How many of you regret joining IT due to this uncertainty and fear of job loss.
Mean reversion is law of nature.
Many business are cyclical. IT is an exception. Its being disrupted. Either it will adapt or push into oblivion. Its cycle lasted for 4 decades. Those who entered at its ascend , enjoyed the results. Current workforce is entering at its descend. Most of them chose it as a it was a low hanging fruit(Low entry barrier, purely skill based, high rewards, large opportunities). In hindsight, there could be many ifs and buts, but predicting a disruption of this scale requires divine powers.
Wow so good writeup. Now what to do next if its already a descend. 😢
Pls suggest a better option than IT, don't say govt job, I'll die of starvation but will never do that shit
Why so much hate bro? I see my friends in civil services and they are happy , have social fame and power and confidence and job security. The brain we are using here in IT we can crack some good prestigious govt job as well.
Other than IT, you are now looking for career/field that you are interested and makes you happy? Or you want career that makes you money? Healthcare has money, if you aren't from field, may require training and qualifications. Better yet if you can mix your interests, your skills and experience and if it can shape your wealth. A friend of mine sat with his kids to explain this fact through venn diagram and decide to chose their field/career.
Late 90s IT entrant. Lived in US almost 2 decades, Made some fortune- but through hard work only, no IPO or lottery, luck. No regrets. IT also gave a different non desi Passport. Only sad that career end is just not a celebration like traditional Indian job retirement.
Good you were able to make some decent money as you got US opportunity. For all of us in India the savings number is not very huge to take care of whole remaining life and responsibilities. I am 10 yrs exp and only 1 cr savings. Now a days in 1cr you can not retire. Since the IT sector looks not stable enough and so much work pressure. There is a stress all the time which doesn’t allow to relax.
I regret it. I wish I had gone into pure play finance or marketing (banks, fmcg companiyon, traditional management careers)Tech careers are rubbish. Whether you work at a service or product company
Service companies don't pay much. Product companies are either surviving on funding, or are making a solution to a problem that no one asked for, or products are mature enough to not need many tech employees
I don't know. I just followed herd like 12 PCM, engineering , IT job. I need to pay for that now I think for the following herd.
go with flow.. dekh liya jayega hoga so
