed to learning.

7 Dying Trees · 07-26-2007, 10:14 AM

Enterprise Programming. I'd say that has a decent amount of money in it. Not easy, but stuff like J2EE and the like should be in demand for quite a while to come

Jeff · 07-26-2007, 12:59 PM

Linux has been good to me. In fact the reason I landed my current gig was due to both Linux and Windows experience. The diversity was what attracted them.

Being able to program outside of .Net, i.e. Linux programming, is a huge plus too.

JBroll · 07-27-2007, 02:05 AM

First, get used to Linux. It's not hard and you have several people you can ask for help right here. Second, be able to write at least one language exceptionally well and use at least one more with competence - C and Perl would be good choices. It's nice to have things like C and Perl under your belt as opposed to C# or .Net - which can't be used on all platforms.

Also, have a pretty web page.

Jeff

Jeff · 07-27-2007, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JBroll

First, get used to Linux. It's not hard and you have several people you can ask for help right here. Second, be able to write at least one language exceptionally well and use at least one more with competence - C and Perl would be good choices. It's nice to have things like C and Perl under your belt as opposed to C# or .Net - which can't be used on all platforms.

Also, have a pretty web page.

Jeff

I gotta be honest though, man.....I enjoy Linux a lot less than I used to, due to this job. Things like central authentication for credentials, updates management, etc. just aren't as good as Windows Server platform. For power computing (we just bought an 8-way Xeon for engineering rendering!) it rocks, but some things it's just frustrating as shit.

I agree with you abuot the programming language.....a platform neutral language like C would be really good. Actually C's probably the hardest, but best to learn, IMO.

thedownside · 07-27-2007, 09:49 AM

learn to be a graphic designer

JJ Rodriguez · 07-27-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by thedownside

learn to be a graphic designer

I have no sense of aesthetics. Thanks for the suggestions guys, I was thinking more along the lines of server administration, like learning SQL and Oracle and shit like that, not programming. But I suppose it can't hurt. I have a year and a half of CS at University, and the only thing I actually enjoyed was discrete mathematics and my CS classes, but I dropped out because of the useless stuff like arts and the science credits that I don't give a shit about and won't ever use.

Vegetta · 08-01-2007, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by thedownside

learn to be a graphic designer

That helped me a ton in the job search - usually designers cant code & coders cant design but I can do both pretty well (php at any rate).

Id say anything web 2.0 (ajax especially - ruby/rails)

enterprise application development pays pretty well - tho a lot of positions for it are contract/temp positions

All_¥our_Bass · 05-13-2008, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBroll

First, get used to Linux. It's not hard and you have several people you can ask for help right here. Second, be able to write at least one language exceptionally well and use at least one more with competence - C and Perl would be good choices. It's nice to have things like C and Perl under your belt as opposed to C# or .Net - which can't be used on all platforms.

Also, have a pretty web page.

Jeff

+1 for PERL
I used to use it all the time. It's easy to get the hang of, and learn to use, but it can also be very powerful once you get 'deeper' into it.

JBroll · 05-13-2008, 11:01 PM

"Oh, right. Python."

Gotta love XKCD.

Jeff

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JJ Rodriguez Pantysniffing zombie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 5,731 Main Seven: Ibanez RG7CT Rig: FramusDragon-Norbert Thanked: 37	Direction in the IT industry All you IT guys, what's a good direction to head in the IT industry? I'm afraid that if I stay with my current company, I'm going to be stuck doing desktop stuff forever, especially since we're joining the union in a couple of months so that will definately limit what I can do to gain experience. What do you guys who have been around think based on current trends will be in demand in the coming years? I have some of my server certifications, but I figure with more specialized work comes a higher salary, IE being a DBA or something. I crave action, I would rather be fixing something that's blown up or setting up something new than sitting behind a desk doing mundane BS. I don't have any real Linux experience, so that might limit some of my options, so I'm not opposed to learning.

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Jeff Banned from Reality Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,106 Real Name: Uh.....Jeff Main Seven: none Rig: Mesa DC-5 Thanked: 22	Linux has been good to me. In fact the reason I landed my current gig was due to both Linux and Windows experience. The diversity was what attracted them. Being able to program outside of .Net, i.e. Linux programming, is a huge plus too.

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JBroll A Wookie on Ayn Rand Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX, USA Posts: 1,939 Thanked: 14	First, get used to Linux. It's not hard and you have several people you can ask for help right here. Second, be able to write at least one language exceptionally well and use at least one more with competence - C and Perl would be good choices. It's nice to have things like C and Perl under your belt as opposed to C# or .Net - which can't be used on all platforms. Also, have a pretty web page. Jeff

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