[Callum_Dawson]

When I leave school I want to be an IT Manager. I was wandering; does anybody know the average salary for an IT Manager? I often wandered how much but never bothered to look it up.

[valis]

depends on several factors; the size of the company, how aggressive you are in the interview process regarding salary requirements, what the company nets, etc. Also, the odds of you walking in and starting out as a manager are somewhere between slim and none. You need to do some of the grunt work for a bit first, show some business acumen and knowledge, and work your way up the corporate ladder. Our current CIO started out in the mail room.

[Callum_Dawson]

I mean a organization, school etc. Where there is 1-2 IT Technicians/Managers.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi,

It still depends on the level of resources in the organizations budget and on where the organization is located around the country. For example, if you can find the school in a state where it spends more per student than any other school district, the chances are that they may also have the highest budget for computers of all of those schools and therefore may pay higher for an IT manager than other districts. You still have to work your way up which means get the first job you can in IT that will bootstrap your career in that direction. Take all the IT courses you can before you graduate, and then after you get hired, keep on going to school (at night) perhaps even to get an MBA or some kind of an advanced degree, and also join professional organizations that are relevant to your chosen career path, and network at any conferences you attend - you never know where you will be working next, and changing jobs after the experience becomes less challenging or stale means that you will need to keep your job hunting skills sharp even while you are working especially in times like the current recession (its an up and down roller coaster ride).

-- Tom

[valis]

well, a tech is different from a manager. A manager has to know the entire department and handle all the budgetary needs, hiring/firing, as well as knowing how to handle the entire department, all facets of the network, etc.

A tech is the dude who does the fixing.

[Callum_Dawson]

In a school the Manager really hires/fires? I would have thought the Senior Staff would have.

[valis]

if there's an IT department, then there will be an IT manager. That person would be responsible for all the needs of the IT department.