Are you happy?

website@infoadvisors.com — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:31:00 GMT

A recent Dice survey finds that we IT pros are very, very happy with our jobs:

The survey found the technology career path to have strong appeal among technology professionals, based partially upon their high levels of job satisfaction, with an overwhelming 94 percent of those surveyed reporting satisfaction with their current positions.

I'm not sure how reliable this survey is given that it is sponsored by DICE, the internet cheap labour body shopper (they once offered me a Senior Data Modeler/Project Manager contract for a whopping $17 an hour). However, the press release has some interesting tidbits.

Outside the technology industry, the industry’s appeal looks rather different and suggests that technology has mixed appeal as a career option to non-tech professionals. The survey found that 64 percent of non-tech adults are likely to recommend a career in technology. Comparatively, 73 percent of non-tech adults were likely to suggest a career in the healthcare industry to others, while 48 percent would recommend financial services.

This release affirms the fact that as a profession, we just don't get no respect. I've worked with IT people who I believe continue to think that it is all about the technology, making IT professionals look clueless to the business side. When are we going to figure out that we IT pros need to worry about are image just as much as we worry about the next release of product X?

Karen Lopez: Musings on Data, Process, and Architecture

Are you happy?