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[โ€“] Surp 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

IT in so many ways in so many industries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago
  • "Everything's working, so what are we paying you for?"
  • "Everything's broken, so what are we paying you for?"
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, not that well. I got out of IT because I could make double as a developer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? Software developer? That's still IT. If you mean as admin then yeah it's super thankless and pays not enough