IT course is still looked down upon

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First time ive heard na looked down ang IT

Why would you even care if they look down upon IT/CS graduates? There are a lot more important things to be mindful of than what other people think about your course or industry.

I mean who gives a shit? Papalakpakan ko pa yang 30K job nila na may board exam, office-based, at may abusadong boss kung gusto nila eh hahahaha.

patawa yung mga nagsabi na isang bootcamp lng yan.

Actuallyyyy, if ang kausap mo ay mga boomer na hindi updated sa mundo, expect mo na they'll look down sa tin, but if ang kausap mo mga ka-almost generation natin, they even joke about changing career pa-satin sa laki ng sahod.

I remember nung first year college ako, one of my boomer kamag-anak said "ahh IT lang, ba't ang baba". That was 9 years ago.

Anyway, wala ako pake kasi malaki talaga sahod tas mas mayaman na ko don sa boomer na yun ngayon lol. Karma is a bitch

I don't think mawawala ang IT jobs in the future, mageevolve lang siguro and we'll need to keep up, but never mawawala.

Sa issue mo regarding na di need ng degree sa IT and training lang, kudos to them if ever, competitive na ngayon sa market and almost lahat e need at least ng degree related sa position you're applying to.

IT jobs will not be lost. It's the qualified applicants for those job postings will. Put simply, as the number of career starters of shifters after the pandemic/WFH/salary hype grows exponentially, recruiters/interviewers have a lot of applicants to filter out. By numbers, before the hype was 100 applicants, it's now 1-2k today.

What's worse in that high number, the applicants being considered for a final and job are still zero. Why, because the skill quality is poor and highly dependent on ChatGPT.

So why are the salaries always being low-balled? Not because of your current salary, but rather because how the low skill confidence/rating/grading of the applicants. Adding more are the infamous answer during interviews "i am willing to be trained...".

Grabe kawawa naman tayong mga IT sobrang nilolookdown huhuhu 😭 cries in 6 digits

The ones who looked down on us are the ones who know na they will never be us. HAHAHAHAH.. iba talaga pag skilled ka sa field nato, you will never be outdated.

may bayad ba yung panglolook down nila?
pagwala kasi hindi ako nagkakaroon ng paki hahahahhaha

magpayaman tayu para di tau i lookdown, tignan mo mga mayayaman, di na nila inaalam kung nakatapos ba yan ng kinder, basta may pickup ka matic na salute yan 😂

Ano mas nakaka down tignan nag aral ka 5years course tapos 20-40k lang salary mo licensed pa or sa IT na possible 6digit salary in few years. Mga maling tao ata sinasamahan mo OP kaya nakakarinig ka ng ganyan.

How can IT job be lost in a fast pace technology evolving era? Come on.

Hasty generalization. Will I choose an IT graduate over a bootcamper/self-study/career-shifter? Absolutely yes. Yes kung he/she learns the course all the way. Daig ng IT graduate na may alam ang sino man na walang diploma na same lang ang kanilang alam. Sana nagets niyo point ko.

I agree OP, just to say my story simula pagkabata nahilig ako mag computer and masasabi mo na computer literate ako like pag may sira yung mga device kaya ko i basic troubleshooting and nung nag aaral ako mag programing when I was 16 naiintindihan ko talaga like ung mga functions and programming languages as a whole ( I was able to create a calculator for just 3 weeks of khan academy ) so basically passion ko anything about technology but sadly ngayong college ako I am forced to take Science course dahil sabi ng magulang ko wala daw legacy ang pagiging computer guy na nakaupo lang sa ginagawa ng Doctor :(( well ayun Im struggling rn but I can still manage kasi adaptable akong student , suma side bet nalang ako pag may extra time manood ng IT vids.

I have a condition to myself na pagbumagsak ako ngayong freshman ko sa course ko mag IIT or CS nalang talaga ako I will pursue this silently burning passion of mine. Kahit na palayasin ako.

my mom and tita had a CS degree and both of them didn't find or had any jobs related to it. Kaya when I told my parents I'm pursuing CS, parents were against it kasi "yung tita at mama mo nakapagtapos nyan ngunit di naman nakapaghanap ng magandang trabaho".

year later, I'm a 1st year CS student in a good uni, got a remote internship (voluntary) that gives allowance, also kinda tried to build my network by joining a bit of tech events and tech organizations.

