Introduction:
I was asked recently this question many times by different people or heard a lot of arguments and dissections about “What is the best IT sectors to work?”
This question comes usually from junior IT, Computer Systems Engineering or Computer Science students, who have just put their foot on the first step of the long education road thinking of the future.
But what bothers me, when I hear this question from fresh graduates who have spent their four or five last years studying IT. Regardless of the university or institute they have studied in, I suppose they should be familiar with basic and advanced IT concepts of the major they have chosen and studied.
You can also hear such discussions in business environment between staff of different IT sections, for example Network administrator and software team leader, each showing the pros of his sector and the cons of the other.
IT Sectors:
For me I see IT sectors are divided as follows: Development, Administration and Business management.
· Development: this sector contains developers, designers, software architects, testers etc… those people who provide solutions, work in teams and lead the development process of computer systems and use tools such as diagrams, patterns, test cases, frameworks and programming languages.
· Administrators: those people who are in charge of maintaining, monitoring, giving advices, and troubleshooting already built systems. In IT we can distinguish two main Administration fields Database, and Networks administration.
· Business managers: although this could be considered a separate sector beside IT, a lot of IT people tend to work in business positions; I think that is because management is more fun than writing code, those who could use their IT knowledge and their management skills are the most successful.
The answer to the question:
I consider each filed is perfect for certain people, so instead of asking the question “What is the best IT sectors to work?” the question should be asked like this “What is the best IT sector for me to work?”
Notice the significant meaning, we should find the field that suits us best, according to our experiences, skills, and passion especially for those who work in IT.