What jobs out there is paying?(career change)

[guinness]

Wow, thanks for jumping on my post for no reason at all. So much for trying to be helpful and give a little input to the situation.

I wasn't even replying to you, I was replying to the post above mine.



Anyway, as for IT. If you have a good degree and get your foot in the right door, you can make a lot. We hire our GA Tech grads at a pretty healthy salary and they usually are at 6 figures in just a few years. It depends on your specialty though, parts of the field are so saturated.

It's all about what you like though. I was great at programming and have a degree in Computer Science but working in it was awful. I couldn't do it. I went for it because it was easy and the hottest field around at the time but once I actually had to do it for a living, even though the pay was good, I had to get out and find something else. I was bored out of my mind.

Some people love it though so it's all about what you can see yourself doing for years and years to come.

again,the IT field is the way to go in the long run of EVERYTHING!!!before you know it,machines will be the basis of most operations in the future.in order for those machines to run,they need to be programmed,connected,networked if needed to be over several miles whether wirelessly or wired,and maintained.so,the computer science and engineering field is where it is.besides,with the development of the nanotechnologies that have taken huge steps in just the past 1-2 years,computers are going to be even that much more important.i do agree that programming does suck and is very boring after like 2 hours into your day.i did that for a little while during my internships.everyone just needs to decide what it is that really makes them smle or lighten up at the slightest idea of doing it for a living.just make sure it is a realistic idea and not a pipe-dream.i first wanted to go to school at baylor university to get my PhD as a neurosurgeon or an anesthesiologist.however,the out-of-state fees and just the cost alone of those many years of school was WAAAAY too much and unrealistic.just always keep one thing in mind;NEVER let yourself just settle for any degree/education or type of job just because it's there when you know you CAN do better!!!

[JennB]

Here are a couple of good articles/lists to look over that may give you some ideas


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17540959/


Quote from article above "If I were sending my kid to school today I would tell him to get a finance and accounting or a technology degree," says Henderson."


http://www.acinet.org/acinet/oview1.asp?Level=BAplus



I'm an accountant an I love it. Of course I have quite a bit of experience so it's nowhere near as hard as it was right out of school. I sit at my desk with my own window, work at my own pace, do a little traveling here and there, really nice salary, great benefits and most importantly, job security. I will always have a job and the more experience I gain, the easier it gets. You don't have to work in public accounting working our ass off 60 hours a week (though I did that for a while to get the experience on my resume). Financial advisors are in big demand right now as well. A lot of people can't take the painfully boring classes that are required to get into a lot of financial fields though. I know my old firm was recruiting grads from two states over and pretty much fighting for them since there is so much demand and not enough people to fill the jobs.

If you like computers a lot though, go for it. I like what I do but I certainly don't push it on others because it just doesn't suit a lot of people. I think IT works for a lot more people than finance.

I do like Bugman's suggestion though. One approach is to try something that is necessary but a lot of people don't want to do. That way people *need* you to do something that they won't and you'll earn a good living doing it.