Seven reasons why people hate IT

[51CTO Quick Translation] The emergence of technology has made our lives easier and more convenient...but why does IT always provoke resentment?

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For many years, people have been excited about the booming development of information technology. No matter how specific it is, we are now increasingly involved in or even directly involved in the IT industry. It is difficult for us to imagine a life completely without IT, and it is rare to see people completely abandon this field and turn to other industries.

Despite the obvious advantages, the IT field also has a number of inherent disadvantages. Perhaps it is these shortcomings, or even factors that can only be regarded as industry characteristics, that make many potential practitioners hesitate when facing IT.

The road to learning is long

As the saying goes, you never stop learning. We need to learn new knowledge and skills anytime and anywhere, and use them to open up new life opportunities and development paths. However, when we chose the IT path, we did not realize that this road would be so long. It is an endless cycle of learning, mastering, testing, and learning again, and we are like hamsters in a cage, running forward half voluntarily and half passively.

Challenging tasks

Everyone likes interesting work content, and the emergence of new technologies and the pleasure of self-improvement are indeed worth encouraging. However, there are too many new elements in the IT industry, too fast, and sometimes even bring negative effects. Tasks without challenges are boring, but IT work that is too challenging forces us to spend too much time to deal with it, and even lose the ability to have a normal family life.

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Lack of professionalism

The industry is developing very fast, and this rolling forward trend has also made qualified practitioners quite scarce. The lack of physical resources can be quickly remedied, but the lack of talent is difficult to solve in the short term. In addition, the IT element has strong cross-industry capabilities, which means that the partners and even investors we work with often do not have IT knowledge themselves.

A changing market

Information technology is very unique and has spawned many huge market categories: Web, mobile, games, big data, machine learning, virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and even robotics. It is undoubtedly impossible to predict where the industry will go in the future and which directions are really worth exploring. Although they all seem to belong to the same category, the knowledge and skills required for each of the above directions are very different.

The evil capital system

Monopolies always appear at all levels of society. This is one of the foundations of capitalism, and we can only passively accept it. Companies develop a great product to make money and win the market. During this period, large groups merge with small companies to continuously consolidate their monopoly. Of course, this is not to say that this market behavior is really "evil", I just feel sad for those start-ups that have good potential but are eventually ruined by capital.

Limitations and Restrictions

The IT industry is subject to strict regulations and laws from various governments. Restrictions and bureaucracy not only plague corporate executives, but also harm everyone working in the IT industry. Sometimes it is hard to understand why there are so many rules and regulations that restrict what we can do, and as time goes by, the restrictions are constantly escalating.

Are we making the world a better place?

Many people may think of this question, and most people will give a positive answer. But the interesting thing is that we need to convince others that a world full of technology will be a better place. And I believe we ourselves are also very clear that technology brings more than just light. People began to spend endless time on their phones, and automation solutions have caused a large number of employees to lose their jobs. So sometimes we need to step out of our ivory tower and see what impact the results we have created have brought.

in conclusion

We love and cherish the IT industry. We benefit a lot from it and we strive to contribute to it. We keep making progress, grow from it, fall down and stand up again. And most importantly, we are based in the IT field and can objectively realize its flaws. Yes, things are not perfect, but IT is still worth our life's struggle.

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