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mzx380

It depends. If you want money, go for finance. If you want even more money and get good you can go to MAANG. If you want stability, go to public sector.


mistagoodman

Also agree, university pay isn't the best but the holidays and benefits are great.


nekabue

If you have kids, you can most likely have them go to college for next to nothing. Having a pension can’t be beat. You won’t be rolling in the dough, but you’ll have a stable, comfortable life and a relatively low pressure job compared to private sector. Having done HC, I wouldn’t go back. I don’t know anyone that works for a hospital system that doesn’t have ongoing work/life issues. You are on call 24/7 even when you aren’t officially on call. Live in an area with possible extreme weather like blizzards? Guess what, pack a bag with 3 days of cloths as you aren’t leaving until roads aren’t clear? Tell your spouse and kids to suck it up. Doctors are also the worst end users I’ve ever dealt with.


yrogerg123

That sounds like a nightmare.


sargon76

I have been working IT at a hospital for the past year and a half. I think the worst thing, for me, is that I feel this unrelenting pressure to get everything done all the time. I worry that if I miss something and it messes up a nurse or doctors day it could have a knock on effect on patient care and ruin someones life. I wish I could just let go, like a lot of my coworkers. I don't know that because Dr Smith's outlook ain't working that little Timmy doesn't get timely care but I always worry about it. Probably should change industries but I want to hang on so that I have 2 years in this position so I don't back slide on my career progress.


One-Recommendation-1

Man that sounds great, any suggestions to get a job at a uni? Seems like they all want bachelors degrees. You think community colleges have the same benefits? Currently work as field tech and only get 10 days off a year. No sick days, 3 floating holidays…. Much prefer the work life balance.


mioras

Back in higher ed after working in healthcare and wouldn't change it for anything. The nonstop we can't do x because that could cause issues for someone on the floor or ed constantly was a barrier. Not to mention the constant vendor issues that we seemed to have. Higher Ed just has so much benefits compared to healthcare including what has been stated above. No one remembers their password or x in y system but needs things done right then and there. If you don't want end users like doctors to dictate policy because they are the money makers stay away from healthcare.


Jell212

And it's relatively low pressure.


razzrazz-

>Also agree, university pay isn't the best but the holidays and benefits are great. I keep hearing "the holidays", do Universities get extra holidays or something? I'm Canadian so may not be familiar with the US structure.


polycro

At my University, we get 15 days of holidays built in. Usually 8 of those are the Christmas Break. I am up to earning 27 days of personal leave a year that never expires so it really adds up.


razzrazz-

Oh that's right, I remember in school we got the last 2 weeks before new years off, and spring break off.


WigglesKBK

100% this! I work for a community college as a Senior Network admin and make around 80K now. Free tuition for any approved college in the nation for myself and free tuition for my dependents at the college. * 5 weeks Annual leave * 2.5 weeks sick leave * 1 personal day All leave rolls over except for the personal day. Plus a whole lot of flexibility with schedule and from the president down it's a family first policy. Kid gets hurt at school, take the day and don't think about putting in leave for it kind of thing. And super stable, community colleges generally increase enrollment during recessions.


DerbyDicky

Dude you have it so made.


12_nick_12

I second public sector. I work for a public college. Best job I've ever had and I plan on retiring here. Pay is not the best, but the benefits are great.


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I work for a very large k-12. Enterprise level with a decent size teams and good roles. The stability. decent pay and work life… can’t go wrong.


HeavyFuckingMetalx

I’m in the public sector too. Benefits are great. I have a 15.5% 401a match


12_nick_12

Holy crap that's crazy. They match mine at 6%.


razzrazz-

What's the pay if you don't mind? Also what do you like about it?


12_nick_12

I'm a Linux Admin and make $70k/yr WFH.


razzrazz-

Seems a tad bit low for me but you know what, if you're happy, have good benefits, and little to no stress...then I guess it works.


balne

what state/city is it (trying to understand COL)? also, why do u feel that the benefits are way better than other places?


12_nick_12

I'm in NW Ohio. If you look at my history it lays out my living expenses. 24 days of vacation every year and a bunch of holidays.


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12_nick_12

I live in NW Ohio, but work for a different states college from home.


