So I work in IT - and failing miracles tonight I will probably have to for some good time to come. Accepting this - I need to be planning ahead in skills so I can bring home the bacon in years to come.

I have decided to try and be a little proactive about this and model my skill set to something future proof, my current idea is to use the experience I have of Oracle / SQL DBA and supplement with a little study into SQL / T-SQL and hey presto I am a business intelligence / reporting specialist yadda yadda.. Where as I expect the mundane 'support' roles in future years will probably be more automated or outsourced to 3rd world, someone who can face to face with the business and then get them the info they are looking for will probably have a slightly better future... That’s the hope anyway! You never know - get friendly with enough city management types and you may be one of them one day.

So I was wondering, anyone in IT got a plan I can pinch that will make me oodles of cash - something future proof. I am stuck with a life sentence with IT I expect - may as well try and make the most of it..

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differentiate yourself technically, or get some people/management skills.

Grunt work isnt the future in Developed world IT.

A guess is things like CRM require a technical knowledge and require you to communicate with the client. That is something that will never be outsourced.

I've been doing IT support in varying guises for 5/6 years. 4/5 months ago I moved into a managing a team of technicians with a 50% pay boost. Whatever happens now I'm already on the IT management ladder, and can apply for equivalent level jobs, I won't be competing with other people based on certifications and qualifications any more. Can't grumble. People/Management skills have to be learned for long term career ambitions.

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- LF JOB, PST.

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Check it out! Independently targeting particle beam phalanx. Vwap! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase-plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks...

How can you lern that when your current employer will never give you a management role?

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By changing jos...the other key to getting ahead in IT is to change jobs often.

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Cheers,

Ratel

What Ratel said. Also grab any and every training chance you can get. Fuck it, pay for your own training if you arent getting any.

Education is the best way to brute force your way into roles....throw in networking and skill and you are flying

Hell I am a PRINCE 2 Practitioner just through blagging. No use whatsoever in my new company...ACA path for me now

bit of an extreme career move there?? http://www.a-c-a.org/

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ICAEW.

bean counting gives good exit opportunities.

I would love to escape from IT - If I had the degree like you mabie possible...

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so go do a masters or an MBA

you need a degree first to do a masters - I is truly stuffed

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incorrect.

how so incorrect?? http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+for+mba&meta=

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do a masters or a master of business administration? That hardly makes sense

Beat up the person with the job and steal it from him

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Only works if you're foreign.

I read that as a 1st in a degree.

Anyway, plenty of other courses you can do. Just gotta be pro active and show employers you never stop improving yourself.

Sounds like cyborg arm next.

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