This topic is very near and dear to my heart, as one of my students once told me: ‘I just want to make 6 or 7 figures’ after I asked why he wanted to work in IT.
Yes, 7 figures is not a typo!
Let the truth be told. Not everyone who works in IT will make $100,000 or more. The folks who do make this kind of money have worked very hard on their careers to get to where they are today. Most everyone I know had to start at the bottom at one point or another.
There is also no right or wrong way to get into this field. What do I mean by this?
I’ve heard of people who went to a University for 4 years to study Computer Science, only to find out that no one will hire them fresh out of College, due to the lack of real-world experience.
Others, do not even have a Computer Science degree and work in this field. As a matter of fact, some of the best IT guys I know have degrees from other disciplines such as Business, Geology, History, Psychology or even Criminal Justice.
