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Navigating Careers in IT: Insights and Opportunities

This lecture by Thad Crews at Western Kentucky University explores the landscape of IT careers, focusing on high-growth technical job opportunities and potential salaries, as informed by Salary.com. It emphasizes the importance of onshore IT jobs, discusses challenges such as high-stress levels and male dominance in the field, and offers resources for women in IT. The presentation also covers typical organizational structures in IT, ticketing systems, and contrasts roles in large versus small companies, providing valuable insights for aspiring IT professionals.

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Navigating Careers in IT: Insights and Opportunities

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  1. Review Web 2.0 (and beyond)

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_T0ZQlpoBg (link)

  3. Careers in ITCIS 141 Lecture Thad Crews Western Kentucky University

  4. High-Growth IT Technical Jobs

  5. Salary Wizard (Salary.com)

  6. IT Jobs that should remain onshore

  7. Where do you want to work? http://cost-of-living.findthedata.org/

  8. Challenges of IT Careers • Stress • Male dominated • Training

  9. Typical IT structure at a large organization

  10. Ticket order system (high-level view)

  11. At smaller companies, you may do more

  12. Professional Organizations

  13. Resources for women in IT

  14. Monster.com and Dice.com

  15. Careers in ITCIS 141 Lecture Thad Crews Western Kentucky University

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