IT Career Without Coding

[sanantone]

It's called management, actually clueless management. Read Dilbert. The pointy haired boss doesn't know anything about coding - or much else, either.

There are many people who hate coding but do it for a living. Jobs that are fun generally don't pay well. Jobs that most people hate tend to pay better. Have you every heard the term golden handcuffs? That applies to many coders. It's really rare to see someone in IT break the golden handcuffs and go pursue a passion such as healthcare. Would you rather hold a computer mouse or a person's hand? Touch a touchscreen or touch a person?

Correction: Jobs that are easy, require little skill, and/or are extremely safe generally don't pay well. The exception would be social work where the stress and education requirements are high, but the pay is low. Fun or interesting is subjective. There are a lot of people who code for fun. There are also a lot of highly paid healthcare professionals who find their jobs interesting.

Even without the knowledge of programming languages, I have managed to fix most of the issues I've ever had with my computers including hard to remove viruses. I've also upgraded hardware and software on my computers. The only time I had to go to a repair person was when I needed to have a part soldered on, but I figured out the issue on my own. I'm sure the computer repair person didn't need to know how to program in order to solder on my DC jack.