What takes to be an IT Professional?

“Amateurs hope, Professionals work."

          It is not truly easy to be the best among the best in your chosen field. To be a professional is a deadly hard battle, deadly in a sense that your competing among all the rest. You should go through a roller coaster of up's and down's. Must and should experience those sleepless nights and even sudden breakdowns due to stress. In the field of Information Technology, it is truly overwhelming and proud when you become a professional someday. It feels like you defeat all your opponents and you are the only one remains standing. To be an IT Professional you should have the following traits:

Goal oriented: In everything you do, in every reason you take and in every decision you make it must always correspond to your goal, goal to reach success and no matter how tough and rough the road is, you still want to continue and go on and even willing to journey no matter what.

Patience & Self Control: There's a lot of problems occur even conflicts and sometimes you just can't take to bear it all. But despite of all the negative vibes just pretty sure to be stay in calm, control your temper and at least have time to listen and hear the voice of others.

Dealing with Unexpected: If everything and as hoped for, that would

 be great. But it would also be a miracle. Stuff happens, things change, and the true professional rises to the occasion. They make a new plan, change their direction if necessary and never look back - because that's the only road to success.

Competence: We all know competent. We describe the person as someone who 'knows his/her stuff.' He/She gets things done. Knows how to work through complicated situations and arrive at solutions. Learn from past experiences. And just like a good wine, her strengths grow with time.

People Skills: We also recognize strong relationships skills when we see it, We describe the person as being 'solid.' works well with others, focused on doing the right thing. He/She cares about things beyond his/her own world. Stays true to his word. He stands up and takes blame when something fails. Steps aside and let others receive credit when a job is well done. Knows how to work effectively through delicate situations.

         

          I'm sure you know people who are competent, but you cringe at the thought of spending any time with them. I'm sure you know people who are incredibly nice but can't seem to get a darn thing done. To be successful, you need to be strong on both sides of the see-saw. and you should never consider yourself finished honing other side. A true professional will always be disciplined and will know what has to be done and how it has to be done, be it a personal or professional. This is what makes a leader stand out wherever he or she goes.

“A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.”