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Originally Posted by I'm Gonna Git You Tucka  Forgive me if I have not read your previous posts in regards to IT but what does IT have to do with ERAC unless you are working at corporate or for the help desk? Of course the people who interview IT folks on a local group level most likely don't have an IT background..........IT'S NOT AN IT JOB!
As an average, IT people do make more per hour but they are also much more of a commodity than Marketing professionals and can be outsourced on a more frequent basis hence the commoditization of the IT field. (Communications is not always a part of marketing and usually leads into some type of creative writing or technical writing which right out of school can usually pay $20-$35 per hour based on where you are....not as much as IT but a lot more than ERAC)
In regards to opportunity within an organization, the Marketing path, based on a companies industry and initiatives, can lead to more frequent promotions, more breadth of deliverables and usually a higher pay grade across the board in regards to positions of middle management up to executive. If you want to get really technical about a marketing degree, if you get a degree that revolves around internet marketing or eCommerce then you are going to be able to write your own ticket once you have some experience. With more and more marketing moving away from print and to the web, those are skills that are going to be necessary in regards to companies growing. Make yourself a Web Designer/Web Developer and it's the same thing.
IT is becoming an old term as well. It's slowly being moved out and being replaced with the specifics of a duty. Unless a company is technology based (Cisco, Red Hat, IBM etc) then the term IT is usually used by the old guard and being replaced with newer and more applicable terms.
Don't knock marketing as I guarantee you have your <snicker> internship (kidding), due to that company having highly strategic marketing initiatives in regards to gaining clients. I myself am not a Marketing Major (Business Admin and Economics) but I know the marketing realm and reaching a broad audience based on speculation, analyzed data and trending is not as easy as you may think. Good luck with your current gig. |
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