There's a lot to like about IT, but I found plenty to be frustrated about as well. I spent four years with an IT consultancy piecing together 40 hours working

There's a lot to like about IT, but I found plenty to be frustrated about as well. I spent four years with an IT consultancy piecing together 40 hours working for clients who didn't need a full time IT department. Not having enough hours to transform their operations, running around the city putting out fires, and dealing with old hardware was a bit miserable. Looking around the job market showed a lot more of the same, along with a few high-stress and non-specialized positions working for financial or legal companies. Maybe that's just the scene in New York, I don't know, but the dream of being a company neckbeard did not pan out. Reading slashdot in the 90s made IT sound amazing, but I've found that geek dream much easier to fulfill in the software industry.