Sa ngayon may tiwala na sila saakin and wala na silang angal about sa course ko kasi they probably see the potential sa CS/IT. Hindi narin ako nanghihingi allowance sakanila :p

I'm a sophomore rn and stilll working to build up my portfolio. I quit my previous internship and right now naghahanap ulit bago hehe

Kung alam lang nila gaano kahirap mag-code! haha

pamilya ko rin, ini look down din nila ako dahil IT kinuha ko, puro seaman kasi mga tito ko at yun ang gusto nilang course para sakin, na discourage sila kasi hindi raw maka ahon sa hirap ang fam ko kasi nag IT ako:).. di ko nalang iniisip ang mga sinasabi nila, papatunayan ko nalang na mali sila.

4th year ako ngayon, oral defense namin next week, goodluck to me.

Seriously, mga unemployed or mga walang magawa lang sa buhay yung may time na gumawa ng imaginary scenario na ‘to.

Go touch grass po. Wag puro soc med o reddit.

no, i dont think so. siguro iilang oldies na lang may ganyang pananaw. karamihan aware na kung gaano kataas sahod ng mga programmers or other tech people

Dati Low Key course ang IT. Siguro tingin nila wala tayo board exam. Hindi tulad ng ibang profession kapag may board exam at title mataas na ang tingin.

Basta pataasan nalang ng sahod we dont need to please them. 😂😅 Tignan mo marami ang nag cacareer shift ngaun to IT.

Ewan ko lang ha, year 2012 pa ito, my doctor asked me ano course ko, sabi ko IT, sabi nya Ayos yan ha, malaki ang sahod nyan.

I never sensed na ni looked down nya yong course ko, all I see is positive reaction and affirmation.

After years of working, in similar line of work, i encountered a licensed engineer turned into programmer, a licensed electronic engineer turned into QA and a computer engineer along with other courses that choose to work in IT fields despite of their degree and licenses. The funny part is, they took their courses in 5 years, I took mine in 4 years. I was never pressured on taking board exam. All of us, in many instances were reporting to an "IT graduate lang" 😂

So there baka kaya sadyang matataas ang logic ng nasa IT courses kasi pagpili pa lang ng course napractice na agad nila. A skill that is a required in programming. 🍻

Pag nawala ang IT, eh para mo na ring sinabi mag sasara ang banks sa buong mundo. 😅

May kani-kaniya talagang advantages and disadvantages bawat course/program, OP. Pero I hope that shouldn't stop you. Tuloy lang. Explore lang. Hangga't may isang naniniwala sa'yo, go. Sa totoo lang, hanga ako sa IT/CS graduates coz they know a lot na someone from a med field like me wouldn't know. Hindi naman lahat ng board passers (like me) ay mataas ang sahod lalo na rito sa Pilipinas. Wala 'yan sa board exam. Wala 'yan sa school. Wala 'yan sa program na tinapos. Share ko na lang din... I had a friend, IT grad siya. Pero she told me na minamaliit niya ang lahat ng med professionals except doctors. Partida pa, kapapasa ko lang ng B.E that time and we're "friends" hehe. Pero I guess life goes on. Either med course, IT/CS, Engg, and other courses pa 'yan ay may kani-kanyang struggles. Basta tuloy lang tayo.

isang bootcamp lang daw katapat nito or self-study in months. Hindi raw kailangan IT grad.

This is one of the things different in our industry - we try to democratize information as much as possible.

Yes. May hard work pa rin - and it is still very hard work. Pero we try to make information as free as possible and lower the barrier for everyone.

This is not something to deny or be ashamed of. It's something we should be proud of.

And it's not even purely altruistic. Financially speaking, we still need more IT folks from the PH and we still need to level up our game to better compete with the rest of the world. The more we can make a name for ourselves in the global market, the better it is for everyone.

