Is studying IT in a good university the best way for poor students to become middle class?

When I went to Zhihu to see it before, I also saw a similar problem:

This problem was discussed as early as three or four years ago. At that time, the internet was not as developed as it is now, and there were not so many programmers at that time.

Under this question, the answer that won the most praise (8.5K praise) was "going out to eat by bike":

Yes, just four roads.

Write code

Be engaged in finance

Engage in finance in the code circle

Write code in the financial circle

The content is very incisive and seems to have some truth.

But to really answer this question, we must first figure out what is the "middle class"?

The explanation of Baidu Encyclopedia is as follows:

The middle class (or middle class) means that people's low-level "physiological needs and security needs" are met, and the middle-level "emotional needs and respect needs" are also well met. Most of them are engaged in mental or manual labor with technical foundation, mainly relying on wages and salaries to make a living, generally well educated, with professional knowledge and strong professional ability and corresponding family consumption ability; Have some leisure and pursue the quality of life.

So, how much money can you call yourself middle class in China?

In some third-and fourth-tier cities, if the monthly income is 5,000 yuan, the small white-collar workers who take photos in Starbucks and send friends circle claim to be middle-class, and no one will refute it; People in first-and second-tier cities who have cars, houses and 654.38+0 million liquidity say they are middle class, no problem. In addition, according to the definition of the National Bureau of Statistics, people with an annual income of 70,000-420,000 yuan can be regarded as middle class.

In this way, the standard of the middle class is not unique, and how to define it can only be a matter of opinion. Maybe you can ask yourself the following three questions to judge whether you belong to the middle class:

Do car loans and mortgages put a lot of pressure on your life?

Does your child's future education cost worry you?

Are you a little afraid to get married, or are you afraid to have children easily after marriage?

As long as one answer to these three questions is yes, then you are not middle class.

Next, let's discuss why most people think that entering the IT industry is the best choice for children from poor families to advance to the middle class.

Reason one: the high salary advocated by IT training institutions.

Many IT training institutions advertise everywhere with the slogan of "training for 4 months, with a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan" when enrolling students, which leads many small whites who don't understand the industry to think that they can earn over 10,000 yuan a month as long as they learn. In fact, many training institutions can't help you earn more than 10 thousand yuan in the end, and it is even difficult to guarantee you a job.

Reason 2: The influence of various employment reports.

14 in may, the national bureau of statistics released the average wage data of 20 18. Among them, the top industries are information transmission, software and information technology services, with an average salary of 14 1962 yuan.

The salary in the IT industry is indeed relatively high, but as long as you do it, you don't have to become a middle class. A person's development, a person's family background, a person's personal efforts and a person's choice of the times can all impact the middle class. Even if you understand the times and seize the opportunity to follow the trend, nothing is useless without hard work.

So, learning IT on 20 19 is not the only way for children from poor families to rise to the middle class?

Learning IT can make you earn more money with a high probability, but this is not the only way out, and there is no 100% guarantee that you can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month when you enter IT. There is no so-called "only way out", and the "only way out" here should not only refer to the IT industry, but the pan-Internet industry. If technicians have been working in outsourcing companies, there are still few opportunities for development.

People think that the IT industry can promote poor children to the middle class, mainly because:

1, there are fewer and fewer traditional industries. In the Internet age, users have been dependent on the Internet for a long time. Products will also go further with the development of the Internet. With the emphasis on the Internet, IT technology involves more and more fields, and the market demand for its employees is gradually increasing.

2. Compared with other industries, in Internet IT companies, internal politics and intrigue are generally rare, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates is harmonious and everyone is equal, which is very simple. More importantly, as long as you have outstanding technology and strength, you can get unlimited opportunities. To develop a product, you don't need specific resources or contacts to do it, and you won't rank it by generation. As long as you have this technical ability, you have the final say. This is why in the Internet industry, many post-80s leaders are young people born after 90s.

Internet industry is a young sunrise industry, not a stable or declining industry, which means that the industry itself is full of many opportunities. In fact, there are many opportunities in many such industries. Thirty years ago, they were engaged in real estate. Twenty years ago, ten years ago, they were engaged in supermarket chains. In fact, many diaosi have successfully advanced. Internet industry is the most representative industry at present.

Generally, small-scale enterprises have their own technical departments. If an enterprise has a large amount of information, it will inevitably require database management and enterprise information management. IT software engineers are all-round talents, not limited by the development of the industry, nor influenced by age and physical strength. Just like doctors and lawyers, the older they are, the more experienced and valuable they are, and technicians can hold more important positions in the company.

Compared wITh other industries, it industry is particularly prone to extraordinary talents. Many people who can't adapt to school and society have created many things that surprise the world and have been affecting the world.

Of course, every industry is not absolutely fair, but IT industry is relatively rare, and you can get a high rate of return by relying entirely on strength, regardless of parents or relationships.

In the future, no matter whether you are a code farmer or a financial migrant worker, you will eventually reach the same goal, have a clear goal and be willing to work hard for it. This is the core factor that affects whether you can advance to the middle class.