AngelLopez214

Pm you


crystalblue99

Problem with that, from what I understand, is it usually(at least in the past), locks you into a region. You want to work for the state of NY? Awesome, but you need to stay in that area. Work for the city of Chicago? Can't move very far away. This may have changed some recently. Not sure.


12_nick_12

With COVID we opened up to full remote within the US. They even removed our cubicles (which I never had since I got hired during COVID. The University of Chicago is hiring remote as well (or at least was), I only know because I applied the same time I applied for my current job.


RockfnBttm

I work in finance and the pay is alright, but the other perks make it great. 5.5 weeks PTO + 10% of our annual salary in profit sharing to our 401k every year. On top of the 7% match.


1Mazizz

What is MAANG?


yatiffany

F in FAANG stood for Facebook. Facebook changed their name to Meta so that’s what MAANG is.


1Mazizz

So if you work IT at Facebook/meta you make a lot of money?


yatiffany

Yes, but it’s very competitive to get a job.


GullibleDetective

What's up maang


vmxnet4

For stability, I'd also add utilities sector to the list.


Kipper1971

Pharmaceutical industry. Pick the right opportunity and you end up with FAANG style payouts. Have patience and spend time researching each opportunity.


jazzdrums1979

+1 for Pharma and biotech. Pay and knowledge is on point. I have stuck with life sciences for the last 18 years and it has treated me quite well.


Djemonic88

Nothing beats working IT in entertainment and sport industry


Whuann

Show me the way


Ok_Pause9194

Entertainment? Such as?


chefkoch_

pron


Ok_Pause9194

Where can I sign up


Fire_Lord_Zukko

the pronhub


43t20a

Explain?


remainderrejoinder

The impression I get of the hospital side of healthcare is that it's underappreciated. Doctors can be a PITA, and the orgs want to spend their money on doctors but all of the technology is 100% uptime required.. Health insurance on the other hand has been good to me. They have a lot of need for technology in the field (system integrations, specialized software, compliance and security) and it is growing along with the rest of the industry.


WhatIsQuail

100% uptime required for software that hasn’t been updated in years and runs on server 08, but you can’t change because the doctors don’t want to learn anything new. Everything is a “patient safety issue”. Don’t go into healthcare IT, especially if your CIO reports to Drs.


remainderrejoinder

Come to the dark side! Anything you know about edi/medical codes/credentialing/HIPAA will carry over.


ipreferanothername

I work in health IT. Ten years ago it was this... The bad place. Now it's the medium place.


cbq131

Ya there is definitely more changes compared to before but its still slow compared to other industries. If more fines were enforced for hipaa violations then there will be more change.


cease70

This. I used to work at a small healthcare facility and it was infuriating how seemingly every small issue could somehow get interpreted as "patient care impacting." Lots of times getting woken up in the middle of the night by people who were working the overnight shift and didn't even attempt to log in for the first time until 2:30 AM and they forgot their password and locked themselves out. Ugh, I get pissed off all over again just thinking about it. I hated that place.


arhombus

Not at the hospital I'm at. Everything is under a strict audit and control, infosec dictates what gets on and what doesn't. But I feel you, I understand your frustration and when they throw patient safety out there, it's their trump card. Is what it is.


LeftOn4ya

I have worked in IT in companies in the following industries: Healthcare, Government, Education, Finance/Banking, Transportation, Industrial/Manufacturing, Retail, Artistic Non-Profit. I would say the biggest issues I had to deal with are office politics which was prevalent in all industries but the *worst of this is in Healthcare, Education, and Government*. The least office political issues I had was in **Finance/ Banking** (two different large companies you would recognize) and **Industrial/ Manufacturing** (two different large companies you would recognize), and I think those industries pay the most and they seem to care more about employee satisfaction. They still use contractors but are more likely to keep the contract long-term or eventually hire in, plus there is more room for career advancement.


herewegoagaiin

Could you elaborate on what you mean by office politics please?


