Need an IT job!

[Drunken Monkey]

The money is, quite frankly, shit. You can make more as a policeman or a truck driver. BUt you get to 40, look back at a spectacularly unsuccessful career and wonder just what the hell you were prostituting yourself quite so hard for.

I assume you mean some entry-level hell-desk job? OR maybe your job? IT salaries are 'quite frankly, shit' ? Can you justify/clarify this please?

[James Deuce]

I assume you mean some entry-level hell-desk job? OR maybe your job? IT salaries are 'quite frankly, shit' ? Can you justify/clarify this please?

Why the interrogation?

[Drunken Monkey]

Why the interrogation?

Seems like pretty negative advice for someone who's trying to look at a different work path.
On top of this, what I really want to know is, if you are indeed referring to the industry in general instead of your own job, is what kind of Policemen and Truck drivers are on 6 figure incomes? It would really bug the f**k out of me to find out I could trundle around in a rig or chase after speeders on SH1 for more than I'm earning.
On top of that, there's very little 'certainty' in my job. Come to think of it, I never heard anyone say IT is a reliable career choice until I read this thread. IT staff usually either get axed or quit all the time. Spend 2+ years in an IT job and you're usually considered an 'old hand'.

[Ixion]

I could make more money doing other things, but I can't find any sailors who want my body.
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Hardly surpising is it

[Cookie]

Yeah I guess Ixion. I thought they might go for the all-over-blue-furry-look I've got going on, but apparently no. :-P

God knows I would not be a cop even if the senior ones might earn more than I do. Hats off to them.

What sectors DO have a reputation for outstriping IT wages? (say at the 5-year-plus experience level - because most wages suck at the beginning).

See this simplified overview for example. http://tinyurl.com/7bt8g