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Can you State 5 Reasons to Stay in IT
Jatinkumar Modh Senior IT Manager, Tata Consulting Engineers
Rajkumar Nair Manager - IT at Kanakia Spaces Pvt Ltd
Irrespective of one’s qualification one can create the space in IT Industry and the university drop out can make it big. 2. Truly recognise the skills and talent. 3. Passion, Love and Hobby for technology. (If there is a zeal and passion for technology, then nobody can stop you) 4. Power to Change / Enable the World for better. (Being in IT helps me to empower people 5. Always keeps me on my toes. (One cannot rest on past laurels and has to continuously strive for growth through positive thinking and adopting change.
Five Reasons I would love to stay in IT 1) IT professionals thrive on solving puzzles and problems. 2) The future looks bright for IT professionals. Challenges, when met, are rewarding — another reason to choose and stay in IT. 3) Another good reason to stay in IT is to keep your skills up to date. Leave IT for too long, and your skills will become rusty or even obsolete. 4) IT is a great place to earn respect. If you can’t earn respect in IT, you probably won’t be able to earn it in any profession. 5) IT is the perfect place to satisfy your craving for cutting-edge technology.
Jaswinder Virk Group Manager-IT at Evalueserve Information Technology is all pervasive today. Diverse nature of IT offers professionals the opportunity to work in different technology areas over time. The field of IT is continually changing and expanding due to new technology and innovations in software, information systems, hardware and integration of IT with organizational units and functions. For the willing, top 5 key motivators: yy High dependency on IT of all industries = high availability of jobs yy Functional variety of opportunities yy Global exposure yy Never-ending learning yy Financially rewarding
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