Entropy

A slashdot user writes in to tell about Infoworld’s 7 Dirtiest Jobs in IT. As they explain, working in IT isn’t always pretty and this is the list of the worst of them. From your stock-standard black ops to dealing with legacy systems, its got them.

Unfortunately, dirty jobs — whether you’re being chained to a help desk, hacking 30-year-old code, finding yourself wedged between warring factions in the conference room, or mucking about in human effluvia — are necessary to make nearly every organization tick. (Well, maybe not the human effluvia part.)

The good news? Master at least one of them, and you’re pretty much guaranteed a job with somebody. We don’t guarantee you’ll like it, though.