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I suggest being the one-man IT department in a non-IT org. E.g. a university department, a smaller school, a small-time manufacturer or retailer, etc. Automa

by DenisM 6y ago

I suggest being the one-man IT department in a non-IT org. E.g. a university department, a smaller school, a small-time manufacturer or retailer, etc. Automating your job on one hand and managing expectations on the other should set you up for a while. Your tech skills will degrade if you tend to them, but accumulating good will and maintaining occasional contact with people should ensure they help find you new jobs as they move about.

mtberatwork 6y ago
> one-man IT department This means you will be on call 24/7/365 though.
- chillfox 6y ago
  Not necessarily. Not everyone are willing to pay for on-call.
  - mtberatwork 6y ago
    You would be payed a salary but still be expected to be on call at all times. As a one person IT department, you are now the go-to to fix any and everything.
    - DenisM 6y ago
      Don’t take that job, take another job. There are enough schools and manufacturers to go around.
    - chillfox 6y ago
      Depends upon what kind of contract you sign. But sure, any place small enough to only want one person is unlikely to be reasonable about it.
  - redisman 6y ago
    How do you take a few weeks off from that job?
lytefm 6y ago
I'd say that this is a good direction. Even better would be to take a job that isn't exactly an IT role at an org that doesn't really have an internal IT department, but does its data processing by sharing Excel files. Then, automate your work away but don't tell anyone.