What are the most important subjects in IT?

[slashwannabe94]

I just finished watching a movie called untraceable... Thought it was quite elaborate but cool. Obviously not the psycho-net-killer dude in it, but hey it's a movie :)

I am trying to make a list of the most of important subjects in IT, so i can organize my studying. I have came up with,

1) software
2) networking
3) Hardware

Not really a list though, nor is it precise. I know there are 100's of IT pro's on here, so it made sense to ask the question.

Thanks,
SlashWannabe94

[spynappels]

Depends what area of IT you want to get into.
I would say:

Networking
Network Security
OS management
OS security
Storage management
Application management
Application development
Hardware

[Johnsie]

Security
Networking
Windows Server/Exchange (used by most companies to manage communications)
Printers
Programming

[jhonan]

Software Engineering.

'IT' is a broad area though, but SE is great foundation.

[Grenage]

In my opinion, programming should be number one; everything else is comparatively easy.

I mostly deal with networking and security, but code is the core of everything. Hardware knowledge is mostly worthless unless you have a real need for it (selling/reviewing); it changes every year.

Untraceable is junk when it comes to depicting I.T - but it is just a film. ;)

[juancarlospaco]

programming should be number one;

Yes


everything else is comparatively easy.

No

[jhonan]

I always thought Software Engineering was taught as a module on most IT courses. If not, then at least the basics of SE are covered as part of a programming course.

Software engineering (SE) is a profession dedicated to designing, implementing, and modifying software so that it is of higher quality, more affordable, maintainable, and faster to build. It is a "systematic approach to the analysis, design, assessment, implementation, test, maintenance and reengineering of software, that is, the application of engineering to software."

My point is that programming is pretty useless unless you back it up with software engineering. Unless you want to spend your life writing 'hello world' apps.

[Grenage]

No

That's why it's an opinion. ;)

[slashwannabe94]

I agree with Grenage :) --- I'm ok at coding, been at it for 6 months, doing Bash :)
I understand that Bash is scripting and not necessarily programming. Isn't programming when the code must be compiled into binary strings?

correct me if i am wrong haha.

Thanks,
SlashWannabe94

[Dr. C]

Depends what area of IT you want to get into.
I would say:

Networking
Network Security
OS management
OS security
Storage management
Application management
Application development
Hardware

I would add software license management particularly if one has any propriety operating systems or applications on the network.

[TheLions]

Software Engineering.

'IT' is a broad area though, but SE is great foundation.


Computer science is foundation of all software. Software Enginering just glue all parts together.

[PhillyPhil]

"IT"; is way, way too broad. It covers everything including lowest tier help desk support, computer repair shops, network admins, software engineers, db admins, security experts, computer scientists, OS developers, and a whole lot more...

You really need to select a single field under the so-called "IT" umbrella, and ask what subjects matter for that field.

[handy]

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