Is IT still a good field to go into?

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YES. 

IT is a very good field to go into. 

There is still a high and growing demand for information technology professionals. 

Programming, troubleshooting, developing, data mining and analytics.   All huge.

If you want to pursue a career in IT you should look for my series about getting into IT. I'll be making some Youtube videos in the near future (once my newborn starts letting me get some sleep, so next year ish). 

I work as a system administrator have been help desk, desktop support, network admin, system admin, network engineer, support engineer, team lead, support manager, cloud architect, and security administrator. 

Let me tell you, some days it's amazing, and some days it's a nightmare.  But when you help your customer it is rewarding.   Sometimes it's just one person and they are thankful, sometimes you are helping a rocket company keep to their launch timeline, or military field teams solve problems that help the action in combat zones. 

The world is transforming and we are rapidly becoming more and more digital across the globe.  You can literally hire people from around the world, or offer your services on a global scale. 

You can develop software, apps (just another type of software), mobile, tablet, pc, mac, windows, ios, android, java, unity, C, and many others. 

You can build and design games for people to enjoy.

You can support the creatives in any industry. 

IT is in demand, but GOOD skilled IT people are in extremely high demand. 

Anyone can pass a test and get a certificate.   Not everyone can apply that knowledge to the job.  If you are up for the challenge, follow this blog for more resources on how to be a better IT person.

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