Bro hindi mawawala jobs ng IT dito sa pinas. Kausap namin Head ng ITBPO ng Pinas last month sobrang baba ng supply daw ng IT dito pero grabe yung demand. Halos 9% lang kaya isupply ng Pinas. Just study everything and sipagin ka mag research about new technology. Hindi porket IT course mo, pwede na. Mag sipag ka. Kaya 9% lang supply dahil kahit marami ang graduates ng IT, marami ang hindi marunong mag code. Basta nakagraduate lang. Goodluck sa lahat

Im a software engineer (28 y/o) with 3 yrs of experience ang salary ko ay nasa 70k-80k base, plus mga other benefits like monthly allowance na almost 8k. Men, what more if aabot na ako ng 5 yrs 😂 di yan kikitain ng mga other engineers like Civil Engineers 😂 RTO namin is once a week lang tapos aircon pa ang office sa Ayala Makati! How about yung iba halos nasa field nag wowork 😂 The IT industry is very alive even during pandemic 😂

Hayaan mo sila na i-look down ang IT courses/careers. Trust me, di tatanggapin ng mga car and condo agents ang payslip ng mga ibang engineers 😂

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Hasuuuus IT lang daw, pero kulang na lang pati washing machine nila, sa iyo ipaayos pag nasira. Or i-hack daw FB ng boypren kase tamang hinala.🤣

Wala sa kurso yan, or kahit anong tinapos mo. Live your life the way you want to. At the end of the day, ikaw yung importante rito. 🧡

Way back sa province namin, IT is the "last resort" kaya marami kaming sections. They prefer educ and engineering.

Do other people pay for your bills? No right? Why waste your time thinking about what other people might think about your job? Ang dami kong friends na licensed engineers na lumipat sa IT kasi mas ok yung salary.

I took BS Computer Engineering and am in an IT-adjacent field

let me tell you the compensation and benefits way outweigh whatever anyone else could say lmao

Putek dapat nga nagIT na lang ako kesa Computer Engineering. Sayang yung isang taon, itinambay ko na lang sana,hahahaha

Wait til you work on the music industry lol

My IT job financed my holidays to visit 48 countries in 6 continents by the age of 30. Also got to visit some of them due to my work. So yeah, what others think of my course is none of my business.

I remember nong umuwi ako sa probinsya namin. Kinuha ng kambal ko Mech. Eng then yung isa kong pinsan Civil. Grabe kumausap relatives ko sa kanila kasi Engineering daw, pang matalino talaga ganto ganyan. Samantalang sakin wala masyadong nangamusta haha. Buti pa ate ko.

Licensed ECE here na lumipat sa mundo ng IT. Best decision.

BS 'yang mga claim nila na pag may lisensya goods palagi. May generation sigurong sinwerte para makatikim ng magandang buhay dahil sa tinapos na kurso. Pero hindi na ganyan ngayon. Na-saturate na.

Santo nga tingin sa akin ng mga co workers ko kahit in house tech support lang ako. biruin mo mga problema naayos lumalapit palang ako 😏.

Lmao never heard of people looking down on IT. Pag narinig pa nga na programmer or consultant ka, parang nagpapakwento paano mo nagawa. Kasi malaki daw sahod.

Also, sa bootcamp lang kaya. Nope. After interviewing lots of people, understanding of the syntax is not enough. Ung critical thinking pa rin and resolve ng tao na natututunan sa CS IT IS ang mahalaga. There could be others na kaya, but konti lang sila. It should take years of training and practice.

Also, malabo mawala ang IT. Have you not been around during the pandemic? Have you not have felt digitalization? Dunno where this is coming from. Lmao.

My name should check out as well regarding sa last paragraph mo. I love math that’s why I took engineering. Board passer rin ako pero pagkagrad ko, nag programmer me. I should have taken CS. Eventually nag grad school nalang ako na CS related. Would have been better but thankful ako sa Engineering kasi matututo ka talaga ng problem solving.

Also, Pag nakausap ng nanglolookdown na yan mga board passer, baka mabaligtad. Overworked, underpaid and slow career progression. Ginagawang experience ground lang ang pinas tas magabroad for better life. You’d see IT people na kaya mabuhay sa Pinas kasi at least 6 digits sahod so who are they really looking down? For what? Dahil sa 20 year old perception nila?

