20 pros of working in IT

  • Interesting job
    At your current job, everything is already known, nothing new happens and the guidelines for employees were memorized several years ago and have not been updated since? You start to remember how you used to enjoy reading interesting books as a child?

    So, working in IT, you can always learn something new. Technology is developing at a rapid pace, and all IT specialists have to constantly study it. There are even special tasks for learning something new. And they pay you for it!
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  • A variety of career paths
    Working in IT offers a wide range of specializations and roles.

    You can start working in QA and then move on to cybersecurity, data analytics or AI application development.

    You can grow horizontally by changing technical roles and improving your hard skills. Or you can grow vertically by developing management skills and improving your soft skills.
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  • Prestige
    In today's world, IT specialists are deservedly held in high regard and recognition.

    After all, working in IT as a technological field is often associated with intelligence, innovation and forward thinking.
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  • Comfortable working conditions
    Working in IT does not involve heavy physical labor or hazardous conditions.

    When working in an office or hybrid mode, you are usually in a modern workplace with comfortable furniture, cutting-edge equipment and a well-designed infrastructure that promotes comfortable and productive work.
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  • High salary
    Yes, IT engineers' salaries are higher (and sometimes much higher) than those of most other professionals. We have never heard of an IT specialist living “from paycheck to paycheck” or not being able to go on vacation with their family. Unless, of course, they took out a loan for an expensive car or yacht beforehand. And by the way, banks give loans to IT specialists without any questions asked. But in most cases, they can do just fine without the loans at all.
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  • Purchase a home without a mortgage loan
    A high salary is a good opportunity to buy a suitable apartment or house without having to make payments to the bank for almost the rest of your life. Some countries have government support programs with preferential mortgages or reduced taxes for those working in IT.
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  • Relocation
    Working in IT also means a more open world. And the opportunity to live in a different environment, with a different salary and different prospects.
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  • Remote job
    While your former colleagues are jostling in the subway in the morning trying to get to work, you can calmly get up, pour yourself a cup of coffee and settle comfortably in the yard of a house by the sea or with a view of the mountains.

    It was possible to work remotely in IT before, but with the arrival of COVID-19, many IT organizations switched to remote work. In fact, all issues can be resolved on Zoom; all you need is fast internet and a computer.
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  • Adequate colleagues and bosses
    Yes, there are exceptions. But experience shows that there are far more calm, reasonable and interesting people in IT than anywhere else. You will no longer have to grovel before your superiors or listen to them yell at you for missing deadlines. This is categorically unacceptable in IT, you could even be fired for such behavior. And it is customary to address your boss informally, by their first name, even if you only joined the company yesterday after completing a QA course.
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  • Constant development
    Working in IT constantly requires a creative approach to solving complex problems and coming up with unconventional solutions.

    Initiative is welcomed here, and you will almost never hear something like “Why did you come up with that? The old solution worked more or less, let's not change anything.”
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  • Retirement plans
    Working in IT often means extra retirement plans from your employer. Companies can contribute to private pension funds or help fund your savings. This gives you an extra source of income when you retire, and your total pension could be way higher than if you only used the government pension system.
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  • Sports activities paid for by the employer
    Do your coworkers laugh at you when you go to the gym while they sit in the bar? In IT, sports are encouraged, and almost all companies offer their employees the opportunity to go to the gym or swimming pool at the employer's expense. And your colleagues will understand you when you tell them how many bench presses you can do now or how many kilometers you swam on your back today.
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  • No sexism
    A significant percentage of women work in IT. Depending on the region, this percentage ranges from 22% to 32%.

    Women work on an equal footing with men and the rules adopted by most companies completely exclude any form of gender discrimination.
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  • No ageism
    IT grows older every year. Twenty years ago, a 40-year-old IT specialist might have seemed old, but now some newcomers are only just starting their IT careers at the age of 50.
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  • Good medical insurance
    Forget about public clinics, long lines to see a general practitioner and the inability to get an appointment with a local cardiologist. Most IT companies offer good health insurance, and if you suddenly get sick, all you have to do is pick up the phone, call your insurance company and wait for a worker to call you back and say: “I have made an appointment for you with a general practitioner tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. The doctor will be waiting for you.”
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  • Powerful equipment and food compensation
    A powerful laptop or PC with two or more monitors? No problem!

    Free lunches/dinners, snacks, drinks, fruit, or meal allowances? Not uncommon either!
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  • Reliability
    IT specialists are much less likely to suffer from economic crises, as technology is an integral part of all industries and systems.

    Even those who are laid off find new jobs fairly quickly. And if the economic situation in a particular country deteriorates, it is possible to work remotely or relocate.
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  • Stock options
    Some IT companies offer this opportunity to their employees. Imagine telling your friends that you are now a shareholder in a large IT holding company.
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  • Finally — doing something truly necessary
    You can see the results of your work in real life. Imagine seeing your acquaintances installing a program on their phones that you helped develop. Or your friends playing a game that you wrote yourself. Or your parents buying something from an online store that your project developed. Or your program being used in driverless cars.
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  • As a result, a high level of job satisfaction
    Many professionals report high job satisfaction in IT due to the variety of tasks, constant challenges and the opportunity to see the results of their work.

    People leave IT much less frequently than other industries.
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