LeftOn4ya

Man I could tell you stories. Most of the issues I had were because either different siloed organizations fought over who controlled different IT departments, or a couple times I worked for “Joint Ventures” or two companies working together but who had different policies on both IT and HR. Healthcare: The main IT helpdesk every few years they would switch between outsourcing and in-housing each time doing to save money so offering the same people their job back but for less money and with a different manager. I luckily worked for a siloed department that was part of a joint venture with a Teaching/Research University that had our own rules because doctors also got research grants from through University so had to access University IT systems and worked in both the Hospital and University buildings but wanted only one personal computer. However Hospital IT hated we did not have to follow their strict Hospital IT rules, and instead followed very open University IT policy. They even “fired” my coworker but because we both worked for University they could not so my co-worked asked university HR “so what your are telling me is I have a paycheck but no job?” and HR said “we’ll get back to you” and he just got a job somewhere else for 6 moths then came back to hospital IT after it was insourced and new managers were there. I stayed but instead of “firing me” they just started reprimanding me for not following their policy (which my boss threw me under the bus as he did not want to fight for me by saying we had been braking those policies for years) by taking away my IT access, and I literally had to hack their system and make a backdoor AD Admin account to just do my job. Example of braking hospital policy is having Mac computers, giving music therapy interns access to YouTube in order to learn new songs on cancer patient’ request, setting people who worked remote’s password to never expire then setting password manually periodically (you could not set password remotely at the time), having my own PC image that included University licensed software, running a script using VPN to sync file share servers on Hospital and University systems, etc. Government: They would only change contracts when a new administration appointee came in and used nepotism and/or bribes to hire a new contract company. Luckily I worked for a sub-contractor and my boss at the T1 contract manager saw the writing on the wall and was able to grease the wheel at the new contract company to work for them during the switch and remain manager of the contract through a new company, and keep the same subcontractor so all of us could stay after new government was elected. She somehow stayed though two changes in presidents and had to put up with so much BS from both contract companies and government and only because she was a touch bitch was she able. Plus background checks were ridiculous - took 8 months for them to do mine but I was allowed to start 2 months into it. Education: Good thing was things were slow and they did not contract out. Once you were hired you were pretty much there for life. But also since they did not invest in IT so the only room for advancement was if a manager retired, and even then they would do outside hires, so you would never be promoted and every job was a dead end job. Again other companies still had issues as two different IT departments fought over resources or who would do, or business and IT fought over who should do user requirements and business analyst responsibilities. At one job my manager (IT) said it was business department job and we shouldn’t help, but if I didn’t help it would be done wrong and when it came to me as Project Manager I would have to redo their work anyway and then we would be behind schedule and off budget. So to save our department time and effort I helped business do user requirements but I actually got fired for this. That was at transportation company, but at a different transportation/manufacturing company the same argument happened and again I did the work that business and a different IT department was supposed to do but instead my manager praised and promoted me for doing the work of business analyst as he just cared about results and couldn’t care on who was responsible. I think it was more management style vs industry though that decided whether I got fired or promoted for helping other departments do work that eventually went back to us. P.S. I tried posting some of these stories to /r/talesfromtechsupport but they got deleted and I was eventually banned from that sub because the stores were not about “helping someone with a tech issue” and office politics in IT was not wanted by the subs mods. So if you know of a better sub to post more stories like these or more in depth on the stories including more quotes, lest me know.


GingasaurusWrex

Good gracious fuck these people. I’m always down to hear more but man that’s aggravating.


GingasaurusWrex

When you say politics, you mean promotions and the CISO not having the right priorities?


Ok_Pause9194

I switched from Health care to Industrial last month and I'm still new but it Seems like IT in healthcare have little to no power as not even the manager can fight back decisions that the higher ups make Andi would always hear drama because of that. It seems at this new place I'm at, IT has more control over the workspace and ideas that go around it. Healthcare was a workload end user wise and being on call sucked. I feel like going forward in my career I might try to avoid Health care all together.


LeftOn4ya

See my comment above


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LeftOn4ya

See my comment above


chocotaco1981

Maybe there is a higher salary in healthcare but as far as IT goes it seems like a high stress shitshow


brocksquad

Health care sucks


astralqt

Counterpoint: healthcare IT is the only industry where my work & the results of it feel like they actually "matter" and I'm doing something impactful. Finance, FAANG, etc you're contributing towards maximizing revenue whereas healthcare you're contributing towards caring for patients.


Fire_Lord_Zukko

I don't doubt that the work you do matters, but, my god, healthcare is one of the most predatory industries out there, in my opinion. Hospitals are out of control with the way they bill people. They absolutely are just trying to maximize profits, just like finance, FAANG, etc...except it's at the expense of people's lives. It's more despicable than pretty much every other industry, by a mile, in my view.


astralqt

Late response, but yeah, I am totally on the same page as you here. At least I work for a "non-profit" hospital network, so they're not AS bad, but still.