For me, these are just noise. Focus on yourself nalang. Kung i look down nila, ano naman? Typical filo behavior na inggitan lang yan which should not be tolerated kasi 2023 na. Magbago na sana sila. Wag na rin ientertain para magdie down na ung idea

Naalala ko lang, noong sinabi ko sa magulang ko na pumasa ako ng IT sa manila and wanted to pursue it there, they were against it and sobrang hinayang sa pera nila saying, "IT lang naman kukunin mo bat ka pa namin pagaaralin sa manila, dito ka nalang sa province." Tapos nung nalaman din ng relatives ko, nadisapppoint sila, sayang daw utak ko haha. Then yung iba kong HS batchmates when we'd meet during my college days pa they would always jokingly ask kung graduate na daw ba ko kasi daw 2 yrs lang naman course ko eh lol. Tapos I would sometimes hear jokes pa na ang magiging trabaho ko daw after eh taga bantay ng comp shop. Well natatawa naman ako. Kaya din ang baba talaga nun ng tingin ko sa degree ko. Even yung ibang Comp sci they would disgustingly correct someone pag napagkakamalan silang IT lang. Ang tagal na nun pero parang hanggang ngayon di parin aware mga tao ano talaga ginagawa ng mga IT and would always associate it sa call center agent. By now I've given up on explaining what programming/software development is.

I feel you. It seems people here think na pag “IT” ka dapat every aspects ng IT alam mo, programming, network, hardware, etc not knowing na kanya kanyang specialization yan.

Today they appreciate IT more seeing we have the option to work remotely and earn well while not suffering from the horrors of commuting here.

It only matters if you let it.

You don't live in someone else's head. You live in the real world.

Sa ibang bansa tingin nila pag Pinoy, domestic helper or nurse. I mean they're both fine. Marangal na trabaho pareho. But, who cares what they think?

I mean some people really believe the earth is flat. It's not my, loss it's theirs. They're not living in the real world.

Mas okay lang yan at least di ka uutangan.

Oks na yung lowkey. Kasya kulitin ka pa kasi kala mayaman ka.

I'm crying.... but in $.

Sa mga nag llookdown maraming salamat po HAHAHAHA ok po kami na konti lang papasok sa IT 😂

Lahat naman ng course nalolook down depende sa kanya-kanyang perspective. Example nalang (no offense meant here):

nag MassCom/DevCom kasi di kaya ang Math pagnag Engineering or Science courses

nag Educ kasi di kaya ang coding or pagbutingting ng mga computer parts

nag ComSci kasi may pagka-introvert at hirap magsalita in public

And the list goes on... Minsan yung mga taong to, frustrations nila yung isang course so for self-validation, they just look down to those people na nagtake ng course na gusto nila pero yun nga, di 'aya ng powers.

It all boils down kung saan ka masaya, san ka kumikita, at kung para kanino ka bumabangon :-D

-- Proud TESDA graduate, walang kotse pero may secondhand na 2017 Azimut

Lol I have this friend na tinawan yung starting salary ko because it's just above average lang then sakanya is mataas since siya ay VA raw. Then after a while ayun nag tatanong siya samin kung may opening for IT Tech Support saamin 🤣

Siguro lesson here is wag mang aapak ng tao/profession kase baka mamaya the very same profession na tatawanan mo is the same profession na hahabulin mo.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

It's up for you to raise the bar and change their perception. Madami akong pinsan na nag IT dahil sakin, well goodluck sa kanila, hindi lahat napupunta sa well paying jobs.

be proud, for me napakahirap na course ang IT and with this era, never na mawawala ang mga jobs na connected sa IT. Promotion and salary wise, lamang na lamang kayo sa mga engr, if i have a chance to go back to college days, i'll surely take IT kahit mahirap, bonus pa karamihan sa works nyo now WFH. Inggit na inggit ako. Baka naman may alam kayo dyan, willing magcareer change. hehe

pag nawala ang IT jobs in the future, that means we're back to the beginning of industrialization or we're replaced by AI. both of which are highly unlikely.

