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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. Hello this is the Web Speaking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    we speak HTML and plain text, PDF is neither

  2. Re:Back in my day by DarthApoc · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That was modded intresting? ;) Come on mods, s/he was anonymous, you COULD mod him/her funny instead ;) (i really HOPE it was a joke at least) ;)

  3. Re:More power to you. by Icekold · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, time to be a troll, apologies in advance, however it's ridiculous, not rediculous.

    Do you guys actually pronounce it rediculous in your part of the world?

  4. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing... by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Christian Fundamentalists are about the most quiet, reserved, introspective people the world has ever known.

    Course, you wouldn't know that if all you heard about them was what the lamestream media told you, but hey: That's the way things have always been, and the way things will always be...

  5. Re:More power to you. by mekkab · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you guys actually pronounce it rediculous in your part of the world?

    sadly enough, yes. Mostly for extreme emphasis ( emphasising the first two syllables, as opposed to the second one).

    Its to the point where I'm taken to emphasizing the THIRD syllable (in a nudge-nudge-wink-wink way) simply to bang it into my skull that its "i" and not "e." Sad.

    And don't get me started on the word "ignoramus"- in high school I heard a band mispronounce the 'a' on purpose ( more like a "baaaaaah" than "rain") on purpose (Infectious Grooves), thought it was funny, started doing it, and now I'm all jacked.

    I hate pronunciation! ;)

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    In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
  6. Re:Missing datas by CrazyTalk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think thats whats throwing off the curve, making salaries to high. Combine Bill Gates salary with the average shmo making 40k/yr (less if you work for a University or government), and you'll raise the average to the 80-100k that we are seeing!

  7. Re:Who is complaining? by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are Christian Fundamentalists anything like Islamic Extremists?

  8. Re:Who is complaining? by evilned · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah pretty much, especially the texans and the saudis. Both corrupt as hell, love horses, guns,oil and blowing shit up.

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    "My head hurts, My feet stink, and I dont love Jesus." -Jimmy Buffett

  9. Quod Erat Demonstrandum, I'd say... by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Furthermore, fundamentalists sects are a common element of American history and literature. Your assertion that most people know them from the distorted lens of the media is a distortion in its own right.

    When was the last time you heard a Mennonite lobbying for anything? When was the last time you heard a Seventh Day Adventist lobbying for anything? When was the last time you heard an angry mob of home schoolers lobbying for anything, much less screaming at the top of their lungs, "WE'RE HERE! WE'RE QUEER! AND WE NOT GOING AWAY!!!"

    By and large, these people just want to be left alone. It's the tyranny we call "The Government" [aided by its allies in the media, the universities, the unions, and the professions] which seeks to destroy them, not the other way around.