Interesting. I just did two years to get M.Sc. and started working full-time in IT myself. It is strange.. I always figured I'd eventually be making good money, and I didn't think much more of it. Now soon 30, some of my friends are making a lot more than I do. Only lately do I realize that when my uncle said I should specialize in something other than pure IT 10 years ago (himself having worked in IBM the past.. 10-20 years?), he was right..
This is mostly considering the money-aspect of it. I'll always program, but I don't feel it HAS to be my full-time job, it could be my hobby. Maybe I could have done smart things in the financial service, for instance? Or the oil sector.. I guess the only way to richness in IT is startups or a do other things than program. But it is really hard to do programming full-time at work and then focus on my own thing in my "free-time".
This is mostly considering the money-aspect of it. I'll always program, but I don't feel it HAS to be my full-time job, it could be my hobby. Maybe I could have done smart things in the financial service, for instance? Or the oil sector.. I guess the only way to richness in IT is startups or a do other things than program. But it is really hard to do programming full-time at work and then focus on my own thing in my "free-time".
Ah well. Another life.