A little over 1 year ago I wrote a text talking about 5 reasons to study IT. time has passed and today I write another side. Not everything is rosy in the world of technology there is a certain exaggeration when talking about salaries and job opportunities. Because nobody talks about what really happens and why wages are too high.
However, there are two views among programmers today about what is happening in the IT market. One is that of those who are just entering the market and have the feeling that there are a bubble with not enough vacancies for all professionals. However, the other view is that of professionals with more time in the market who feel that there are few qualified and experienced professionals.
Technological innovations create new technologies and new consumption habits faster than society can absorb them. in this sense It brings us to our first item which is the pressure that IT professionals are under.
Pressure
The shortage of IT professionals is something that is already known and is one of the reasons that attract interest in this area. However, professionals who work in IT are overworked. We suffer from the pressure to deliver within super short deadlines, pressure for technological evolution, pressure due to the shortage of professionals.
In this sense, there is so much pressure that professionals suffer today that justifies salaries being so high. This pressure is so much that when you're not studying, coding or in meetings, it makes you wonder if working is all we should do in life.
The pressure to produce more and more causes it to produce less and less. It's called a name burnout an increasingly common disease in the market that demands more and more.
IT professionals are most affected by burnout it is estimated that 80% of IT professionals have already suffered or are suffering some type of attrition. This is a serious problem and because of wear and tear, most professionals are looking for better working conditions or are thinking about leaving the profession.
lack of regulation
Said in the post about the 5 reasons to study information technology that the lack of regulation is a good reason to study technology. But this is also a problem and in that I envy the lawyers who have their profession completely regulated.
The problem with the lack of regulation is that it allows anyone to work with technology even without having the necessary qualifications, bringing another problem with salaries.
Salaries are also influenced by regulations, because regulations define what a full-time and senior programmer needs to know and the minimum wage for each role. Obviously, a programmer in a common and popular language like PHP will not have the highest salary, but today if you look on LinkedIn, there are full-time positions that pay almost the same as a junior.
As well as how many years of experience or what other qualifications a programmer needs to have or do to become a senior, the regulation also needs to say this. Because we have programmers with several years of experience and feel that they are not advancing in the area.
With you everything changes a lot
Technology is an area where everything changes very fast new technologies emerge and turn upside down if you are looking for stability this is not your area. What you learn at the beginning of college when you finish is already outdated so tech college is not worth it.
Yet new projects and frameworks popping up every day and artificial intelligence algorithms that surprise for better and for worse. However, one hour may stabilize, but I don't think that will happen, this is a continuation of the technological acceleration that we had in the last century.
Those who work with IT only work and study and don't have time to do other things. It's an area that demands a lot and depreciates quickly.
The dissatisfaction of IT professionals
Another thing that doesn't mention is the fact that the professional is dissatisfied In the IT area, these dissatisfactions make professionals change companies all the time. In addition, dissatisfaction is caused by several reasons: the relationship between salary and company expectations, lack of resources, inflexibility in working hours.
Furthermore, remuneration is a point of dissatisfaction for IT professionals. Many complain about the low pay and high responsibility associated with the position. The solution would be to hire more professionals, but as everything changes so quickly, it is difficult to find professionals with enough experience to replace them.
Dissatisfaction with working conditions is also another source of constant complaint, as many companies want to create fancy solutions without having the necessary tools for it, causing many professionals to be frustrated with the work environment.
The lack of support for new ideas in established companies is also a reason for dissatisfaction, as it is bad for a professional in any area to feel that he is not heard.
Conclusion
It is concluded with this scenario the pressure on professionals that causes bornout and stress at work. The dissatisfaction caused by working conditions and changing technologies make me see that it is not worth working with IT today.