pag bumalik tayo sa industrialization, lahat tayo talo.

pag naman tayo pinalitan ng AI, we're probably one of the last to be replaced, since tayo ang main developer dun.

and I guess kanya kanyang environment lang yan, dito samin, 3 kaming nasa IT sa angkan, and all 6digits, yung iba humihingi ng tulong kung pano magswitch sa IT. although hindi ko na sila ineenganyo kasi saturated na yung junior IT level so baka madisappoint lang sila. (nagtry ako dun sa freelance websites and merong pumapatos ng 2$ per hour)

I know someone who is a VP engineer, and my salary is way higher than him. Who on earth would dare to look down on me? Not those lawyers, not those doctors, no one. I think what some IT guys are missing is the influence of the top dogs who has utmost confidence in what they do. Reach 6-7 digit salary mark and you’ll understand what I mean, no one would even dare to look down at your profession when that time comes.

As long as it pays the bills, all this dont matter. Kahit pa taga linis lang ng banyo

Don't confuse IT career with IT course. If you are established in your IT job making six figures then that's well-respected enough.

The reason an IT course is sometimes looked down upon is that after the IT boom, a lot of places offered IT courses left and right, with instruction going barely beyond what was available online, just like a boot camp with a framed-up degree. With the fast pace of IT, the specific tech you took up 1st year may be obsolete when you graduate, so unless the school taught good fundamentals, only the final year would be relevant to the workplace, so why bother with a 4-year or even a 2-year course.

There is no IT board exam, so only another IT pro would be able to assess an IT graduate's competence. Because of this, companies without a dedicated IT staff may get some of those clueless IT grads. This does not help the reputation of IT grads among other professions.

Well, I always encounter this, na naririnig ko sa mga kamag-anak and friends,

“Mag IT ako nood nag youtube lang pwede na” “Mag IT ka na lang, malaki sahod” “Pasok mo naman anak ko, mahilig siya sa computer dati”

At first ang reaction ko within me, di ba nila alam ang hirap ng ginagawa namin? kala ba nila madali? dun ka na realize na wala sila idea kaya nila nasasabi yun, napakaweird lang din kasi sa circle ng family and friends ko wala ako kilala na same ang job ko or atleast related.

I changed my initial reaction, everytime nakakaencounter ako ng ganito and I need to speak, lagi ko sinasabi, YES! madali lang, mag aral ka na, try mo kayang kaya mo to, tulungan kita. Tingin ko that way, pag mas marami nakakaalam pano ba talaga maging developer, mas madali nila magegets.

Iniba ko din ang paniniwala ko, iniisip ko din ngaun na mas ok na matuto lahat ng tao.

madami akong narinig na MD friends na nagsabing "sana nag IT ako" 🥲

coming from a graduating mechanical engineering student, sa totoo lang pag nasa office ka na or any professional setting, mas mahirap yung trabaho ng IT kesa pag naging practicing engr ka, you don't use the x and y you learned in school when you work as an engineer. meron silang "rule of thumb" which is another way of saying "I forgot the algebra and calculus na ill just eyeball it"

nag ojt ako sa isang construction company na malaki, and I would say hindi naman mahirap yung trabaho, dagdag pressure lang na naliligo kami sa mura ng boss namin (including yung actual engineers) and madalas yung unpaid OT. pero yung workload mismo mas madali pa, compared sa workload ko sa school, patong patong na math tas yung drawing mo may math din, onting imperfection sa drawing, uulitin mo uli. iba pa yung engineering/design papers na dapat on point otherwise irereject ng prof. eh pag nasa field ka na, all those go straight in the bin, puro excel lang and "manage" ng mga trabahador lol I learned calculus for piping just to conform sa rule of thumb ng mga laborer.

meanwhile, in IT, you learn the basic shit in school tas pagpasok mo sa industry parang wala kang alam since the field is so diverse. I wish I learned a bit more before I entered my first job in IT kasi unlike engineering you actually apply what you learned here. minsan nga kulang pa alam mo and mangangapa ka pa sa work.

