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Special report: Interesting facts about IT professionals and their environments

A closer look: How women rule their IT empires

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When it comes to a day in the life of an IT professional, the pace is fast and the pressure is on.

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We collected and compiled the findings from My IT Empire, Eaton’s infographic creator, that ran from October 12, 2014 to December 8, 2014.

The findings are based on the 4,129 infographics built by IT professionals during that time.Females represented 30% of the total participants.

IT pros received customized infographics just like the one above.

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Define your work environmentWhen given these 3 choices:

Hip startup32%

Cube farm46%

Industrial 22%

MY CUBE MATE SAYS I TALK TOO LOUD.

Women were

11%more likely to choose cube

farm than men.

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4 average # of cupsof caffeine per day

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Define your IT styleWomen

were

4%more likely to

choose Caretaker of the helpless

than men.RULING AN EMPIRE MUST BE NICE.

Benevolent overload 30%

Ruthlessdictator21%

Caretaker of the helpless

49%

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6average yearsin IT

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Linux 6%

Chrome 19%

Amiga OS 1%

OS X 9%

Windows 66%

WHAT DO I HAVE IN COMMON WITH IT PROS? WE BOTH CAN HANDLE THE HEAVY LIFTING.

Women were

13%more likely to

choose Chrome and 9%

less likely to choose Linux

than men.

What’s your favorite OS? When given these 6 choices:

BSD <1%

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28 average # ofusers supported

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What’s your favorite Eaton desk toy? When given these 10 choices:

Bacon 10%

Zombie 15% Hula girl

13%

Desk monkey 14%

Strongman 5%

Chattering teeth 3%

Googly eye monster 8%

Devil duck 14%

Robot 8%

Dinosaur 10%

I’M A LADIES’ MAN. WHAT CAN I SAY?

Women were

6%more likely to choose devil

duck than men.

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3average # of racks

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DO I LOOK LIKE A MIND READER TO YOU?

What’s your chosen super power?When given these 7 choices:

Flying 13%

Shape shifting 13%

Mind reading 28%

X-ray vision 2% Super

strength 5%

Invisibility 17%

Teleporting 22%

TELEPORTING? REALLY? YOU SHOULDTRY IMMORTALITY.

Women were

10%more likely to choose mind reading than

men.

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How do you spend your day?When given these 4 choices:

Surfing the web 31%

Helping people print

17%

Doing something else

31%

Doing actual IT work 21%

AFTER SURFING THE WEB, YOU CAN FIND ME SURFING THE WAVES.

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3 average # of UPSs

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What’s your favorite music genre?When given these 9 choices:

Heavy metal 6%

Country 12%

Pop 25%

Hip-hop 16%

Blues 3%

Classical 4%

Jazz 4%

Electronic 5%

Rock 25%

I LISTEN TO LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S “FREEBIRD” ON REPEAT.

Women were

20%more likely to choose popand 75%less likely to choose rock than men.

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Pick a side . . . When asked either/or:

Dogs 59%

Far Side 36% Dilbert

64%

Cats 41%

Star Trek 35%

Star Wars 65%

I LOVE CATS SO MUCH, BUT I’M ALLERGIC. CAT VIDEOS WILL HAVE TO DO.

Women were

13%more likely to

choose cats and28% more

likely to choose Dilbert than

men.

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Pick a side . . . When asked either/or:

WHY USE A PC OR A MAC WHEN YOU CAN USE ME? I PROCESS DATA VERY QUICKLY.Not a Spiceworks

member 95%

Spiceworks member 5%

PC 76%

Mac 24% Women

were

7%less likely to

choose PCs and13% more likely to be a Spiceworks

community member than

men.

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58 average # of emails per day

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