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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Here's my worry - when I was in high school everyone was pushing computer science/programming degrees.
And sure, there was some sense to that, but when you're on the cutting edge of a field, you'll spend your entire career looking over your shoulder. The technology sector is terrifying because every 5 years a new brood of employees that are cheaper than you and more fully immersed in the most recent round of technology (the stuff that came AFTER the stuff you were trained on) will be unleashed.
Most of the computer science kids ended up working at Geico manning call centers. Or ended up getting shuffled into apple to work in the mall and poke away at phones all day.
Chasing the 'hot' sector strikes me as a good way to get lost in a morass. In the end, we may be heading towards that socialist utopia either way. It may become more and more difficult to distinguish yourself and as the 'traditional' jobs start to phase out, those time-tested paths to advancement are more and more archaic (y'know, paying dues and working hard).
It looks more and more to me like future success is going to be as much about blind ****ing luck as it will be skill-sets or education.
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I'm in the tech field so I definitely see what you're describing. Most of the time the people who are laid off are the ones who are lazy and don't try to get better. Certifications like CCNA and PMP+expereince keep you in.
You really need to add to your knowledge on a yearly basis to keep your value. Some people hate it, but I guess I'm the other type that loves it.