Who listens what(new survey)

[Loshadka]

The latest research by "accelerated learning" outfit The Training Camp may be very silly, but at least it doesn't accuse piratical punters from downloading movies illegally from the Internet.

Nope, the Training Camp has uncovered some much more exciting facts regarding the musical preferences of those working in the wonderful world of computing. The company "took advantage of a captive audience of IT professionals to poll them on the contents of their portable music players".

Shockingly, the results of its poll among 200 students at the Training Camp's UK residential courses reveal that developers are malodorous headbangers playing air guitar to Megadeth, Microsoft Certified professionals get their rocks off to Britney while IT directors can be found sipping the finest wines while Mozart tinkles away in the background. No stereotype-fulfilling findings there, then.

Training Camp co-founder Robert Chapman said of this "iPod anatomy" research: "I’ve always suspected that there is a strong link between professional and musical orientation, which is certainly confirmed by this research."

Hmmm. There is argument which says that your musical tastes adapt to your job, rather than dictate your choice of career. We know of at least one Reg hack who came to Vulture Central with a fine ear and an profound appreciation of Baroque choral works, but was one month later found in a London pub, drunk, and dancing on a table to the Sex Pistols while police officers moved in with dogs and nets.

Sadly, the Training Camp survey does not note what IT journalists prefer on their playlist. Neither, scandalously, does it recognise what is taken as absolute fact among the IT community: that adsales boys, marketing directors and Strategy Boutiques in general prefer to brainstorm to the sound of whalesong. ®

Those results in full

Job: Microsoft-certified professionals
Favoured genre: Mainstream pop
Top three bands:

Britney Spears
Dido
Beyonce

Job: Security
Favoured genre: 60s "Alt" Rock
Top three bands:

Grateful Dead
The Doors
Hendrix

Job: Linux
Favoured genre: Electro
Top three bands:

The Orb
Underworld
Kraftwerk

Job: Developers
Favoured genre: Heavy Metal
Megadeth
Iron Maiden
Slipknot

Job: Database administrators
Favoured genre: Indie
The Smiths
Haven
Suede

Job: Project manager
Favoured genre: Rock
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rolling Stones

Job: CIO/IT director
Favoured genre: Classical
Mozart
Handel
Vivaldi

 

[nofx]

Do you have any more of theese to a different job field like automotives or medicine? I find tihs sort of interesting

 

[63]

Can't beat Vivaldi

 

[evil^milk]

Nobody listens to Techno?

edit: oh linux does.

heh

 

[sHm0zY]

KORN is awesome. they rock

 

[CyberSh33p]

are they might be giants indie? if so, looks like I'm cut out for databasing.

 

[galoot3000]

this is cool, nice survey. only one group listens to techno!??!?!?!

 

[CyberSh33p]

this is cool, nice survey. only one group listens to techno!??!?!?!

thats because techno sucks :stare:

 

[Jackal hit]

heh they need a group that listens to metal, rock, techno, and classical. stupid polarized whatever people in that survey. bah! i guess i could get most of those jobs then. just not the pop music jobs

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Millionaires have my exact taste in music...

 

[mortiz]

my favourite music is Heavy Metal and my favourite band is Iron Maiden!

Guess I'm a developer

 

[Crushenator 500]

i could be either security, database administrator, developer or project manager

i'de probably go for developer though





snowblind - black sabbath

 

[lePobz]

I like a bit of everything, what does that make me?

 

[Kyorisu]

According to the Job prog my school uses I'll be one of the following;

1. Mechatronics Engineer
2. Computer Hardware Technician
3. Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineer

 

[Fat Tony!]

Damn so Im not going into the ict business, oh well never was planning to anyway

 

[Sulkdodds]

Pobz makes a good point. What if you like everything? Split personalities?

 

[CyberSh33p]

nay, you're just really good at everything.

 

[SubKamran]

I am a developer, website designer and coder and I love rock, metal and punk But I also love alternative too, so I'm all around.