ＩＴ土方あいてぃーどかた

noun

lowly IT worker; overworked and underpaid IT professional

Internet slang comparing IT workers to manual laborers (土方), implying long hours, low pay, and low status. Often self-deprecating or humorous.

• 毎まい日にち残ざん業ぎょうばかりで、まるでＩＴ土ど方かただよ。

  With all this overtime every day, I'm just a lowly IT worker.

• ＩＴ土ど方かたなんて言いわれるけど、やりがいはある仕し事ごとだ。

  They call us overworked IT grunts, but it's a rewarding job.