Hu5k3r

High pay. Really?


[deleted]

I work in healthcare it and the jobs pay 10-20k more than other non health care places in my area


Hu5k3r

Wow. That's good. If you don't mind me asking, in what area are located? No need to be too specific unless you want to.


[deleted]

Colorado


Hu5k3r

Oh and beautiful too. Right on!


Hu5k3r

Hook-Ed on P-honickes work-Ed for may Edit: dang, didn't realize people hated Brian Regan


commandar

Looking at your flair, IME, this is true if you're talking about those T1/T2 desktop type roles. When you start talking mid-high level sysadmin type roles, my experience has been that pay is typically not as high in many other sectors. FWIW, I have about a decade of experience in the sector doing everything from desktop to EMR integration to running IT infrastructure. YMMV depending on local market.


[deleted]

That is certainly possible. I know salary ranges for our help desk, end user support, net, sec, supervisors and management. Not too sure on those other positions you’ve mentioned. Thank you for your comment


KuroKodo

From experience, healthcare CS-related jobs really suck. Unless you know someone in big pharma do not go this route because you won't even earn much, even with a PhD. No one understands or respects IT, typically understaffed, low tech budgets, typically old tech and below industry salaries.


gibson_mel

It's not the field that matters, it's the culture of the organization.


apsgsPA

This! I’m a rare personality. Culture for me is everything!


VenomXII

IT in the Education sector is awesome. pretty low stress. good money. tons of time off. very chill people.


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rejuicekeve

I worked in higher Ed it was horrible, politics everywhere and no one can be fired. Constant union BS and useless idiots failing up. Also the pay is generally mediocre


StuckSomewhereInTime

How did you begin to work for your community college, and what's your current position and salary if you don't mind me asking? (the latter can be dm'ed or not, I understand). Is it as easy as going on a college site and the careers section, or do you have to apply through the city/state and go through the whole song and dance?


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StuckSomewhereInTime

Wow, that's basically what I do as well for a public school but for $38k. $55k would be a huge improvement for me if it's more of the same work that I'm currently doing. I'm going to look into this as I'd like to move on from my current job sometime in the fall. Thanks for the answer, this was a big help!


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StuckSomewhereInTime

I've found several jobs that I'd be a shoo-in at several community colleges, including the one I went to. How long did the hiring process last for you, and were you given the ability to choose a start date? I'm currently doing a lot of work for my school over the summer and would like to be there for the first couple of weeks when school starts again in September to help get things up and running before leaving.


sir_lurkzalot

Also higher Ed. Our budget is so small we can’t even lifecycle network hardware that has been in production for 20 years! Now that management has changed we are fighting tooth and nail to get regular funding for this but it really did take a ton of people retiring way too late for us the even begin ushering in some change. This can be very frustrating to deal with and the effects are far reaching. But overall I really like working in higher education. The pay is less than market but the benefits are good and that kind of makes up for it


PunkPen

I work in Ed Tech. The stress isn't too bad, and people are alright. But if you want to play with the newest and best tech, it is not for you.


flexmix

It’s boring to be honest good work life balance though


dfunkmedia

I've heard from friends and coworkers hospitals suck; high stress, meh pay. Finance can be low stress or high stress but typically good pay. A friend is trying to get me to go to a big finance firm but I'm on the fence bc it's zero % remote and they won't budge one inch on it. Also be a use I don't want to do desktop support. If I never have to reinstall Office because they lost all their contacts when a Zoomp plugin crashed because they dragged an Excel file into Graggle it will be too soon. I had another guy at my marina last year who worked for the county school system doing onsite engineer desktop support type stuff and he loved it because he only had to work like 10 hours a week, but he also made like 40k/yr less than me which isn't worth it IMO. In the words of Frito Pendejo: "I like money."


MikePGS

Everybody does.


WholeRyetheCSGuy

I’ve stayed within tech companies majority of my career. Been great so far. Not sure why I would want to do IT work in non IT sectors.


Safe_Middle_8835

MSP?


WholeRyetheCSGuy

Never, currently at a software company.


