Which Industry?

For career planning, beside knowing your strengths is not enough. To be focus, it is better to stay within a particular industry. And it is wrong to see IT as one industry. It is a very bad representation and very inaccurate description.

IT in banks is different from IT in vendors and I suspects is different from other part of the economy. Architects in Bank plays the role of innovators and is at the leading edge of technology. They investigate new technologies and establish the best practice and standards in using them. They ensure and inspects the development team that took over using the standards and best practice.

So staying in one industry for the long term works best for career as employers values a CV with long track record. The question is then finding out which industry provides the best environment to exhibits your strengths and interest.

Talking to tons of people will help and I believe trying multiple different company in the early years of your career will add to your experiences in deciding where to go and where to stay.