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The IT shift

What makes the IT jobs so special? Many fresh graduates I know of shifted career to IT. Take Ted for instance (he’s a good friend of mine). He was already a registered nurse, but he preferred to take jobs in programming rather than work on call in a hospital. Another one is my brother, who gave up his license in chemical engineering just to practice Oracle database management. One of the reasons for their shift is the regular working ours and lesser health risk, that is aside form the high paying salary and bragging rights of course.

As a webmaster, I think aside from the regular working hours, there’s nothing special about IT jobs. I think individuals have their own calling in life, a career that really matches their preferences and lifestyle. It just happened that the IT is booming right now and it demands a lot of workers. And because IT jobs only have minimum requirements (just programming or coding skills) many are able to practice it.