Working the IT help desk can be a great entry-level job. As a help desk professional, your core responsibilities are to provide technical help and support; that could mean setting up and repairing computers or responding to a customer’s question about how to use their computer. It could also mean performing routine maintenance of a company’s computer networks and internet systems or teaching staff how to use new technologies.

It’s a good gig, and it can be fulfilling. The median salary for co…

IT professionals of all stripes—programmers, theoreticians, engineers—are in high demand these days.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment of software developers will grow by 24 percent and employment of app developers by 31 percent by 2026—rates that far outpace the average growth of other occupations.

Tech industries like artificial intelligence, information security, and enterprise software, Forbes says, are hiring computer scientists, tech specialists, and programmers in…