Top 7 reasons to get into ICT

After chatting to a range of different ICT professionals – from project managers and developers, to support desk and creatives – we’ve pulled together at least seven great reasons to get into the ICT industry.

1. Everyday is different

“I love that everyday is different,” – Rena, Biteable

“What I love about my job is that everyday is completely different. So I never know what’s in store and I like being able to adapt to change to each new demand that’s thrown upon me,” – Jason, 2PM

“Everyday is different, new challenges present themselves and I think that makes me a better person, because every day I’m having to find new ways of dealing with things in order to keep the plan in place because that’s ultimately my job,” – Abby, 2PM

2. Working in a great team

“What I also enjoy about software development is the collaboration … software development by nature is a collaborative effort,” – Alex, Biteable

“I love the atmosphere of the place, I love that the people are very supporting – the people are so nice here,” – Katherine, DXC

“ I love about my role is working with people and getting to meet people across all different types of organisations and different roles within those organisation,” – Abby, 2PM

3. Work from anywhere

“I enjoy that software development provides different working environments so you can work remotely and that aspect of it always appealed to me as well so later in life I could be more flexible,” – Alex, Biteable

“You can … be anywhere, and in theory produce something that’s used by people on the other side of the world,” – Cameron, Biteable

4. Flexible working conditions

“I like the flexibility as my role as well – that it’s not about coming in at 9 and leaving at 5, but it’s about getting the work done,” – Rena, Biteable

“I really love the Variety and you can plan your day around you might do the more difficult task in the morning and then leave the easy one for the afternoon and we have the flexibility to do that.”

5. We get to make ideas happen

“We’re always using the latest technologies it’s always great to see how they can be applied to doing that,” – Andrew, ISW

“I work people whose skill set is different to mine and that’s very exciting to have a big idea that can actually be implemented because there are people in my team who know how to,” – Rena, Biteable

“It’s a fast moving industry that we work in it’s always evolving and I love learning new things and taking on new technology, it’s great,” – Nicky, ISW

“What I love most about my job is that IT can be very challenging there are so many technologies and so many devices that are available these days it’s staggering what’s out there and all these challenges are fun really,” – Nigel, DXC

6. Global language

“What I love best about software development and program in general is being able to build something yourself that in theory can be used by millions of people,” – Cameron, Biteable

7. I love my work

“I would say that my experience working with a business in the field of ICT is really positive everyone is very welcoming and open to diversity as well and really looking to provide opportunities to people who may not have felt that this was a natural fit for them,” – Rena, Biteable.

“I think it’s a really great environment and I think the IT community especially the development community is a really friendly one I think it’s a really nurturing environment to learning,” – Beth, Ionata

Read more about how to get started on your ICT career pathway.