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What jobs are there in IT that don't involve sitting in front of a computer most of the time.? |
I need some job titles in IT that do not involve sitting in front of a computer all day. Programmers and tech support would not be a good example since they do spend most of their time in front of a computer. Unfortunately, most people in the white collar working world today 鈥?no matter what industry or job title 鈥?spend at least 4 hours/day in front of computer 鈥撀爋ther than meetings, that's where most of communicating, planning, budgeting, designing, and other work gets done. Given that, the answer to your question depends on what you want to be doing instead of being on a computer as a tech or programmer: working directly with people? doing management work? In either case, there are other things you can do with an IT degree. Every institution and industry needs people who are IT experts 鈥?medical, government, legal, entertainment. And in all those there are training, sales, management, and policy positions that put you more in contact with people and processes than with the guts of the machine. This is why there are Information Systems degree programs in business schools: to prepare people with IT knowledge to be trainers, sales-people, and managers rather than technicians (programmers, analysts, tech support, etc.). Being a trainer 鈥?this includes all kinds of different jobs, including: - trainer of the people who use your company's software and/or hardware (think high-end and proprietary); - trainer of new employees on specific software and hardware (sales systems, specialized databases, industry-specific systems such as for hospitals); - trainer of other trainers (very common, though it sounds odd). Another person here said sales 鈥?there are all kinds of ways you can go with that field and it can be very lucrative. For example, the top sales people at companies that make security software/hardware (stuff the average person has never heard of because they're purchased by government and specific industries) make well into the $100k's per year. Don't just think of the consumer computer stuff you know about 鈥撀爐here is restaurant software, jet aircraft software and hardware... you name the industry and it is likely to have it's own proprietary software, and sometimes hardware. Project and other managers, policy analysts, and other middle-management types are hired because of their IT knowledge and training, but they work with things other than the guts and brains of the machines. If you're interested in marketing (advertising, public relations, merchandising, etc.) there are all kinds of positions for people with IT saavy in companies seeking to market their software, hardware, and/or services to potential customers. Or you can also be an instructor, teacher, or professor if you're so inclined. Sales! Selling the service that your IT company provides will keep you out of the office and taking care of your clients' needs. You will need to know your stuff just like the desk jockeys though... You will just be making more $!! Your'e kidding..right? Even if you are on the hardware/networking side...your computer is a big part of your day. You could become a business analysist. They act as Liaison for the programmers and business team driving the project. They translate business needs into instructions that the programmer needs. But still...oops, there's that pesky computer again. If you go into IT, you can figure a normal day being 10-15 hours in front of a computer screen, and/or looking over the contents of print-outs. Actually, I do not consider the screens on hand helds to be the same as computer screens. There's management, but that is not an entry level position. Systems Analysis also is not an entry level position, but something you can work towards, goalwise. There's hardware. Fixing PCs that have failed for what seems to be inexplicable reasons. There's hooking up what new users need in new offices to company networks. It still is not usually plug & play. It involves sticking you head into dusty ceilings to lay cables. Security guard of an IT company:) ooh know.. i guess these days even they have computers..:) IT and no computers? Doesn't exist. Almost any corporate jobs out there require u to sit in front of the computer all day. So if u don't want to sit in front of a computer, I suggest u become a garbage man, police officer, mover, delivery guy etc. U have some type of back problem that u can't sit for a long period of time? But I can give u some suggestion. U were wrong on tech support. Depend on what type of tech support. A field tech support go out to user to help them. So u are always on ur feet. So look into that. |
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