IT people “twice as likely” to wear heavy metal t-shirt as other people

Carcosa · 09-26-2006, 06:14 PM

from InterMedia.net

According to new research, IT staff are twice as likely to wear a heavy metal t-shirt as their non-IT counterparts. The study of 1000 office workers, by Intermedia.NET, the leading Microsoft Exchange host, also found IT types 34% more likely to sport a ponytail. Other key findings:

Black jeans are 63% more popular among IT types than other workers
IT workers are 32% less likely to wear clean clothes every day of the week than business managers
Business and IT people are equally likely to wear a cellphone belt clip

The survey also found that despite unhelpful stereotyping such as Apple’s ‘Mac and PC’ commercials, IT and business people are equally likely – at 5% each – to wear dated 1990s spectacles.

Confirming one stereotype, however, was the finding that IT workers were almost twice as likely to carry a Maglite and a Leatherman. Both businesspeople and IT people prefer a Leatherman over a MagLite, and are 20% more likely to carry one.

IT people are different

actually i've been guilty of wearing a TOOL shirt to work. screw 'em!

Angel_Mapper · 09-26-2006, 06:23 PM

"Hey, have you seen the new server? It's frickin' mint."

50 cool points to anyone besides radio who gets that reference.

**radio667** · 09-26-2006, 06:28 PM

Tool Shirts are Soooo Friggin Mint

!!!!!!

SuperApe · 09-26-2006, 06:34 PM

I like mint.
[/losing cool points]

Carcosa · 09-26-2006, 08:28 PM

mint?
[/never had cool points]

Manticore · 09-26-2006, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radio667

Tool Shirts are Soooo Friggin Mint

!!!!!!

Hehehe......

Dorkorama · 09-26-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by InterMedia.net

The study of 1000 office workers, by Intermedia.NET, the leading Microsoft Exchange host, also found IT types 34% more likely to sport a ponytail.

Pfft! I know some IT-related professors -- almost all of them with ponytails.

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Black jeans are 63% more popular among IT types than other workers

That's not very meaningful considering the lack of color variety in denim. More interesting would be likelihood of IT workers wearing black shirts of any sort. (Not just "tees.")

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The survey also found that despite unhelpful stereotyping such as Apple’s ‘Mac and PC’ commercials, IT and business people are equally likely – at 5% each – to wear dated 1990s spectacles.

Hehehe! And to think I was looking at these for a while for dressier ocassions : http://www.focusers.com/rimlesscablestyles.html

Carcosa · 09-27-2006, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dorkorama

Hehehe! And to think I was looking at these for a while for dressier ocassions : http://www.focusers.com/rimlesscablestyles.html

actually those silver ones look really cool, prescription or no. i guess it would depend on what you were wearing.

09-26-2006, 06:14 PM	#1
Carcosa En Vino Veritas Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 474 Downloads: 5	IT people “twice as likely” to wear heavy metal t-shirt as other people from InterMedia.net According to new research, IT staff are twice as likely to wear a heavy metal t-shirt as their non-IT counterparts. The study of 1000 office workers, by Intermedia.NET, the leading Microsoft Exchange host, also found IT types 34% more likely to sport a ponytail. Other key findings: Black jeans are 63% more popular among IT types than other workers IT workers are 32% less likely to wear clean clothes every day of the week than business managers Business and IT people are equally likely to wear a cellphone belt clip The survey also found that despite unhelpful stereotyping such as Apple’s ‘Mac and PC’ commercials, IT and business people are equally likely – at 5% each – to wear dated 1990s spectacles. Confirming one stereotype, however, was the finding that IT workers were almost twice as likely to carry a Maglite and a Leatherman. Both businesspeople and IT people prefer a Leatherman over a MagLite, and are 20% more likely to carry one. IT people are different actually i've been guilty of wearing a TOOL shirt to work. screw 'em! __________________ Paypal Warning\|online music store list\|Head-Fi.org\|Marissa's Bunny

09-26-2006, 06:23 PM	#2
Angel_Mapper Spin it let's begin it. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cape Suzette Posts: 2,650 Downloads: 2 My Files: 6	"Hey, have you seen the new server? It's frickin' mint." 50 cool points to anyone besides radio who gets that reference. __________________ Angel Mapper - Prometheus To have said goodbye to things!

09-26-2006, 06:28 PM	#3
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,760 Downloads: 2	Tool Shirts are Soooo Friggin Mint !!!!!! Attached Thumbnails __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

09-26-2006, 06:34 PM	#4
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