How much do you make in your career/job?

[BoostedSiCoupe]

Outsourcing is a major factor with IT work. People sticking in a job past 10 years is rare and pay tends to stagnate. Longest I have been with a company is 7 years. Shortest was 1 year. Many people choose consultant work with a 1099 instead of a w2 since the illusion of job security gets old.

can you clarify what you mean by this? you seemed to have a lot of success with IT work and good salary over the years.

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[Micah]

Consultant positions are filled by head hunters like Robert Half Staffing. They offer higher pay for taking a job without benefits. Most of these positions are temp-to-hire. I have done them a few times and earned between $27-75 hourly for it. But I also had to pay for my own health insurance. Back when i was single i just went without health insurance. Now with a wife and 3 kids, i need health insurance.

Most IT positions are salary based. Good ones have annual bonus and/or profit sharing. Most have 401k but few offer a decent match and very few offer a static contribution. Most will expect extra hours worked as needed and few will offer added compensation as income, most will offer comp days.

I am not knocking it, but I won't paint it as all rosy either. If you are interested in learning I recommend linuxacademy for Linux and AWS courses.

 

[FK7Hatch]

He's kinda right, IT is an ever evolving field where you have to stay at the cutting edge or you stagnate. DoD is the only place where IT won't be outsourced and salaries are high depending on if you're a contractor or civilian.

 

[ChadGregory]

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