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Techies less happy than hairdressers
News Techies have lower levels of job satisfaction than hairdressers, librarians and lorry drivers, despite earning higher salaries than are paid by many other professions. IT workers came 66th out of 81 professions ranked for job satisfaction in...
[August 6, 2007, 16:58]
Zero notice sackings - Techies want honesty
News That's the conclusion of a survey released Monday by Bloomington, Minnesota-based Techies.com, a career portal for information technology workers. When asked to describe how they felt about getting laid off, techies said the worst part had nothing...
[July 18, 2001, 18:37]
E-crime police see UK firms pledging techies' time
News The credit crunch could push more UK firms to pledge techies in the fight against cybercrime. The financial slowdown in the retail, banking and telecoms sectors is expected to see more businesses offer their IT staff rather than money to support...
[January 20, 2009, 8:04]
Recruitment gets tougher as techies settle down
News Employers looking to recruit IT staff are facing tough times ahead, according to recruitment industry body Atsco, as the number of techies prepared to change jobs has fallen dramatically. Greater levels of job inertia among techies may also have...
[November 28, 2007, 9:10]
UK techies happy to migrate for the right job
News The vast majority (81 percent) of techies would happily up sticks and move abroad if a job or work opportunity landed in their lap, according to research by IT jobs site The IT Job Board. For techies choosing the good life elsewhere, learning the...
[December 10, 2008, 6:30]
Put your feet up -- it's National Techies Day!
News Today has been declared National Techies Day (NTD) across America in a government led effort to make computing professionals feel more appreciated. Organisers of the event, keeping the official Techies Day website up to date today, say thousands of...
[October 5, 1999, 10:13]
Silicon Paradise? Techies get new offer
News This is a preview of what Catalytic's cofounders (also ex-Microsoft techies) call an "information technology township," built in a bid to recruit legions of software developers, just in time before they disappear to the US.
[February 2, 2001, 9:39]
Google CEO wants techies to teach governments
Talkback Something techies do much less of. On the other hand, governments as such should try to establish communications within techies forums. Perhaps the message is that governments listen to the wrong people.
[October 19, 2006, 23:34]
Techies teach teachers a lesson
Leader Teachers and techies also share a chronic lack of appreciation. What have IT and teaching got in common? That's easy. Professionals in both fields are often ridiculed, ridiculously poorly paid at first, and beholden to the poorly educated - in IT's...
[July 28, 2006, 14:40]
India's IT techies lose out in work...and love
News As with techies worldwide, Indian IT engineers are facing the axe from their previously lucrative jobs. The returnees form even more competition for local techies, and are living proof that the chance to live abroad -- one of the main selling...
[August 7, 2001, 15:21]
UK techies: Long hours reap rewards
News UK techies may feel over-worked, but it may be of some consolation to learn that the Germans put in even longer hours: over 40 percent said they spend over 45 hours per week at their desks. But before UK readers start applying for jobs in France...
[March 25, 2003, 16:36]
Super Techies: Brendan Eich
News In a Super Techies interview, Mozilla chief technology officer Brendan Eich talks to ZDNet.com's Dan Farber about his career as a programmer in Silicon Valley. Eich discusses his early work at Netscape creating the JavaScript programming language...
[January 23, 2008, 10:49]
Super Techies: Marc Benioff
News In this Super Techies interview, Marc Benioff talks with CNET News.com's Dan Farber about his career as a business entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Benioff discusses his early work as a programmer for Apple; honing his sales and marketing skills...
[March 28, 2008, 13:43]
Techies sought for IT support service
Talkback I think its time to sell my shares in DSG! I think the sevice is needed but am not sure how much home users will pay for it and whether DSG can make money at it.
[September 5, 2006, 12:17]
Spies target techies with honey traps, warns MI5
Talkback Good news for foreign intelligence circles, isn't it? Henceforth, those Brits who don't follow this Code of Conduct are possibly MI6 agents. It's a matter of trade-off.
[June 17, 2005, 22:27]
Google CEO wants techies to teach governments
Talkback Techies alone cannot win this battle, it needs people from all walks of life to speak up and act. Privacy issues will never die down as long as there are governments in the supposed "free world" looking to take control over peoples' lives by the...
[October 18, 2006, 9:38]
Techies sought for IT support service
Talkback And no doubt the engineers will be paid peanuts while the people on the board get paid plenty of $$ and nice big pensions, share options, company cars etc.
[September 4, 2006, 19:27]
Techies threatened by stress and thrombosis
Talkback It never fails to amaze me just how many people leave their common sense by the door when entering the workplace. If your TV stopped working at home you'd at least get up and check the basics i.e.cables/power etc.
[May 15, 2006, 13:11]
Techies teach teachers a lesson
Talkback What a waste of time and money The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) is core charter is ‘to secure and effective school workforce that improves children’s life chances’. Very inspiring and important, so how does this related to the...
[August 2, 2006, 12:51]
Techies sought for IT support service
Talkback I take it that only males can apply for this 'sexist titled' job?
[September 4, 2006, 15:42]
