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InfoWorld 2004 Salary Survey Results

Posted by michael on from the ka-ching dept.

tverbeek writes "InfoWorld has released the results of their Salary Survey for 2004 [pdf], and in the intro they declare that there's less bad news and more optimism, as IT budgets and salaries in particular are starting to creep back up. So now we get to witness the curious phenomenon of Lake Anti-Wobegone, as all the techies we hear from complain that their salaries are still below 'average'."

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  1. Jobserve by mirko · · Score: 5, Informative

    A good European observatory is Jobserve where I have been able to consider the falling then re-growing number of job offer during the last 3 years.

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  2. Google Cache by me98411 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Link to Google cache of the Salary Survey file.

  3. Make that Anti-(Lake Wobegon) by flicken · · Score: 5, Informative
    This is a reference to the mythical Lake Wobegone of Garisson Keillor, where "all the children are above average". In this case, all people think their salaries are *below* average, thus making it the opposite--or an Anti-(Lake Wobegone).

    See this study on the Lake Wobegone effect (pdf).

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  4. Garrison Keiller wasn't a math major by TrentL · · Score: 4, Informative

    If he was, he'd know that it's completely possible for most people at Lake Wobegone to be above (or below) average.

    Consider an exam taken by 4 people. 3 people score a 10. 1 person scores a 2. That makes an average of 8 (10 + 10 + 10 + 2 = 32. 32/4 = 8). Most of the people scored above average.

    This is why Mean and Median are useful concepts.

  5. Re:put on your slashdotting helmet, gentlemen by krails · · Score: 5, Informative

    Seriously... especially when we have an HTML version of the survey HERE. =)

    Kevin Railsback
    IT Manager
    InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.