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Hello IT experts! I am a high school student doing a research project about programmers and people in the IT field. Could you please be so kind and answer these four questions.

1. What do you do for a living? (What is your exact job title?)
2. What would a typical day at work look like?
3. Where were you trained and how was it?
4. What are the easiest and hardest parts of your job?

Do as many as you feel like doing. The more replies I get the better for me to get to know the different jobs you have.

Thank you all very much for your help!
Adam

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A short, practical guide that complements the responses in this thread and helps turn them into a concise school project.

Organize replies into four quick categories: job role, typical day/tasks, training pathway, and biggest challenges. Count how many answers fall into each category and note recurring themes. Add a short “skills” column for each reply (technical tools, soft skills, learning methods) so common items stand out even if contributors use different words.

Useful follow-up questions to deepen the data:

  • Which specific tools, languages, or platforms are used daily?
  • How much of the week is reactive work (fixing things) vs proactive work (projects/design)?
  • What first hands-on experience helped most (internship, hobby, class)?
  • Which soft skill matters most on the job (communication, documentation, time management)?
  • One thing you wish you had learned earlier.
    These prompt concrete answers that make analysis and presentation easier.

Presentation tips and cautions: start with one slide or paragraph that summarizes major patterns, then show a simple bar chart (roles, training paths, common challenges). Include 2–3 short anonymized quotes to illustrate points and a slide listing practical next steps for someone exploring IT careers. Note that forum replies are anecdotal and self-selected—present them as qualitative observations, not a statistical sample.

The practitioner and student perspectives in this thread (thanks to and ) together highlight both workplace routines and the learning curve. For additional depth, request specifics about daily tools, time allocation, and how contributors keep skills current; those details make a presentation feel grounded and actionable.

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Hi, Adam

1. Network manager and general fix it guy/person.
2. Well I wake up at 6:30, take the dog out...just joking. Mostly its maintenance of the network and creating "what if" user and procedure manuals.
3. Trained at CTI (Computer Training Institute - South Africa) where I studied and qualified as an IT engineer and I am currently studying CCNA part time. If you have a passion for computers and networks, and want to learn more about them. Its really fun but it depends on where you study and what support can be given to you. You need to study hard as there are a lot of facts that you need to remember. But having a fun time while you learn is also important.
4. The easiest part of my job is... Now that I think about it nothing it life is easy, now the nicest part for me is know I helped someone(but thats just me) . The hardest part I would say is finding the problem, from there you can work out a solution and follow through on it.* REMEMBER* to record what happened, for future refrence.

Hope this helped.
Impi

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I'm gonna give a college student's pov

1. still studying computer engineering

2. lots of mathematics classes (both theory and applications)... exams almost everyday (my scores range from F to A with A being the higher probability)

3. training eh? i'm still in college and i've got to adimit that only half of my subjects are useful for future occupations

4. easiest part.. exams.. hardest part.. exams as well.. I can't really explain much

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Alright! thank you both very much, and perfect timing. Your responses were great especially Impi's. Wish me luck on my presentation. Thanks again

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