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What's the biggest hurdle to your IT career?

By Toni Bowers ·
What tools do you use to advance your career, build your skills? What tools do you need?
What type of advice do you need to enhance your performance at work? Advice about managing people? Advice for networking to advance your career? Advice for proving your worth?

The editors at TechRepublic want to know what you want so we can start featuring content and tools geared to meet those needs.

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Politics

by Roger99a In reply to What's the biggest hurdle ...

I don't play politics well. I know the difference between **** and Shinola, but don't like the flavor of either.

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I'm with you on that one!

by LiamE In reply to Politics

I'm with you on that one! If only I could kiss arse a bit better or refrain from telling people the truth about their abilities I'd be a wealthier man.

I wouldn't have enjoyed myself as much though!

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Exactly

by RayJeff In reply to Politics

I'm hating the politics of IT. I've tried to play it and it's just not a fair game for anyone...except for upper management that have no respect for the people like me in the trenches.

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Switching career roles

by ed.hanson In reply to What's the biggest hurdle ...

Moving from a help desk enivronment, something I have been doing for almost 5 years to a network operatins area. I have the necessary training and certification. The willingness to do the work and leave my career comfort zone

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Mental

by corningk In reply to Switching career roles

The biggest career challenges are all mental.

Disipline to do the right things, not simply the urgent.

Knowing the difference between being helpful and being right.

Stretching and going beyond your role in a contructive way.

Investing in your self as much as you do that last project.

Realizing that its not what people do or say, but your reaction to that that makes a leader.

There's more, but this is the essense. Most other skills can be taught or bought.

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