Is "IT" a general term for tech workers in some places? I keep seeing people refer to it as such, but where I am, it is a term which primarily describes networking and infrastructure professionals.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 13 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it's a generic term here that encompasses most tech jobs

[–] Kopy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

IT stands for Information Technology. Relevant Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, that is consistent with my understanding - networking and infrastructure. Engineering and management is generally not considered IT where I am unless they are directly supporting networking and infrastructure. But someone writing code for a game or app wouldn't be IT.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Software devs and designers usually fall under IT is my understanding but I can see why many people/places would make the distinction. Especially for companies that only write software, their IT would more be the infrastructure, but if they're only writing software for in house use that's more on the IT side. I could be completely wrong about this too, just how I saw them grouped.

[–] tweeks@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The wiki link states software to be included in the definition. Management is not IT of course, but as there exists management in IT is used in the image I'd guess.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Right, there is definitely a software side of IT, but not all software is IT adjacent. IT software is really a very small field these days, compared to software in general.

[–] thirteene@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Network engineering is kind of in the middle where you take the skill set of help desk and office management. This often leads to help desk and software development both falling under the organization in information technology. Application support also often falls under this category.

[–] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Someone should make a ven diagram.