Computer / I.T. Careers
I Want A New Job/Career: I'm Interested In The Computer Industry...
We should really start out by saying 'congratulations' on having the courage to consider a change in your job or career. Only 1 in 10 people actually make it as far as investigating the possibilities. Most give up before they even do any research,
so well done for taking the first tentative steps!
The simple fact is: Many of us leave school or college and after trying a few different jobs, simply fall into the career that we stay in for many years, often decades. It's no wonder that we get stuck in a rut.
How many of us actually sat down and planned where we wanted to be now?
...Not many of us, that's for sure!
Typical school-level career advice tends to be along the lines of: "...Go to college or university and get more education..." for most of us. Not a lot of help really.
The whole purpose of the following section is to help you ask the right questions about making a change. Since you probably haven't sat down with a career advisor since school, let's get the old grey-matter working and start by taking a broad look at the industry.
And let's keep these 2 rules in mind at all times:
1. The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing, and expect a different result.
2. If you want to change some things in your life, then you need to change some things in your life!