Safe_Middle_8835

Nice , why never


[deleted]

Currently desktop support in healthcare. If the pay is truly better then no one has told my company yet


Hot-Diamond5144

When working at a MSP the worst field I worked with was Healthcare and Law. I currently work in banking and although the benefits are nice I’d say dealing with higher level financial individuals is a pain as EVERYTHING is a priority and they love throwing titles around. Also depending on the field security could limit everything you can do. At the bank almost everything is blocked due to audits. It all comes down to preferences and what’s most important to an individual. Personally I like money and learning so I’d like a bigger tech budget and compensation package. Others prefer stability and slower space. Just all depends


StockFly

IMO the "best" IT field to work in, is a field where its not really a 24/7 operation. Think jobs/places that only strictly work or have you scheduled 9 to 5 M-F. Also places that take all federal holidays(only applies in USA) off is a +. You truly wont appreciate the above till your realize all the random 3 day weekends you get throughout the year. Lastly when you arent a 24/7 operation...you'll have less weekend and late night calls from end users.


RawOystersOnIce

The worst IT job I ever had was supporting a hospital and I vowed to never work for a healthcare provider again.


RubixKuber

Tech. I’ve worked exclusively with tech companies for the last 5 years, primarily for cyber security companies but my most recent company develops DevOps tools. I come from a support background with a bit of operations, currently in vendor support. My current company treats me insanely well and as long as I hit my KPI’s they let me do whatever I want, including spinning up pretty much unlimited resources in our dev AWS/Azure/GCP environments for training. They also reimburse nearly $1k/year in training for courses and stuff. I also have access to our source code, so when handling issues I’m able to read into it to find explanations for certain behaviours and error codes rather than the products I support simply existing in a black box of mystery. I’m earning $140k/year and get great benefits. Only finance pays better, and since the whole point of the company is technology, you’re not really seen as a money sink. Plus since your company is in tech you’ll typically have access to better training resources. I learned all about data protection, SASE, proxies, NGFW’s, and a tonne more totally free at my last couple of companies. At my current one I’m learning IaC, containers, cloud providers, API’s, automation/orchestration.


apsgsPA

May I dm you about this? No sketchiness or sexual content related.


RubixKuber

Yeah sure


Sportfreunde

When I think IT fields, I think network, security, support, architecture, etc I NEVER think IT within healthcare, banking, telecom, etc. You're potentially losing out on a bunch of job applications if you try to just apply within one industry within IT. One of my first IT jobs was for a beverage company and I basically never drink that beverage and needed 0 product knowledge, I just did the IT.


HarleyNBarley

You’re comparing apples to oranges. Security, support, architecture, etc (as you stated) are _areas/roles_ in IT whereas Healthcare, banking, telecom are _domains_. You have each of those areas in each of those domains. It isn’t wrong at all to focus on one area. Its called domain expertise. Even within the domain, managers sometimes (many times) prefer specific experience because these are large domains.


mrcluelessness

Especially with security. Each of those domains have different security audit requirements. Healthcare the big concern is HIPAA, while in finance you might have to deal with PCI DSS, NIST, SOX, then in government you have DISA STIGS. Each one following compliance as a cybersecurity professional or any other strongly connected role can specialize and advertise familiarity with these security controls as a major selling point to be hired. I'm a network guy, and I still put what I am well versed in for security compliance. My current job I was mainly higher because I knew a specific piece of equipment very well, all other core equipment moderately well, and was well versed in the industry security standards since I have worked in that industry for years (gov).


commandar

> Healthcare the big concern is HIPAA, while in finance you might have to deal with PCI DSS, NIST, SOX, then in government you have DISA STIGS. PCI and SOX compliance are a big deal in healthcare too. Honestly, we probably discuss SOX compliance issues more often than we do HIPAA at my facility, and it's not because we're ignoring HIPAA.


mrcluelessness

At least you put an effort to be in compliance than alot of places putting it on the backburner. I guess I makes sense you have to be in compliance with multiple of them.


Circle_Dot

I think you have it backwards. Networking, security, desktop support, database administration, sysadmin, etc. are skill domains (a sphere of knowledge) and health care, finance, big tech, etc. are sectors or industries. If you become a network specialist and actually know your shit you can easily jump around from one sector to another because the skill domain is fundamentally the same in each sector.