I feel so privileged na nasa IT ako nagwowork, I am able to pay for my tuition and buy my wants and needs and god knows kahit makapasa ako sa ME board no amount of pressure or pang mamaliit will make me give up my IT job for a glorified utusan job lol

Gusto ko itake noon ang computer science na course pero ayaw ng dad ko kasi walang board exam kahit sinabi ko ito ang gusto ko talaga pero ayaw talaga. Kaya Civil Engineer kinuha ko and thankfully nakapasa din sa board exam last year.

Pero nabigla ako na mas mataas parin sahod ang programmer kaysa engineer kaya self studying ako ngayon as a programmer and earning certificates.

I love to code kasi ang sarap ng feeling pag nag work ang code mo. I am already at 5 months na nag aaral and sana makakuha din ng internship or part-time. I have basic skills of HTML, CSS, Python, SQL and a little of Javascript and also a little knowledge of bootstrap and jquery frameworks.

I remember way back 2009 my mom bump to his far relative in SM and asked what course I am taking. My mom said computer engineer and he answered "why computer engineer, should be pharmacist it has high salary at other countries, he will not have a decent job "

now im 9 yrs in the industry and earning 6 digits.

Wala naman talaga kwenta IT career . Wag n kau dito please lang, Engineering or Nursing n lng kau 😎

Oks lang IT basta malaki sweldo mo. Payag ka CIVIL ENGINEER ka pero 30k lang sweldo mo? Pucha HAHAHA nakakahiya.

To be honest sa new generations, when all boomers are dead. Wala ng may paki sa kung anong course mo. All that matters is kung gaanong kalaki ang pera mo.

Yan ang hard to swallow pill for the engineers and mga courses na may board exams.

lol kala ba nila madali mag-IT. i’ve encountered people na di pang-tech ang isip.

also, we have to dumb down stuff sa mga programs. mga user na di nasunod sa process kung ano anong kinakalikot. magrun ng reports na nagpapabagsak ng server. requirements na pangtamad (pwede naman pero with costs kala mo lalaki ng timeline and budgets nila).

I have high regard for IT people. Working jn the copo world and I know how smart these people are. I even convinced my sister to consider IT as her career choice.

they probably mix it up w/ technicians (they're technically in the IT field tho)

Schedule nanaman pala ng ganitong klaseng post hahaha

mas madali ba talaga makapasok sa IT? can you easily tell an IT guy na stressed sa work nya na to quit his job now and and kinabukasan makakahanap na sya? lime kahit na high school grad ka lang easy 70k - 300k salary ? palagay mo ?

kasi answer ko is yes haha , really wish madami mag IT na pinoy. pero sadly hindi lahat pwede sa IT specially ung nerd life style na lagi dapat motivated ka mag aral ng new tech

Mis-informed yung mga nagsasabi nyan...just like yung tita ko na sabi taga sagot lang ng telepono yung mga call center agents...may mga accounts na mahihirap ihandle like banking, utilities at technology.

Alam ba nila AI? Under yun ng IT...try nila intindihin yun...goodluck!

Saan mo napulot na madali lang mag shift into IT?

Mukang isa si OP sa mga nag lolook down sa IT ginawa nya lang tong post para mahanap mga ktulad nya😂

I'm CS grad and I've looked down IT grads from our province. Nanood ako ng graduation nila ang daming latin honors then hindi marurunong mag program hahahahhha. It depends din kasi sa school, kung pang low class ang turo ng school mababa talaga tingin sa IT, unlike if grad ka ng STI, AMA etc.

LOL.

I sampal mo nga payslip mo sa mukha nila.. hahah

mga nagsasabi nyan, mga hindi alam kung gaano kalawak anc IT. mostly boomers, i guess. tsk.

Kaw lang may sabi nyan hahaha. Saka ano naman kung i look down anong pake mo sa kanila haha

Feel ko 90% ng courses e kaya naman talaga ng isang bootcamp lang.

Possible mawala lahat, pero, technology itself is hindi. Technology thrived from bricks and stones, look what it is now. Lahat ng profession ngayun is using certain technologies and advancements, and, all of it involves IT, it also have some non technical fields. Kaya, no need to worry, technology is ever changing and adaptive.

