[mikester]

I've been in IT since about 1995 myself and worked in a variety of "support" roles and "money generating" roles.

Typically it's been network engineer position; the ones where I was a support guy sucked hard. The ones where my network made money rocked.

Find one of those and you will likely be in a different world. IT is very demanding either way...much more rewarding though if your network/systems generate revenue instead of support it.