motor
2003-10-22 05:10:24 UTC
You will notice a ton of IT job postings just as your educational
institution claims.
(look at this newsgroup for example)
In the beginning, you will think "this is cool, lot's of opportunity" but
after sending out many resumes and having some job interviews you will
discover that:
1. 99 out of 100 times you will not get a reply. This number is optimistic.
2. You never have the right qualifications even if you take some extra
training at your own expense. (This is the qualifications game, more on
this later)
3. No company will offer any training, you must "hit the ground running".
(the experienced IT folks know this phrase)
4. Most headhunters post the same non-existent jobs over and over again.
5. The jobs you will get, you get "because you know somebody that works
there"
6. You will be told that you're going about it the wrong way! Don't send out
resumes! Companies spend millions of dollars on job advertising because they
want to throw money away! Didn't you know that?
7. You must network, network, network (i.e. suck, suck, and suck some more)
The fact is that IT is full of deception and it starts with the educational
instition by telling you about the shortage of IT skills.
Then when you are on the job, there is more:
Owners deceive management (example, so-called investors wanting the grow the
company, meanwhile the company is not paying their electricity bill)
Management deceives project managers ("contracts" that get signed, and
projected sales)
Project managers deceive computer programmers (the proverbial "carrot": put
in more time and you will get rewarded! i.e. the PM buys you pizza)
Computer programmers deceive back (I have to admit that one has to lie a
little bit about the estimate and project status otherwise YOU are pizza! -
take-out that is)
And everyone in the organization deceives the clients (buy time, hide the
defects, add a feature they don't need so your company makes the most $$$)
institution claims.
(look at this newsgroup for example)
In the beginning, you will think "this is cool, lot's of opportunity" but
after sending out many resumes and having some job interviews you will
discover that:
1. 99 out of 100 times you will not get a reply. This number is optimistic.
2. You never have the right qualifications even if you take some extra
training at your own expense. (This is the qualifications game, more on
this later)
3. No company will offer any training, you must "hit the ground running".
(the experienced IT folks know this phrase)
4. Most headhunters post the same non-existent jobs over and over again.
5. The jobs you will get, you get "because you know somebody that works
there"
6. You will be told that you're going about it the wrong way! Don't send out
resumes! Companies spend millions of dollars on job advertising because they
want to throw money away! Didn't you know that?
7. You must network, network, network (i.e. suck, suck, and suck some more)
The fact is that IT is full of deception and it starts with the educational
instition by telling you about the shortage of IT skills.
Then when you are on the job, there is more:
Owners deceive management (example, so-called investors wanting the grow the
company, meanwhile the company is not paying their electricity bill)
Management deceives project managers ("contracts" that get signed, and
projected sales)
Project managers deceive computer programmers (the proverbial "carrot": put
in more time and you will get rewarded! i.e. the PM buys you pizza)
Computer programmers deceive back (I have to admit that one has to lie a
little bit about the estimate and project status otherwise YOU are pizza! -
take-out that is)
And everyone in the organization deceives the clients (buy time, hide the
defects, add a feature they don't need so your company makes the most $$$)