Prone To High BP? IT Is Not For You !

1. The part of the job  you must always be prepared for is this: Whenever system breakdown occurs, tempers of PC users soar and fingers are pointed at IT. You’ll have to trouble-shoot and fix the problem immediately, because productivity depends on it.  
Learn never to  expect praises when systems are running   smoothly in your organisation.
2. People assume you're an expert in everything tech. When you're in IT.  Worse still, because you're a
techie,  your co-workers will ask for advice on buying PCs, digital cameras, and TVs. Some will even ask you to fix their PC for free or help troubleshoot a problem with their cable modem.
3. You have to continually re-train, on your own because the pace of development and innovation in IT is staggering as a result, you’re daily becoming obsolate. You’ll find that yesterday’s knowledge may not meet today’s challenge. The profession is always morphing. For IT, this is a constant struggle. The big challenge is that many companies don't recognize this problem, and so IT pros have to use free resources  to stay current, or pay for training out of their own pockets.  Surveys have shown that over 50% of  IT pros pay for their own training.
shown that over 50 per cent of  IT pros pay for their own training.
4. Work  hours are long and irregular. Many IT professionals  from software developers, system administrators to systems integrators  have had to work overtime on a regular basis. However, what sets IT apart is the scattered irregularity of those hours. Most IT workers are always on call, or are at least part of an on-call rotation, in case critical systems go down during off-hours.
In addition, many IT pros have tasks that they need to do when there aren't as many users on the system. That means coming in early to run backup routines or staying late to update an application or patch a server after most of the users have logged off at the end of the day.
5. The job market is tumultuous and in transition. IT professionals who were already in the field could hop jobs and get significant pay raises.