Comments on: Shot in the foot http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/211 (Not actually disgruntled.) Mon, 10 May 2010 03:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mcangeli http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/211/comment-page-1#comment-8144 mcangeli Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:11:18 +0000 http://gettinggruntled.com/?p=211#comment-8144 Come January 20th, I'm leaving the IT field, moving to Grand Cayman and extending my dive certification to include Dive Master so I can make a living in the islands.... That, or I'm gonna do like those CDW commercials and setup a datacenter in a tiki hut... <em>mcangeli's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/delusionsofgrandeur/XywD/~3/409938947/twitter-updates-for-2008-10-02' rel="nofollow">Twitter Updates for 2008-10-02</a></em> Come January 20th, I’m leaving the IT field, moving to Grand Cayman and extending my dive certification to include Dive Master so I can make a living in the islands…. That, or I’m gonna do like those CDW commercials and setup a datacenter in a tiki hut…

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]]> By: Mouseclone http://gettinggruntled.com/archives/211/comment-page-1#comment-8143 Mouseclone Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:48:56 +0000 http://gettinggruntled.com/?p=211#comment-8143 you know that there are many jobs that are thankless. ever go out and thank the garbage man for picking you your trash? the problem with IT is that it is a specialized area. and your right about the demands. the trash man will not take a call at 3am to come and get your trash. with IT you will get that call. i have thought about leaving IT for the past few months. i don't know what else i would do though. i love IT. i feel that i have a nak for it. i could be fooling myself, but i don't spend 16+ hours a day on a computer and hate it. i have done computer stuff for free before. mainly because i just enjoy it. i'm not sure that i would be happy any where else. there are people that forced themselves to do IT, and i think that those might be the ones that are leaving, but i don't know. the burn out is true. you do get burned out. most IT last about 20 years. and it really depends on the demands that the person is under as well. i don't think that you could stay where you are at for the next 10 years unless you have to, nor could i. staying at the level we are both at, i give us 5 to 10 more years before we say to hell with IT. <em>Mouseclone's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MouseClone/~3/409633859/lurkers-thank-you-readers' rel="nofollow">Lurkers - Thank You Readers</a></em> you know that there are many jobs that are thankless. ever go out and thank the garbage man for picking you your trash?

the problem with IT is that it is a specialized area. and your right about the demands. the trash man will not take a call at 3am to come and get your trash. with IT you will get that call.

i have thought about leaving IT for the past few months. i don’t know what else i would do though. i love IT. i feel that i have a nak for it. i could be fooling myself, but i don’t spend 16+ hours a day on a computer and hate it.

i have done computer stuff for free before. mainly because i just enjoy it. i’m not sure that i would be happy any where else. there are people that forced themselves to do IT, and i think that those might be the ones that are leaving, but i don’t know.

the burn out is true. you do get burned out. most IT last about 20 years. and it really depends on the demands that the person is under as well. i don’t think that you could stay where you are at for the next 10 years unless you have to, nor could i. staying at the level we are both at, i give us 5 to 10 more years before we say to hell with IT.

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