IT Jobs. Are they all bloodsucking?

I want to find an IT job that pays a livable wage 40k a year or so that doesnt demand your life revolve around it. I want to do my job well but when the day is done go home and forget it. No on call.





Does such a job exist. I used to have one but now that morons depend on technology they seem to drink the blood of IT people and Im getting sick to death of it.





Im either underqualified for network admin jobs or cant take the pay cut because support jobs dont pay with a damn

IT Jobs. Are they all bloodsucking?
i'll bet that considering you have an IT job you are smarter than you give yourself credit for. just remember that all jobs at one point or another get the best of you. Are you working too much? It sounds like you need a vacation..things will get better..they always do..good luck
Reply:Every IT person I have ever talked to talked out their job "sucking the life out of them." Interesting choice of words.
Reply:I am somewhat in the same boat. it depends on the industry from what I've found, but for the most part IT jobs are going to be round the clock, because it's the machine that runs the industry. Just make sure not to agree to salary, in my experience hourly gets a better deal when it comes to on call.
Reply:You need to wear garlic to keep the blood suckers away


Hope this helps
Reply:Yes jobs do exist like that. Its all relative though, usually jobs pay more because they require more responsability.





You could work as system designer which pays very well but at busy times on large projects you may be required to do overtime. This doesn't normally involve being on call but it can do if you are a senior member of the team (in which case you will be earning more than 40k!)
Reply:No not all IT jobs are bloodsucking....you get paid for what you put into it. During the boom, you just needed a few IT courses and a job was yours at a high salary...now education is very important in this field...some companies will not hire unless you have a degree.


Taking a consultant or temp gig pays a bit higher but no benefits in some cases, and it's not guaranteed work.





Quite honestly the higher the degree and experience, the less on call work has to be done. Working for a large global company would need 24/7 support...a smaller company may be the answer.
Reply:Network admin jobs would necessitate being on call unless the company closes down at night and on week-ends.





I found that small companies are less competitive than the big ones, but it's hard to forget about any job when you go home if you have an open problem you're working on.
Reply:I thought all computer jobs paid pretty good
Reply:Every job has it's good and bad parts.


IT jobs are generally on-call because IT runs 24/7. You also pretty much accepted to become the eternal student when you went into the IT field.


Maybe you should re-evaluate your choice.
Reply:Most IT jobs have you on call day and night - that's why I got out of it. It's way too much work for the compensation.





Even the IT people at my job are always getting calls on their cells and beepers. NO MORE!
Reply:The best way is probably to retrain as a developer of programmer of some kind, see what skills are in demand and the salaries they get, that way you can work a 9-5 or freelance even better and just work the hours you want.
Reply:A good majority of IT jobs are highly demanding due to the fact you're involved with keeping networks up, equipment running and customer service calls. Good luck finding an IT job that isn't demanding. My husband is at work until 3AM sometimes if the network goes down. It's a responsibility of the position. If you can't handle it, you might look into a new field. Best of luck.





Just a note, you might look into certification programs from CISCO and Microsoft. Look for the CCNA, CCDA, CCIE, MCDST, etc. You can buy certification exam prep books from Barnes and Noble distributed by Global Knowledge or order them from their website. It's worth the investment (some of the training CD's are upwards of $1500 each), the CCNA alone will help you find a $45k job. Until you're able to reach network admin level, it will be difficult to find a job that's less demanding of your time.
Reply:good luck dude. but seeing as you are evidently educated enough to do it, you may have to bite the bullet and just be on call. remember, paying your bills is more important than your personal time, just so long as you have some time to live.
Reply:They are around but few and far between. We have to thank George Bush for sending a lot of the IT jobs to India by giving corporations tax incentives to do so.





Just got to keep looking.

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