New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring"

whencanistop writes "Despite good job prospects, graduates think that a job in IT would be boring. Is this because of the fact that Bill Gates has made the whole industry look nerdy? Surely with so many (especially young) people being 'web first' with not just their buying habits, but now in terms of what they do in their spare time, we'd expect more of them to want to get a career in it?"

Comments

Five Years Into the Job

[Van Cutter Romney]

I'd probably agree with them.

Re:Five Years Into the Job

[bitflip]

Are you kidding? Working in IT is like going to Disneyland!

Except all the lines are short because all the rides suck.

Different perspective

[thegameiam]

Then again, if most folks look at computers as an appliance, who wants to be an appliance repairman? Seriously - how many folks wanted to work for the phone company in the 60s and 70s?

Spelling

[ledow]

"spair time"? Seriously, who edited or approved an article with that in the summary, not to mention the punctuation?

Maybe THAT's why IT jobs are boring - you're required to spell!

Re:Spelling

[damn_registrars]

Perhaps that (mis)-spelling was chosen because you can't spell despair without "spair".

Which of course is what oh-so-many IT jobs are - a source of despair.

Re:Spelling

[Bodrius]

If Slashdot can prove anything, it's that the IT industry has no grammar or spelling requirements.

Irony?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it strike anyone else as ironic that a site that proclaims that it delivers news for nerds appears to be accusing Bill Gates of making the IT industry appear nerdy?

Ummmmm....

[rindeee]

I'm not a big fan of Bill, but blaming him for making IT look nerdy....? C'mon. I think we as a community handle that pretty well ourselves.

Re:If I had the power to do it all over again...

[wolfen]

I... I wanted to be! A lumberjack!

Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia!

It;'s All Relative

[Nerdfest]

I was once chatting with someone at a party. They asked me what I did. I said I wrote software. They then said "Isn't that boring?". I said "No, it's generally interesting, and even fun on occasion. What do you do".

"I'm an accountant."

Re:Let's spice up IT

[Bandman]

This isn't a lot different than the general decline of math and science careers in general. It's just a small sign that we're moving away from skilled knowledge-based industries into crap-service based industries.

Would you like fries with that?

Re:Let's spice up IT

[happyemoticon]

My IT job is plenty spicy after I figured out how to make my desktop loop Destination Calabria.

Re:'boring'???

[morgan_greywolf]

That's right! IT is boring. Stay away. Far away. You won't like it. More money for m....hey look! A shiny object!

Re:Of course IT is boring!

[Blakey Rat]

And it's not because it's nerdy (as the summary opines). It's simply because its about maintenance of poorly-designed shit. You might as well call it glorified janitorial work.

In contrast, creating new stuff, as actual programmers and engineers do -- that's interesting!

So to sum up, maintaining poorly-designed shit is glorified janitorial work, but making new poorly-designed shit is interesting?

Roger.

Re:Oh come on!

[nizo]

Slashdot really needs a "+1 Bitter" moderation. :-)