Five things that make it great to work in IT and Five things that suck about working in IT

From Tech Republic (great/suck)

Five things that suck about working in IT

• 5. You get a lot of fingers pointed at you


• 4. People assume you’re an expert in all things tech


• 3. You have to continually re-train, on your own dime


• 2. The hours are long and irregular


• 1. The job market is tumultuous and in transition

Five things that make it great to work in IT

• 5. You’re the hero when you solve problems


• 4. You get to play with cool stuff


• 3. You help make people more efficient


• 2. Your job is rarely dull or stagnant


• 1. You get to be a revolutionary

Of course none of these, on their own, is peculiar to IT, but as combination they make IT unique. Read more detail about them at the suck and great links.