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Was wondering how many of you IPT people were going to go onto an IT degree at Uni.

p.s UTS looks really nice uni to go to.
 

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i personally find IPT the most boring subject i do, after english, thats just put me off going into the IT industry
 

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what part of IT do u find boring?
and don't say all of it :p cos IT is so broad.

Glad u liked UTS DigitalFortress. I'm sure you've read the dan brown book and know who will guard the guards :)

If you're not a programmer, UTS is the place to be!
if you are a programmer, than, look towards USyd / UNSW.
if u want programming / management, then back to UTS it is :)

The IT industry *IS* picking up!!!
 

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no i will not be choosing a job in it...

IT is not a job of the future...If you do enough research into it ...you would find out that like 70%+ of the it jobs will be taken to contried like india in the future and done by computers and yeah it would get boring.....its fun to do some aspects of the course but :D others just get stupid....

in the future i will be looking for a job in like business/building/marketing/selling style job with aspects of it in it....
 
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Building 10 (?) i think it was...looks very trendy. Very good.
I didn't realise there was a BoS stand until i got home, apparently it was just outside the bottom floor.
oh well free cotton candy :D
 

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fatmuscle said:
not all companies get outsourced to asia...

yes not atm that is, but in the near future alot more and more companies will be outsourcing their IT related things to asia because of cheaper wages....
 

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Murf said:
Yes DF i liked building 10 as well, looked great:)

Im hoping to get into I.T as well in the area of communications...

UTS looks good if ill get in! lol - which i doubt it

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depends what area, there's only so much that can be outsourced to an effective level.

I don't know I just saw some documentary they were just going on about how companies in the future were going to be outsourcing shit loads of things to asia...and they were telling every onr about the good jobs for the future and what not...
 

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you cant outsource everything dude

what about maintaining databases...infrastructure of the company. Networking?
those are the fields that if you outsource, in short/long term it hurts the company more than it benefits them
 

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cross me off the list, i have no interest in IT in the future..

thought about it but nah none in my proposed uac choices
 

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... said:
you cant outsource everything dude

what about maintaining databases...infrastructure of the company. Networking?
those are the fields that if you outsource, in short/long term it hurts the company more than it benefits them
maintainig databases can be done easily in india...video conferencing?

networking is like the only thing that it people will be used for in the future but like i said in the near future around 70% of it jobs will go down....

in short/term long term it will save the company millions so they will not care...
 

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7th Sign said:
maintainig databases can be done easily in india...video conferencing?

networking is like the only thing that it people will be used for in the future but like i said in the near future around 70% of it jobs will go down....

in short/term long term it will save the company millions so they will not care...

no
although database can be easily done in india
there are alot of disadvantages if you outsource ppl to maintain your database..these are the stuff you learn when you work, the textbook won't say shit
 

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my dad (who has been working in IT/Accounting industry ever since he began working) told me to go for the MCSC, although he said this certificate won't get you millions in a year, it will at least get you a job somewhere along the way...
 

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We studied this issue in one of my units this year. You'll find that the IT jobs that are outsourced are the redundant and boring ones. Managerial and consulting jobs in IT as well as computational science are very hot right now. If you look at the figures youll find that IT management, research and development, consulting and project management all have median salaries above $100,000 in Australia. These are the types of jobs which cannot be outsourced at any time, even in the future. Also in Australia, database administration, research and teaching, programming/analyst all have median salaries greater than $70,000.

If I were to make one suggestion, if your passion lies in this industry do not be deterred by people who claim that the industry is dying, they couldnt be more wrong.
 

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i'd be more worried about jobs becoming redundant due to technological breakthroughs than being outsourced to overseas.
 

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I'm definitely doing an IT subject. Prolly BCSE/BDM @ UNSW. Haven't looked at UTS carefully though.
 

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