I started in the IT industry when an 8 Bit NIC cost over $400. Those were the days. No cell phones, no pagers, no late nights, no weekends, pay was good, IT technology was blooming and it was great to be in the it industry. Not so any more and for those out there with the dumb-ass comment about finding another line of work, well you can't because it won't pay what I am currently making. I have been doing this for over 23 years and I hate what has happened to the IT profession. I don't see us having the power to change it unless we do unionize or change labor laws, and are chances of changing labor laws are zero because corporate america has to much influnce. Besides, corporate america has no love for unions either but they don't have the brains to see that one day they will bring what they don't want upon themselves.
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I started in the IT industry when an 8 Bit NIC cost over $400. Those were the days. No cell phones, no pagers, no late nights, no weekends, pay was good, IT technology was blooming and it was great to be in the it industry. Not so any more and for those out there with the dumb-ass comment about finding another line of work, well you can't because it won't pay what I am currently making. I have been doing this for over 23 years and I hate what has happened to the IT profession. I don't see us having the power to change it unless we do unionize or change labor laws, and are chances of changing labor laws are zero because corporate america has to much influnce. Besides, corporate america has no love for unions either but they don't have the brains to see that one day they will bring what they don't want upon themselves.