So this is pretty depressing. I entered the world of Information Technology in 1985 when I was hired to manage and be a lead designer for a computer-aided design office filling a contract with IBM in Tucson. Since then I have learned much about computers on my own, got a few certifications, took a bachelor’s degree in 2005, worked many different places with much responsibility, and have taken some master’s level classes as well. Now, I have not been certified by Microsoft as a network engineer, but you would think that all that time and experience would be worth something, career-wise. However, I just realized that the contract job I’m working now is paying me the same hourly wage I received for that job back in 1985! No wonder my life’s been a crap-storm for the last 10 years or so; my peak earnings came in 2003 and have dropped precipitously since. I am still searching for that "challenging position with room for advancement."
What to do? Well, I am working on my application to Northwestern for their masters program in Medical Informatics; I am also looking at a masters program in Organization Behavior (my undergrad degree) at another college out here in the burbs. The medical degree seems promising in that it uses my IT skills in a medical environment – that business is still pretty stable. Either that or I’ll start some lame website selling waterless cookware or something like that and then market it by spamming the planet. I would look for a second, part-time job (if there were any) but that would just take more time away from care-giving MLM and the job I have now keeps me away for 12 hours a day with the commute and all, and this is a real hardship on her (and me) already!
Anyway, it’s pretty sad to realize at my age that you have no career.
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