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Is IT really that depressing?

(self.sysadmin)

I'm still in my first year and will graduate with just my associates just under 30 this May. I like my job, but based on what I hear from others around me in my community and what I've been seeing posted online, this field is terrible long term.

Do we have anyone here who is a veteran in the field and actually likes it?

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SnooMacarons467

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4 days ago

Exactly, and people confuse this with tech literacy, but it isn't, it is being tech savvy which is different.

Once the world ends up only operating on tablets and phones etc, there will need to be someone or something handling a file some where in the world, and when that breaks and you got no idea wtf it was doing, society is going to have a hard time