Tapos nung pandemic at mga wfh tayo una hinahanap kasi hindi nila alam gagawin nila that time. Pati pag bbuild ng pc at laptop nila pang wfh at issue sa IT stuff nila sa atin lalapit 😅

first time ko makakita ng ganyang statement. lagi nga bilib mga tao sakin pag nalalaman nilang IT grad ako when to be honest niraos ko lang yung course na yun (im extremely weak sa coding aspect). madami tayong opportunities lalo na sa digitalized society ngayon. puro technology na at lalong in-demand tayo sa mundo. sa totoo lang kahit yung mga oldies na nakakausap ko, lagi ko din naririnig sa kanila na maganda daw yung natapos ko at wag ko daw sayangin hahahaha

Boomer suggested jobs are outdated, kaya ayun ang baba ng mga sahod ng mga nakinig sa magulang

sabi nga nila kapag wala kang choice na course kapag college either IT, Tourism, or Marine ang pipiliin mo

Hoooyy hindi, ah. 4 years na akong graduate. Kung mababalik ko nga lang ang oras, mag a-IT nalang ako nung college ako. Hayst.

Sabi nga sa lyrics ni Pink Guy, kung madali pala eh di sana ginawa na nila

Chemical Engineer here. Got my license, but realized na I dont wanna work in the plant kasi feel ko parang nakakulong ako. Shifted to an IT job. Mataas yung sahod, tas mas flexible yung sched. Halos di rin umaabot ng 8 hours work ko everyday kasi maaga ko natatapos kaya minsan nag-momovie mara nalang ako. I enjoy my job and I feel fulfilled dito sa industry na to.

I now work in a hospital as a Radiologic Technologist but for sure if I can turn back time, Gustong gusto ko maging IT

Keep your head high kaibigan!

Huhuhu cries in 6 digits

Pano mawawala yung IT sa future? Eh IT is the future

If you are that affected then perhaps maybe get an MD or law?

sana nga nag it nalang ako ang ganda ng skills na makukuha

What are u thinking? Ikaw lang nagsabina nilu-looked down ang IT. Lol

It’s the same with us in the comms and media industry. Looked down upon but get paid well.

try nila magbootcamp kung matututo sila dun lol.

Huh, where’d you get that?

Is it that time of the month na naman for this kind of post?

Pero legit, wag munang pansinin yan? Macoconvince mo ba yan? For sure hindi, so wag ka na magaksaya ng oras.

Not looked down, but overhype

Honestly? I'd rather have that. Hanggang ngayon people still expect that I earn a lot, or that they think of me as their technician. Like opo I.T. po ako pero di po ako gumagawa ng ref parang awa nyo na.

I dunno about this. Most of my cousins that are younger than me are getting IT now because they want the wfh setup. They don't even know how high ITs are paid compared to other jobs

I don't believe that there will be a shortage of IT related jobs anytime soon. Pero as always with IT you must learn to adapt if you want to survive.

OP tanong lang nagwowork kaba talaga as something within the field of IT?

Looked down? Sa Pinas lang yon. Try going overseas and mas malaki pa sweldo ninyo over people in corporate jobs. ITs are always in demand here in Canada. Widen your horizons. Get out of the country if you have the resources. Shifting to IT to learn some coding, hardware and programming then ultimately go to geomatics engineering tech soon!!!!!!! :))

i actually see this as a good thing kasi diba, if a lot of people thinks IT is a “lang” field then it’ll result to less competencies. 😌

😂 Okay lang sakin people looked me down kasi IT "lang" work ko as long as I can provide for my family and live life comftably.

Kung alam lang nila bigayan sa IT lalo na ng mga nasa FinTech companies.

Lots of us earns an average of 6 digits for mid level up (5+ years experience) lalo na sa software development. Hindi lang halata sa ating mga IT as we usually on WFH/Hybrid setup at di masyado naglalabas o gumagastos

Ngayun ko pa yan. Nalaman😅🤣. Sa amin nung college takot kumuha ng i.t kase daw, teg tatlo lang guma graduate tapos yung eba extended.