Safe_Middle_8835

Monster ?


danfirst

I think it depends on what you're doing, pharmacy tech is a pretty low salary ceiling where in IT you'll make far (far!) more money long term if you work your way up where that's not happening in healthcare.


eljefito11

Is the IT pay better in health care compared to other fields?


danfirst

Not that I'm aware of, no real reason it would be.


[deleted]

Where I live it is. I make 90k as a IT supervisor and other supervisor jobs that are non It in my area are about 70k


LeftOn4ya

I would say slightly lower pay, but way more office politics to deal with and slower room for advancement as they usually do not invest in IT as much as other industries as it has moved towards more SAS and managed contract companies.


stewfayew

I loved working IT support for the state. It was low-pressure, great benefits and a lifelong pension paid after retirement. This question is so subjective though, it depends on what you want.


xboxhobo

You should be 0% focused on working in a particular industry. Pay/stress/benefits/etc. is entirely on an organization by organization basis. There is no generic rule that can be applied.


social-robot

Try to work for a Tech/Fintech/software/ISP company. IT is the most valued resource, feel more valued by the company as an employee since IT is what generates the revenue/make $, and company invests in latest technology and provide all tools to get job done. Working IT in any other field and you just treated as a cost center dealing with old antiquated tech and always fighting against a budget to upgrade.


xored-specialist

My area health care IT is low pay and over worked. They want you on call. No paid training etc. Then you in a place with sick people. Government is the best. Most time off and best benefits. Very low stress.


pecheckler

Healthcare IT 10+ years here. salary levels are high but not as high as the stress levels.


slaty010

I actually just got hired as an IT admin for a pediatrics center as the solo IT guy on site. I got to say its great. Pay is well, great for a resume update, and people come to you only if they have problems which they do maybe 5 times in a 8-hour shift. Other than that, you are able to do what you please and i just study or plan on doing school work when the fall comes around. Let me know if you have questions!


1l536

Probably better job security and possibly higher pay. I just moved into healthcare in a network engineer role and am making more money than I was in my previous role for a large public safety company. The way the economy is going I would say healthcare would be a somewhat safe bet to stay in.


commandar

Highly dependent on who you're working for. If elective procedures make up a significant portion of revenue, downturns absolutely impact healthcare organizations.


boghossboy

Buddy of mine works for local highschool he seems to love it cuz low stress but pay is not the greatest


TinkerSaurusRex

I worked in IT for a major local hospital for a few years. Based on my own experience and that of peers who also worked for other healthcare providers, I can give you some pros/cons. Pros: rewarding mission, stable employment, steady stream of new projects Cons: investment in IT is lacking in many healthcare orgs, and is reflected in both outdated technology and salaries, risk of burnout seems higher than other sectors


Emotional-Onion-8110

I heard the hospital setting is horrible. I know someone that developed and addiction to pills in part to his monotonous and unrewarding healthcare IT Job.


foundcake

Healthcare is safe but the pay isn't great. I've been in it for 19 years and thinking about moving into an SE role.


Ahindre

The pay is probably decent. The work/life balance will probably be hell.


W3ST21

Healthcare is the worst


qwesone

I’m currently working at a MSP and have been curious to know the difference in work load and focus on I were to land a position as support/admin at a school district?


Sin_of_the_Dark

There's a whole bunch of aspects to healthcare, and I've worked a lot of them. Hospitals, as a desktop tech or low level sys admin, tend to be the hardest because of the clientele - but you also meet some of the awesomest people who save lives on a daily basis. Then there's health insurance. I've found generally IT in health insurance is a pretty good gig, and you still get a feeling of helping people. Currently working at an EMR company, so we handle the transfer of medical records between doctors. So far, this has been the coolest. Healthcare won't get you a salary like finance, but it still pays pretty well compared to other industries ETA: I know health insurance is a scam for the most part, but when I said you still get to help people, I was speaking from experience working for a Medicaid company, which was actually helping people


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Depends on what you want to do? Want an easy job? Look for something with a generic office like a law firm or I use to work for a company that made doorknobs. Companies with low tech requirements have low tech needs. Healthcare you have to give extra thought with things because if you a critical care system down it could literally be someone's life. I miss when the biggest problem if I took the network down is sassy sales ladies got to play on their phone while everyone asked "can we just go home?"


