6 myths (or not?) about IT-sphere

This is equally true and false.

The IT sphere is developing very dynamically and specialists, including beginners, are constantly required. On the other hand, in order to find a job, you will have to work hard and learn new skills and tools (hardskills) and correctly present yourself at interviews and demonstrate your soft skills (social skills, stress resistance, creativity, etc.).

For some, after successfully completing the courses, it is quite easy to cope with this task and find the first job. Others have it harder. In any case, it all depends on you, because the doors open to those who knock.

This is mainly the opinion of people who are sure that the IT sphere is exclusively programmers who write code for days.

In fact, the development of an IT product involves a whole team of people (programmers, testers, product managers and project managers, designers, etc.) who do very different jobs. And if in some professions there is really a minimum of creativity, then in others you can give full freedom to your creative energy.

Just imagine, there are people whose job is to invent and draw characters for computer games!

Programming is the backbone of the IT industry. But not by programming alone (see the previous paragraph).

Of course, knowledge of programming languages (one or more) can be a good advantage, but there are professions that do not need this at all to work!

And also lying on a sun lounger in Bali under a palm tree, yes;)
Do not forget that work in IT is, first of all, work.
Planning meetings (which are often called rallies in IT), tasks (which are often called tasks in IT), burning deadlines, interesting and complex tasks, routine daily tasks - this is also part of the work of any representative of this field.

Salaries in IT are indeed higher than average, but the salary directly depends on the skills and experience of a particular employee.

Unique specialists who constantly develop and follow trends, have a broad outlook and are able to effectively solve complex problems can count on the best offers for working conditions and astronomical, by the standards of many people, salaries.

The salaries of beginners, of course, are not so high, but flexibility is a huge plus for them: as they gain experience, the salary will gradually increase. It is uncharacteristic for IT that a specialist sits on the same salary for a long time. Many organizations have well-defined deadlines for reviewing salaries (for example, once every six months). In addition, after 1-2 years of work in the position of a junior (junior specialist), a person becomes a middle (middle - translated from English as "middle"), which, of course, also leads to a significant increase in salary. In general, IT is one of the most successful areas for planning your career. If you study, develop, hone your skills, are interested in what's new in your field, you are guaranteed to go up the career ladder and grow in earnings.

The web really has almost everything (if not all) you need to learn any profession. But there are a few important notes.

Firstly, the industry is developing very rapidly and not all information is up to date. Filtering the wheat from the chaff can be simply impossible for a beginner.

Secondly, self-study using free information from the network does not give you a systematic knowledge. It is easy to end up as a person who owns a bunch of information, but does not understand how it is interconnected and why it is needed at all. And this is the third point.

Thirdly, it is difficult to understand how and where to apply everything that you have learned on your own. Examples and practice are the foundation of any good course. You will not only be told about what tools are and how to use them, you will be given the opportunity to use them and monitor your progress.
Conclusion: it is possible to study everything on your own, but it is much more difficult than on a course that is systematized, updated and practice-oriented.

We live in a world where, to be a good specialist, you need to constantly learn, and mastering a new one can take from several months to several years, depending on the choice of profession. The courses are attended by people of completely different ages, and their success depends solely on the desire and effort, but not on age.