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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up The moonlighting techies appear in a top 10 of the UK's neediest professions. However, despite more than a third admitting working outside office hours, techies still trail some way behind the most... [06 Nov 2009]
Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News This lands techies in the top 10 UK professions for moonlighting, although some way behind the most prolific cash-in-hand workers of all: the not-so-humble hairdresser. Techies and hairdressers - more in... [04 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment Not only were alpha versions provided to hyper-techies but beta versions were made available to anyone who wanted them - and this has meant that Windows 7 has been pretty exhaustively tested in a large number of situations. [28 Oct 2009]
Will 'citizen developers' shake up IT development?
News The analyst reckons the rise of citizen developers is good news for the IT department as it will free up in-house techies to work on projects they've previously been too busy to get round to. We've had the 'citizen... [23 Oct 2009]
Naked CIO: Put more business in IT education
Comment What can be done to better train students for the IT workplace? The Naked CIO has some suggestions. After reading a recent CIO Jury on whether universities are preparing youth properly for IT challenges, I began to think about why higher... [12 Oct 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Another recent poll by silicon.com found that 62 per cent of techies consider malicious or incompetent staff as the biggest threat to their organisation's IT security, ahead of viruses with nine per cent. [05 Oct 2009]
Where to make the biggest bucks working in IT
News Techies in these industries collect about £8,000 more than the £35,452 paid to their counterparts working in government, education and health, who are the lowest paid IT professionals. IT workers chasing the big bucks... [01 Oct 2009]
Google Wave opens doors to 100,000 newbies
News Still, that's better than "developer preview", the status previously attached to Wave that implied only hardcore techies should venture within. Google Wave is ready for its next step: a more thorough test of its... [30 Sep 2009]
Uncomplaining techies turn in extra hours for free
News According to a new survey, more and more techies are putting in extra hours. Some 7.3 per cent of techies said they are working between 60 and 75 hours per week - an increase of a third on last year's... [23 Sep 2009]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News According to new research, techies working in IT management should consider brushing up on their outsourcing expertise: those with skills in that area make the best paid IT management workers with an average annual... [22 Sep 2009]
Chartered IT Professional qualification gets a revamp
News The British Computer Society is changing the way it assesses the Chartered IT Professional certifications. As of Wednesday, CITP applicants will be able to choose to specialise in areas such as project management. [22 Sep 2009]
How much will you be earning in 10 years' time?
News Techies working in project management are those likely to see the biggest jumps in earnings as they progress up the career ladder. Those same techies can also expect to see their wages leap by a further... [15 Sep 2009]
Want to boost your pay packet? Get yourself a bigger employer
News Across all three types of companies, the highest paid techies are working in IT management - commanding an average annual salary of £56,746 at corporates. The same rule holds true for tech workers in communications - the... [11 Sep 2009]
Third of techies check their work email every day on holiday
News It seems techies could well be suffering from email addiction whether they're on holiday or not: another recent silicon.com poll found the majority check their work email before 9am either on a PC or a mobile device. [07 Sep 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News Mostly, techies are needed in countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia to help communities in sub-Saharan Africa learn about and deploy IT. According to Reshna Radiven, volunteer recruitment manager for... [25 Aug 2009]
