I work in the IT field so I will attempt to give you some guidance as best I can:
- The IT field pays pretty well but you need to have a few years of experience before the higher wages kick in.
- You typically get a raise by changing jobs/employers rather than getting promoted from within.
- You can expect to be put on an on-call rotation at least once a month where you will be expected to carry a pager and be available 24/7 to deal with outages and problems.
- Just like with automotive paint jobs, when something goes wrong everybody tries to blame someone else for the problem. There was a saying at my old company, "if it's not working it's networking"
- I love the IT field and have been at it for over 20 years. The hours are good and there's no heavy lifting or paint fumes. Well… There is heavy lifting when you have to install a new server in the rack.
- BONUS – in today's market a lot of IT jobs are remote or work from home. I've been working from home for the last 7 years.
PM me if you want to have a more in-depth discussion,
Emil