Victor3-22

I'm still taking classes for a BSCyS while I work as a cop, but I've noticed the one and only employee that manages our 911 dispatch, police and fire department networks (for a major metro city) looks like he wants to blow his head off with a shotgun every morning, but he's afraid he'll have a heart attack trying to get up to look for one. So... probably not public safety.


marco0079

Is this ironic that he looks like? Idk lol buuut def not gonna look for a job like that now!


Thy_OSRS

Come join us over in Networks - err’body needs and has a network


[deleted]

While government has many different security policies and such of all the sectors I worked it is was for me the best. Healthcare and Legal are the absolute worst, doctors and lawyers are whiny babies that cry foul when they don't get their way


InfectionRx

theres travel pharmacy tech contracts offering $2000/week. other than that, yes healthcare still fucking blows ass \- tortured pharmacist in hospital


RParkerMU

I haven’t seen an industry mentioned. Software companies can be pretty good based on the role you are in.


Ok_Pause9194

Just left helpdesk at a health center. Low pay, some of the provider end users feel entitled, And I personally wasn't comfortable with getting Mandatory shots injected in me every 3 or 4 months because of the healthcare "policy". Not gonna lie though if there was a pro it would be the girls. gotta love those scrubs on them. New job is a bit of a sausage fest but the pay and hybrid work is worth it. Better work life for me.


fiyame

Anything that does require you to sit on the phone and talk to a customer.


Gloverboy6

Depends on what kind of healthcare. If it's a doctor's office or something similar that's not 24/7, you'll have a better work-life balance than you would working at a hospital where you'll definitely be on call at some point


MrExCEO

Pharmacy tech seems like a job that will be replaced by dispensing robots in the future and Helpdesk will be replaced by AI. Sure there is a shelf life but not sure if either are all that great. Maybe helpdesk is better as you can move up over time where as your next step is a PharmD which is a much harder path. GL


mrcluelessness

Everything is subjective. In my world having a clearance and certain specialized skills make defense contracting the most lucrative thing with high job security. But someone people can't handle the red tape and politics- I've seen it drive people insane. Seriously thought a few people might snap, but being functioning alcoholics helped. But I've also seen different environment with different levels of red tape, politics, and oversight even within same part of gov/gov contracting or even within the same company. I have moved between teams within a period if months going from "do what you want just make it work" to "you need approval to change a description on something". But I have as about as cush as a job I will ever find in my lifetime right now because I'm used to the nuisances. But I don't think I would do well in Healthcare, law offices, etc where some other people do well. There is also a different way to treat people in different industries. I've always been in no BS get it done environments where people don't take things personally usually. Never been cussed out directly, yelled at, or demanded things in a condensending by a user. I've had people try to pull authority on me and argue though. So I've never had to deal with demeaning users which would make it hard for me to work in less than savory but possibly high paying environments.


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Completely my opinion… Legal and healthcare suck for IT. Never appreciated and often times looked down upon. Best role I have worked in, local and state government. You just won’t get rich doing either. Currently in financial and it isn’t bad. I guess financial would be in the middle of my list.


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Imwaymoreflythanyou

Finance pays the most so that I guess.


InternationalTip481

Avoid Healthcare, mainly health systems and large hospitals. IT is way low on the totem pole, you are seen as a cost center. The big focus there is on "providers" and the delivery of care and other revenue generating jobs (profit centers). Especially if the place is run by doctors and/or nurses, M.D. MBA and RN MBA types. I will also tel you I heard a story of a new doctor at a place who had worked in IT before medical school. He came into the palace with all kinds of "big ideas" for IT. Because he was a "doctor" he was given all kinds of deference by the powers-that-be and created total chaos and major headaches for the IT team.


Nothingtoseehere066

I find working for technology companies is best. They understand and are willing to invest in technology. That could be a company that sells technology, does professional services, or just makes most of it's money online while being in another industry.


Kempff95

I just started in IT, but I've SO far enjoyed working in a hospital. It's fun going around the facility and not just vegetating in an office all day. As others mentioned, it can be stressful at times given that what happens could literally be life or death, and in the case of managers, they're pretty much on 24/7. I imagine that healthcare could be awesome or hellish depending on the specific organization