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IT's Musical Habits

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the where-is-the-who dept.

operand sent in a fun little article about the listening habits of IT. It seems that developers are headbangers, Microsoft certified pros are Britney fans, and management goes for Mozart. Tragically The Who is not included... Linux users tend toward Electronica, and Security goes for The Dead.

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  1. Age profile by Handyman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess the differences in Rock styles can be explained by the age profile of people going to IT courses:

    Developer profile: 25-35 years old, teenager when Iron Maiden and Megadeth were all that.

    Project manager profile: 40-50 years old, teenager when Pink Floyd was hot.

    Security profile: same age or slightly older than a project manager, given up hopes of ever becoming a project manager, not young enough to be a top-of-the-line developer anymore. Gone into security (and taking courses on that) because the "experience of old age" does give an edge in (a) making young developers listen to you when you give them security advice, and (b) not having enough dreams for the future anymore to let features go before security (no enthusiasm to cloud judgment), etcetera. Just the kind of person to have grown up in the days when Grateful Dead / The Doors / Jimi Hendrix were cool.

    Or am I way off the mark here?