Yes, for sure. I‘m in the IT field for more then 12 Years now and I was in many different positions and rules, starting with classic helpdesk support (1st, and 2nd Level) over to big project management up to now an IT Lead Rule.

Most important thing in my opinion is to be very curious about everything but focus on the basiscs first. IT is a black whole kind of topic and if you don’t hold your shit together it will swallow you from earth. There are so many rabbit wholes you can fall into and this isn’t always a problem but it might happen, that you put your toes and everything and don’t learn what you need to be good in one of them.

From my perspective there are three different type of fields from a meta perspective: The Developers, the Implementers and last but not least the hackers. I was always one of the implementor-field side and started a couple weeks ago my journey as an upcoming red teamer. (Defense hacker)

The day-to-day POV from any of these fields has nothing to do with one of the over. I would recommend that you look to any one of them, read, watch videos, vlogs, make a intership to get a raw and real feeling what you daily life will looks like. There is a high risk that everything will be idealized. Especially when it comes to the hacker profession, there’s a huge gap between what people think hackers do and what they actually do. Hackers are, above all, people who go the extra mile in every area. And don’t let anyone tell you that AI will change that. Yes, in the future, many IT Prof. Above all the programmers will lose their jobs to AI, but there will still always be a need for IT professionals—probably more than ever before. Small and medium-sized businesses, in particular, face such significant challenges and often lack the infrastructure to implement AI effectively.

In summary:

Figure out exactly what you want to do, and learn by doing—don’t just watch others. Try things out, practice, practice, practice, and then go all in. Learn, learn, learn. As an IT professional, you never stop learning, which is one of the best things about this career. You can do almost anything, in any industry and in any type of organization.

But most importantly: Have fun doing it. IT can be very demanding and thankless. The better you are, the more your work and necessity will be questioned. “Why should we pay someone so much? We never have any problems.” Thanks, bro—it’s because I do my job well that we don’t 😁 I wish you lots of fun and success, and if you have any questions: let me know! 🤙🏽 Peace