Has the Glory Gone Out of Working In IT?

An anonymous reader writes to wonder if the glory has gone out of IT. One blogger remembered his first impression upon entering a profession in IT that made it seem like the place to be, with a new shiny around every corner. What experiences have others had? Has a more pervasive technical culture forced our IT gurus into obsolescence?

Comments

Re:You have to be a very insane programmer for tha

[Stregano]

Actually, I love my job.

What I do not like is the people here that hate their job.

Sure, it is /., so people will be cynical, but anybody that hates what they do or thinks IT is not all it is cracked up to be should find another job.

I am not directing what I said to people at my job (unless you secretly know my username and are actually working where I work busting me posting on ./)

I hate when people, even on ./, will say how much this job sucks. It really doesn't.

I can tell you did not read everything, because I never once said that I hate what I do. I love being a programmer. It is the best job I have ever had.

What I do not like are the old farts that are squatting on the job only for pay. My point is that they are only working for the pay and not the passion. There are lots of programmers that are very passionate about what we do, and have to deal with some random old guy with an attitude that thinks they are better than everybody else. That same old person hates their job and is squatting until they retire.

I know this from experience because I see them in my department all the time. They do not do what I do, they are just in the same department.

Obviously with your comment and vague response, you are not really in the industry, but more of an outsider (and the fact that you quoted me saying how long I have been doing this as if that was the focal point of everything I said).