Do u guys know anyone making 150K or more in IT??

[qwasi]

well then the entire thread is being obtuse

nikkas went off "IT" and are making broad assumptions as to what it means. some nikkas listing IT management, some listing help desk, with all sorts of variance.


then you come in and make another blanket statement.. that you'd likely make more money in "sales" than "IT"

well now what are we talking about? insurance sales vs nikkas working on nasa computers?? or security sales vs help desk??



you made a vague statement then get at me for asking for clarity.. when your original statement included no clarity about IT either

I quoted specifically with regards to Sales. IT sector is varied and in the entirety of the thread posters had mentioned such pay possible in management, government & consulting roles. However, outside those two avenues there’s a soft cap & it’s largely dependent on location & skill set (demand). Which had been co-signed with several posters.

To which other brehs added saying doctors (medical field) and salesmen easily receive 150K in comparison. In that you don’t need to be in a executive, government roles. There’s a level of common sense in level of these jobs. IT desk-job, sales store-clerk are about the lowest skill/reward in these industries. Whilst 150K is 90% percentile of salaries. Hence their exclusion in the discussion. Sales jobs are consultative in nature and commission based. From there rewards fall on the individual and g/s they are selling.

Sure there might be products/services with ‘guranteed’ high earnings of 150K+. Technical fields like medical, software and financial. However, in end sales career boils down to individual drive. A window salesperson can pull in this much. In this sense sales doesn’t have a cap where you pay is determined relative to job position. A lowly agent can make as much as jobs which ITT a low executive ‘IT’ person would pull.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

I quoted specifically with regards to Sales. IT sector is varied and in the entirety of the thread posters had mentioning such pay possible in management, gorvenment & consulting roles. However, outside those two avenues there’s a soft cap & it’s largely dependent on location & skillset (demand). Which had been co-signed with several posters.

To which other brehs added saying doctors (medical field) and salesmen easily receive 150K in comparison. In that you don’t need to be in a executive, government roles. There’s a level of common sense in level of these jobs. IT desk-job, sales store-clerk are about the lowest skill/reward in these industries. Whilst 150K is 90% percentile of salaries. Hence their exclusion in the discussion. Sales jobs are consultative in nature and commission based. From there rewards fall on the individual and g/s they are selling.

Sure there might be products/services with ‘guranteed’ high earnings of 150K+. Technical fields like medical, software and financial. However, in end sales career boils down to individual drive. A window salesperson can pull in this much. In this sense sales doesn’t have a cap where you pay is determined relative to job position. A lowly agent can make as much as jobs which ITT a low executive ‘IT’ person would pull.

I agree with everything you just said. And honestly, this is the best and most descriptive post in this entire thread.

That’s why I said the whole thread is obtuse (in jest but with truth). Because IT can be from geek squad at Best Buy, to the guy doing computer security at the pentagon. From nikkas who got hired day one, to senior IT engineers who been there 30 years. From getting paid in Texas to getting paid in Silicon Valley.

You did a great job at breaking it all down. I really got nothing to add breh. That was a hit

 

[str8cashhomie87]

Yes I do, but they all own their own IT firms.

 

[Violator]

Know people working in IT making 60k and know people working in IT making $250k. Wide range.

 

[TRFG]

I work in a large hospital, and directors don't typically make 150K. so I'm speaking from the industry that I'm familiar with.

I was refering to a company that owns a bunch of other companies (subsidiaries)

 

[K.Dot]

Developers and servers are so run of the mill. I find it hard that they earn 6 figures. Developers maybe becuz of their programming background but server engineers.... I dont know bruh.

Server what? Devloper what? A dev op makes the software and deploys it for a company. They are full stack, extremely important people. Also AWS and azure people are in constant demand, they can't find enough of them.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Server what? Devloper what? A dev op makes the software and deploys it for a company. They are full stack, extremely important people. Also AWS and azure people are in constant demand, they can't find enough of them.

