IT is a bit of a thankless job. The money can be OK (you’re generally not going to get rich — Bill Gates didn’t get rich because he was really good at IT. He made business deals.) But age discrimination is a huge problem, outsourcing and H1Bs are a huge problem, and IT is the whipping boy for most organizations. People only pay attention to you when things go badly. So pretty much 100% of the time, when people think of you, it is unkindly.
Correct on all points
IT is like plumbing. Nobody cares unless there is a stench.
On the AS/400, you had the option to put annoying people of the “slow user queue.”
I really liked that!