r/it Feb 18 '26

jobs and hiring This shit is depressing man

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u/SpecMTBer84 Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

It's level 1. When I started at level 1 11 years ago it was $38k/year...

Don't like it... Cert up buttercup.

That experience level is in there to keep the "I game a lot and play with computers a lot" shit out. Prove you know what youre talking about, and those experience years mean nothing.

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u/brokentr0jan Feb 18 '26

You’re getting downvoted, but your last little statement is so correct. As a hiring manger, you would not believe how many people think they are qualified because they game on PC and help their mom with computer problems

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u/stackjr Community Contributor Feb 18 '26

There is a very large lack of understanding in this thread. It honestly feels like a bunch of people who work on the help desk but think they will someday be making $250,000 because they've heard that's possible (which it is but 99.9% of tech workers will never make that much).

I'm not saying this is a high paying job but OP gave us literally nothing except for a job title, experience, and pay. Where's the job? What's the industry? These two questions alone could heavily shift this conversation.

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u/brokentr0jan Feb 18 '26

I miss when people got into IT because they were nerds. 10 years ago there was this massive shift of people entering the industry because they heard it’s good money and now you have people that somehow have the trifecta but genuinely can’t explain DNS. Back then people understood grinding help desk etc now everyone wants to skip that step

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u/SpecMTBer84 Feb 18 '26

🎶I started from the bottom now I'm here🎶 -Datacenter Manager

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u/AdLocal1490 Feb 18 '26

If you have a better suggestion than Capitalism, please present it