[QUOTE=griffo104]AT, having worked in IT for 16 years I think you are under estimating things big time. Remember you do get to deal with lots of business people - these do not include your normal IT geeks. Just make sure you don't get to work for a software company - in which case my advise to you is... PANIC.[/QUOTE] Thats the problem I am most likely to probably end up working for a back street web development company. I would rather work for a big one IT organisation which is why the public sector appeals. A lot of the big science/technology companies are too hard to get into.