What do you consider the "Top" of the IT Field?

I was having a discussion with my fellow IT Guardsmen today at drill about the jobs we have. I was discussing my CCNA training and talking about Network Security Engineer position I am trying to get at a bank. He said that he considers InfoSec the top of IT. I am not really sure myself.

What do you think? Why?

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martaw

Not sure what you exactly mean by the "top" of IT. If you mean the "best", that is subject to personal interpretation.

ptilsen

I think this is the wrong way to think about it. There's simply no sense in this line of thought.

Even clearly and unequivocally defining the given sectors of IT is difficult at best. For example, take someone with CCIE Security who works as a network security engineer. Then take a malware analyst. Are they both in InfoSec? Or is one in a networking area and the other in an area in software development? Or what about an CISO or similar position, which is clearly and InfoSec position but generally not an IT position anymore than a CIO is.

Even if you come to some sort of clear, intelligible structure around which you could designate a "top", how do you do so? Is it money? Job security? How "cool" it is? How smart you have to be to do it?

It's beyond subjective and eludes definition. I personally think security is an attractive area, but it would be difficult to claim it is the top. It's my opinion for my interests, and could never apply to others.

bgaudy

The "top" is a subjective term. from what I understand IT has several hierarchies within it. I don't believe one particular path is "above" another.. You can just be higher up in that food chain. Each path (Support, Network, Server, Security etc) has its own distinct role. Without one of those elements, the other are quickly made obsolete.

Legacy User

Like I said before....I have no idea myself as I have never really put much thought into it. I was just thinking about it today after he said that and was curious as to others opinions.

Legacy User

martaw wrote: »

Not sure what you exactly mean by the "top" of IT. If you mean the "best", that is subject to personal interpretation.

I don't know what he meant either.

umarbhatti

To me personally the top level is someone who hold a Cisco Certified Architect

log32

In my eyes, the top level is when you're at an expert level of your field. if it's networking/windows/linux/programming whatever

m3zilla

There is no "top" in IT...if anything, the business is top. All the various branches of IT complements each other, but at the end of the day, it's the business that drives it.

sieff

Voice is the top tier ... If you think its anything else you're fooling yourself.

(just joking guys). It's MONDAY!!!!

networker050184

Dolev wrote: »

In my eyes, the top level is when you're at an expert level of your field. if it's networking/windows/linux/programming whatever

My thoughts exactly.