DevOps is not a role, these companies got yall messed up because they don't even understand DevOps. DevOps is an ideology of brining Development and Ops teams togethers. But dumb companies who do not understand the concept end up creating "DevOps Engineer" roles and crap like that which tend to be Systems Analysts who do some scripting/automation work when ti comes to deploying code.

 

[Balla]

Nah I'm not in atl. So all I gotta do is look up ITS?

I have no real computer experience, but I wanna get in. You have any idea on where else I should look and how I can get my foot in the door somewhere with no experience?

Man I WISH we were hiring. We are short staffed like shyt. Another money grab.

Remember I said we had 10. Well we reupped the contract and got it to 8. That’s how we got raises. Then three people left and they hired 1 back.

Somebody bankrolling 4 damn salary’s, we gotta work OT if someone calls out or wants vacay, and yet they won’t hire more cause “we can’t afford it”

So you not paying 4 salaries and can’t afford to pay 1 more man huh? And since we do the whole state, ain’t nobody else doing our jobs. Like no other company.



But this is going nationwide. Many other states are looking to start this. Look for department of transportation job in ITS. “ITS” has nothing to do with IT, it’s the name of the traffic system. Once you find those jobs, look for IT and that’s what you’ll be doing

I could hook you up in Atlanta. They offered me a job there for 50k which would equal out with cost of living. My son is up here tho so that’s a wash. But if you’re around there, that I can help you with.

 

[Jalether]

Do we . That's atleast 95 percent of the coli, this forum is crawling with them 6 certs, 6 figures, 6 benzes, 6 mansions

 

[Lord_nikon]

Do we . That's atleast 95 percent of the coli, this forum is crawling with them 6 certs, 6 figures, 6 benzes, 6 mansions

and 6 bitcoins

 

[slikkp]

DevOps is not a role, these companies got yall messed up because they don't even understand DevOps. DevOps is an ideology of brining Development and Ops teams togethers. But dumb companies who do not understand the concept end up creating "DevOps Engineer" roles and crap like that which tend to be Systems Analysts who do some scripting/automation work when ti comes to deploying code.

Not necessarily. DevOps is closer to Site Reliability Engineering where the infrastucture is automated. The servers/workstations are deployed, configured and updated "touch-less". Systems Analysts tend to take user stories and develop requirements and baselines.

I work for a government agency where everything is silo-ed. In smaller companies roles bleed together, in larger agencies everything is split up. At my job we have a Linux team, Server team and Platform (DevOps) team lol

 

[Wayans Brehs]

I'll be 29 soon and want to change my career path. I currently work for a medical device company under marketing/customer service. How should I go about getting into IT (I realize this is extremely broad, I'm willing to try anything). I have basic computer knowledge but no experience. Is it too late for a breh?

 

[Apollo Creed]

Not necessarily. DevOps is closer to Site Reliability Engineering where the infrastucture is automated. The servers/workstations are deployed, configured and updated "touch-less". Systems Analysts tend to take user stories and develop requirements and baselines.

I work for a government agency where everything is silo-ed. In smaller companies roles bleed together, in larger agencies everything is split up. Atmy job we have a Linux team, Server team and Platform (DevOps) team lol

DevOps isn't a role so it isn't "close" to anything. DevOps is like Agile, it is a Methodology/Ideal.

For example I work on a DevOps team for one of the Products I support in my company and currently and nobody on our team has the "DevOPs" title. It's a team of developers, DBAs, Architects, PM, etc. and we handle the high level support issues that require Development work, and general new system enhancements.

On the other team I work on for Web products, the devs on the team handle Ops issues too. In my past Dev and Ops were separate organizations.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I'll be 29 soon and want to change my career path. I currently work for a medical device company under marketing/customer service. How should I go about getting into IT (I realize this is extremely broad, I'm willing to try anything). I have basic computer knowledge but no experience. Is it too late for a breh?

highest level of education?

 

[Blessings]

Private sector>>>>Government