IT oh IT

i just wanted to say something that has been playing in my mind for many months.

for the duration of my course..and after coming to work, i have met a few people to whom whenever i mention i have studied IT, they will go.."oh..everyone is doing IT now,sure got no job". this kind of remarks seriously pissed me off.

the same incident repeated itself again,the lady behind my granpa's place kept saying it to me everytime i see her and last week,i lost my cool. i just said to her..who said study IT means got no job? u surveyed the work market is it? there are many jobs available. u dont have to worry for me". ever since that day,she kept her mouth shut. then again,3 days ago someone at my work place said the same thing, and i got so angry and i said,stop pissing me off and the girl kept quiet after that.

i just dont understand..what do u understand about IT? these people will go ooohhh and aahhh if u had done enginering or law or medicine but if u say u have a degree in IT,they look at u as if u had just commited an unpardonable crime. if u dont know what is IT,then dont talk. dont act as if u know about IT.

a few months back an uncle i know called me up and asked me what course should his daughter take and i asked him,what is her interest? he replied saying that she likes chemistry but she is also good in computer and i asked him..what is she good at in computer..his reply? well,she can use the password and log in to the internet..i seriously felt like throwing my HP that time. people seriously have no idea about the IT field. simply using the keyboard to type, to watch movie or to play games or perhaps chat does not mean u are an IT literate. IT is something beyond that. i am not trying to defend myself because i took IT but i know what i am talking about. IT is not something easy to achieve..u can learn MICROSOFT OFFICE and have an IT cert for it and i can learn JAVA and have a bachelor's degree for it. when people ask..we will both say we studied IT but the fact remains that,we both studied two different things and chances of getting a job between the both of us differs. try to understand that first.

IT is also not just working with a computer. machines are computerized also. u need an IT expert to deal with it. dont even let me get started with the networking line.

and who the hell dare to say studying IT means no job? then was our PM dumb to establish MSC? is bill gates begging in the streets for establishing MICROSOFT? is silicon valley as useless as the destroyed city of pompei?people especially indians need some exposure to the IT world.as long as u do medicine or law or engineering,they are happy but they forget,IT is also entering all those areas. most of the medical equipments are computerized. engineering jobs are also done using computers.

how about broadcasting? how is the satellite dealt with? magic? without IT, how would broadcasting be done? and how then would u sit and watch ur ANNAMALAI, KUM KUM etc? through imagination? perhaps one day those people who talk so much should be kept in a world without IT. then they will know what i am talking about. the next person who comes and tells me IT offers no job..that person will get nice shelling from me for sure.

most of the people are like frogs under the coconut shell. try to explore the world..understand IT,dont shun it even before it reaches your doorstep or one day,you will be sorry.