I'm an IT guy in large office, and I can do all of those things (it'll work, but it may not look good...). However, not all of my coworkers can. I think IT is

I'm an IT guy in large office, and I can do all of those things (it'll work, but it may not look good...). However, not all of my coworkers can. I think IT is kind of a master of use of software, and hardware. You can build the hardware, and use the software, though you may not know what's behind it. I think this is why people assume "IT guys" can fix anything. To some extent, they can, but only because they've seen similar things. IT is a whole lot about seeing something before, and knowing how to debug and troubleshoot. Pure IT is very fun, if your company has the budget to fund it. There are some very hard bare metal problems that need to be solved, including network topology, disaster recover, failovers, automation, and process efficiency improvements. Again, most of this stuff happens when you have lots of IT infrastructure, not when you're small.