I?ve worked at one of the top hosting companies in the World for 5 years now? don?t get me wrong, I enjoy my job, we have happy customers.. but really I?m one of the few?.
a) You deal with people?s shitty problems ALL day long.. it?s really too much pressure when a customer who pays $tons per month has his websites down because of some really careless mistake (yours or theirs)
b) Too much competition? it?s next to impossible to make money when people are charging $0 - $10 per month for shared or VPS accounts? 1&1 selling dedicated servers for $49? where is the profit??
c) Hackers will help you spend most what you do make on defending your Network from being attacked? really the script kiddies are out of control?.
If you really want to enter the Industry then so as the other posters say, rent a rack and co-lo some servers?. or Resell others better yet?
But really, if you?re technical and/or have business skills to run a company you may be better going into another field...
