Comment IT work environment does contribute (Score 1) 943
A lot of IT environments do make to hard to stay married and be the doting father and husband. The culture of IT is basically be on-call, work a lot of nights for changes, and be available during the day. I learned awhile back that you can push back on a lot of this, but only after you have established yourself within the industry a little.
Don't forget the constant self-study if you want to stay up to date. In a lot ways, IT Professionals have a lot of the same gripes that doctor's have and I bet the divorce rates are similar. Whether that's higher than the average or not I have no idea, but anecdotally I'd say IT folks to stay married more versus the general population, as do I would suspect doctor's do as well.
Face it, IT professionals are still paid well above the national average, and that helps balance out the negatives quite a bit.
Don't forget the constant self-study if you want to stay up to date. In a lot ways, IT Professionals have a lot of the same gripes that doctor's have and I bet the divorce rates are similar. Whether that's higher than the average or not I have no idea, but anecdotally I'd say IT folks to stay married more versus the general population, as do I would suspect doctor's do as well.
Face it, IT professionals are still paid well above the national average, and that helps balance out the negatives quite a bit.
