Hi,

I am working in IT and earn about 95k per annum. I am getting tired of the stress at work and want to do something on my own. What should I do? Something that will let me earn a lot of money. Any business I can open in US? (doesn't need to be IT related). Any suggestions would be appreciated. For a young girl like me, you may find me too ambitious...but that is what I am :-)

Kattie

One question??? Is it necessary to have an academic qualification to get a job in IT field......Is Training and expericne not adequate to work in IT field...I am a mangement student but had more than 6 years experience in Web development.....Can i get a good job with that or do i have to pursue an academic degree....Like MIT, MIS (whatever it is)

Thanx

goodjob as far as I know... you dont have to have at least 10 years experisnce to get a 95K job. I know some friends who have approx. same salary with a minimal job experience.

Still confused...can apply with my experience?

If someone points out my mistakes I happily oblige with acknowledgement; if the accusation is uncalled for then I defend it vigorously with facts. In your case you have done neither- the choice of your vocabulary and the use of profanity, I am afraid, will harm your credibility even more as opposed to justifying your cause. I'm sure most will agree that no professional with decent talent stoops this low in substitution for a much needed defense. What a pity.

You must've got me mixed up with someone else because I have no idea what you're talking about.

Truth is I don't know who you are. I browse through Sajha now and then when I have free time (been doing so since 2001), and happen to see your glamourous posts with eye-popping discrepancies, and thought it needed a deception-defying response. That's all. Nothing personal. IMHO, you are better served if your net etiquette (telling the truth is one) reflects your off-line behavior. If vice-versa is true for your current behavior then that's a whole different matter...

-JB

Generally speaking, it may not be necessary to have academic qualification for most IT support jobs; you may also be able to get into other IT positions (as long as you have equivalent amount of experience, i.e bachelors degree is equivalent to 4 yrs exp). However, you may find yourself in somewhat difficult position if you wanted to move up the ladder with a multinational, i.e. Fortune 500 (if that's your long term goal).

Also, keep in my mind that IT spectrum is quite wide; if you have a good IT background and you combined it with a graduate degree in business you might make a fine business analyst. In contrast, if you apply for a position as a software engineer where a rival search engine is working to immobilize the well-known page rank algorithm then expect a rejection. The best candidate for this probably would be someone with a good grasp of theoretical comp sci with good software engineering skills. I am sure you understand where I am going with this...

-JB