what are the career options in 'IT' field?

Question

What are the carrer options in the "IT" field and what are the required qualifications?

Answer 1

First thing First...IT is a HUGE word. First try to find out what interests u in IT..
animations..programming...debugging,...testing......
the list is endless.......

then accordingly try to find out the good institutes which provide Training in this area.....

once u r thru with this activity....post another Question...n I will provide furtehr details

Answer 2

Career options in this field are very limited right now. Because a lot of techinical colleges and such have labeled IT a "hot career," there has been an overflow of people going into the field. At this point in time, there are so many graduates with degrees in networking, software, and other such IT fields, that there are not nearly enough jobs to go around.

Making the problem worse is the fact that the USA is currently outsourcing many of these types of jobs. Anything that can be done from another country, is, because it's cheaper for companies that way.

If you are really interested in technology, my suggestion would be to try being an electrician. It doesn't require massive amounts of schooling, you'll be using plenty of electronic technology, and there is always a demand for electricians because they can't be outsourced. The pay is extremely good, and if you decide you hate it, you'll at least have a well-paying job to fall back on.

I wish I could say that a job in engineering or networking would guarantee you a $80,000 salary straight out of college, but unfortunately too many people have already tried this and there are simply no jobs left.

Good luck!

Answer 3

In my shop, they more or less fall into these groups:

Analyst
Programmer - excuse me, "applications developer".
DBA - Database administrator
network administrator
end-user support
manager

The analyst looks at the business need, and designs a system using any of a whole raft of tools - programming languages, file structures and access methods, databases, different platforms and hardware, etc. He/she works with programmers who write the code to turn this design into a working system. He probably writes some of the code, too.

The DBA creates the database if needed, sets up the process to get data into it and out of it if necessary and if the programmers don't do that already in their programs.

The network administrators set up workstations for the programmers, analysts, and so on in our department. We may also contract with the users in other departments if they don't have their own IT staff. They may design the LAN for the departments also, run cabling if needed to connect systems to routers, the net, the mainframe, or whatever else needs to be connected.

End-user support staff help the programmers and others in the other departments that use the data on our systems. It might be telling them where the data they want lives. It might be rewriting their program because they don't know what they're doing, and took this job over from someone who retired.

Managers manage - or cope - or plan, or whatever they do.

Answer 4

Some options are software, web design, network administration & security.

Most of these jobs seem to require a minimum of a bachelors degree and some related work experience. I was training for the IT field at one time, but at the time, could only afford one of those tech schools you see in commercials. Believe me, that is not enough for employers when you start interviewing, even if you're like me and have a high GPA. They definitely want no less than a bachelors degree.

Answer 5

There is PLENTY... look how many IT jobs are listed under Money's 50 Best Jobs.

Don't det frightened by outsourcing - most of that is just basic coding - there is still quite a large demand for IT in the US.

Answer 6

programmer, Software Engineer , Database Administrator, Multimedia designer , System Analyst, and many more a degree in Computer science or IT or Network technology.

Answer 7

Not sure...most IT graduates i know ended working as secretaries...unless u get Phd and are extremely qualified...
cz ppl hire Comp engineers and programmers for Computer jobs

Answer 8

You have to be Indian, otherwise don't even bother considering IT as a career...