If I even knew how to get into the industry and become an IT, I would have done it a long time ago. But it seems like a weird esoteric cult to get into

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

IT is what you do when you are good with computers and not so much with people. You get really good at making the magic number boxes work for the MBAs and start explaining RFCs or networking protocols so that they fuck back off upstairs so you can go back to digging through log files and pcaps. It's all just puzzle solving, reading and a crippling fear of social interactions.

[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

People it's 2026. Most coders/IT are just fine with social skills.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 2 minutes ago

I mean, maybe, but also I still hate basically everyone aside from my family and a small circle of friends. I tolerate being social with others because I have to, but especially these days you never know who is going to turn out to.be a secret massive bigot asshole.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

This is pretty accurate. When I came up I worked in an MSP. So I had to deal with customers. It taught me a lot about being able to say anything to people. You can break any news to anyone, it's all in how you present it. So I gained people skills.

After I passed through that gauntlet and gained a breadth of knowledge, I went internal and gained a depth of knowledge. And I started out breaking the news in a way that I would break news to a customer.

Later after I proved my depth of knowledge I started being able to be blunt to any CIO or CTO I came across. And most of the time they'd send me reqs or tell me something was happening that required my skill set then would leave me the hell alone to handle it without kibitzing or bumping my fucking elbow.

When I started my own one man consulting shop I stopped giving shits at all. I found a good client and we have a good contract and most of the C levels like having someone on staff who just says what they're thinking instead of sanitizing it. The CIO doesn't necessarily like it but he's outnumbered.

All this really only worked because I did go through a few years of soft skill hell though. Price you pay and all that. Well, price I paid for this path.