All about Information Technology : Some Facts

IT involves researching, developing, implementing, supporting and managing computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. Use of computers to store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information is also an IT function. Today IT relates to many aspects of computing and technology. 


How do I get there?

There are many ways to enter the field and it depends on the course and the level of study: For undergraduate level: Requirement is 10+2 in science For a "B" level or graduate level DOE scheme, "A" level certificate of diploma in computers or an equivalent. For post-graduate level: Graduation in computer science or any other degree related to science and mathematics.



Skills

• Willingness to learn new technologies
• Logical thinking
• Ability to concentrate
• Creativity
• Accuracy
• Organisational and administrative abilities
• Ready to work for long hours and ability to work hard
• High intellectual capacity

• Handsome salaries
• Numerous options abroad
• Some companies do send their employees on foreign trips
• Long working hours
• Though the shifts are fixed but if a project is on a deadline you might end up working late.
• You have to be constantly updated on the new technologies or else you will lag behind