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New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring"

Posted by timothy on from the work-from-home-chicks-dig-it dept.

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?"

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  1. Five Years Into the Job by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd probably agree with them.

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    1. Re:Five Years Into the Job by bitflip · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

  2. Different perspective by thegameiam · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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  3. Spelling by ledow · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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!

    1. Re:Spelling by damn_registrars · · Score: 5, Funny

      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.

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  4. Irony? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  5. Ummmmm.... by rindeee · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Re:If I had the power to do it all over again... by wolfen · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

  7. It;'s All Relative by Nerdfest · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

  8. Re:Let's spice up IT by Bandman · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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  9. Re:'boring'??? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  10. Re:Of course IT is boring! by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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