What is the Catch?

    I think one of the things I may be most worried about when it comes to a long-term job is making sure that it is a passion. All the people in my life enjoy their job, and I know they have their hurdles, but it takes a bit to find that niche.

I feel like I am in the right bubble with IT- it's just a matter of finding the right job. As I mentioned in another post - there was one job, I think it was the QA Tester, that seemed like it might be unfulfilling. That lead me to see what actually drives people from IT.

One of the things that seem daunting is that in order to actually program, create, and work in IT, there is a lot of learning, relearning, research, and constant updates. From the company standpoint - there is a lot of training, so it is very costly to go through people. I wondered if people left IT or if they just changed jobs IN Information Technology. The study linked below was very eye-opening. As most companies suffer turnover at some point or another, I wondered how IT fared.

https://www.icommercecentral.com/open-access/where-are-you-going-a-comparative-analysis-of-job-and-career-change-intentions-among-usa-it-workers.pdf

The thing that was interesting about this study is it does address the difference between people leaving IT versus people changing jobs. One thing it did come to the conclusion of is that changing your job in IT is more reactionary to the environment and circumstances (family, health, management) and actually changing your career was a more deliberate path and basically snowballed for quite some time. In most cases, stress and the work environment were the problems.

The one thing that could help someone with stress is knowing your stuff and staying up to date - bottom line.