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You guys are getting paid? (startrek.website)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are lots of jobs that are basically paid thinkers, IT is full of them but then again, you have to actually think or things won't get done/fixed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

who in IT is just thinking and not doing stuff

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Network designers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does that still fall under IT?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

IT is just a blanket term so ya

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not in that field but my guess is the higher you go career wise, the more you have meetings and the less you have time for hands on work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True, but that's not just thinking, it's also debating and negotiating.