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UK Companies Love IT Workers, Love Not Returned
Roblimo writes "'The study, completed in early July, showed that U.K. employees working in the information technology industry are more valued than they think they are,' says a story at ITMJ.com, but it also says, 'According to the results of the survey, only 45% of IT workers feel valued at work, and 70% don't believe that their job reflects their true potential.' Not only that, but 'Seventy-five percent feel discriminated against because of their age; 43% say their bosses think they are too young, and 32% feel too old.' That leaves only 25% who believe they're the right age for their jobs, and only 30% who feel they're working to their true potential. Does this mean U.K. employers need to worry about a mass exodus from the I.T. field, or is this just normal griping?"
... that nerds tend to have more psychological problems than general populace.
Any links to studies about it and/or "professional advice"?
The real truth is no one really wants to work in front a glowing screen, keeping their head down but they have been conditioned to do that. The workplace these days is just a bad parody of The Office. If you are very lucky you will get to work on something you actually feel passionate about, most times you won't.
The brutal reality is that 98% of IT companies and 98% of IT employees in the UK could all vanish and the world would notice no difference. Not quite the same in the US where IT actually delivers products people use and want. Also a big problem is the enormous cheap labour in India and China where people there are probably more qualified, educated and able but work costs a fraction of the cost. The IT industry in the UK is a kind of pointless lame duck industry where no one is really too sure why it even exists at all.