Last week, popular web development website A List Apart (ALA) released the results of it’s 2007 Web Design Survey. I’ve spent the last few days reading over the 82 page document and found a good amount of the results interesting.
- Over 80% of the respondents were White Males
- 48% came from the USA
- When asked if they were excited by their field, 43.6% said Fequently, 35% said Very Frequently, meaning 78.6% like what they do most of the time.
- About 20% want to start their own business as their next move.
- Of that 20%, 89.9% were men.
- 47.9% are in the salary range of $20,000 - $80,000, where 52.3% have been in the industry 5 years or less.
- 1/2 of the people in my age group (21-24) make less than $20,000. Something to consider is most people who graduate college are 21 or 22.
- ALA found that Job Satisfaction increases with age. I think this is because when starting out, (for me anyway), you’re not doing the cool and exciting stuff you’d like to. My internships consisted mostly of fixing HTML, and not any real development.
- Of those who saw an age bias, Under 21 and 21-24 combined made up for 70.2% of the respondents.
- 22% of female respondents saw gender bias, where only 1.5% of male respondents did. (NOTE- that is 22% of the females, which made up ~16% and 1.5% of the males, which made up ~84%).
What was most surprising to me was how big the gap between male and female respondents is. I knew the computing field is male dominated, but I didn’t think it was that one sided. This survey also gave me a pretty good idea of what I can expect as a salary once I get out of Grad School. You can download and review the results here, and if you are a web professional, I strongly recommend it. It’s extremely informative.
posted on October 23rd, 2007 in Computer Stuff, Design, Links, News, Thoughts, Websites| No Comments »
With the Yankees’ 2007 Season coming to a close a couple of days ago with their loss against the Indians, there has been a lot of buzz over who will stay and who will go. There has been a lot of buzz about “The end of a dynasty.” There has just been a lot of buzz. The biggest concern for most people is whether Joe Torre will stay or go. The answers to the other questions will follow.
At almost 22 years old, I grew up with Joe Torre as the Yankee manager. Being a baseball fan all my life and making the decision to be a Yankee fan in 1995, I became a die hard. Don Mattingly was my favorite player. I was crushed when they lost against the Mariners in the ALDS. Then Joe Torre was named manager. Derek Jeter became the regular Shortstop. 1996 was a great year for the Yankees. Even after dropping 0-2 against the Braves, I didn’t lose faith- I knew we would win. I was 10 and painfully optimistic. Then again, so was Torre, who told Steinbrenner the same thing. They won their first World Series since 1978, and under the management of Torre, would go on to win in 98, 99 and 2000 as well. They’ve made it to the playoffs every year he’s managed them. Torre is the most successful post season manager in history.
So what’s my point? As I said before, if Torre goes, the other questions will be answered. Mo and Posada have already threatened to leave. They are two staples of the team. A-Rod is up in the air as to if he will opt out of his contract or not, but I bet a Torre firing will make the decision easier. Will it be the end of the Yankee dynasty? Maybe for a while. And as a kid who grew up on a successful Yankee team, I sure as hell don’t want to wait another 18 years for a World Series title. This was a great year for the Yankees. Every player had sometime to offer. They picked up a few great rookies who will only get better with experience. 2008 is shaping up to be great…if Torre stays. If not, the team will fall apart and things won’t look so great anymore.
This team has been through a lot together. Torre is like a father figure to a lot of the team and a hero in New York. I think out of respect, for his skill and insight as well as for his character, George should keep him on until he is ready to leave. Firing Torre will make things much worse. Not better.
posted on October 11th, 2007 in News, Sports| No Comments »
Yeah. The game tag. Because kids were getting hurt and being ‘forced to play against their will.’ Here is an idea- Don’t run if you don’t want to play. I don’t know about you, but I think kids are supposed to get hurt. It’s in the job description for being a kid. If schools keep doing this and coddling kids, over-protecting them, I’d imagine it’s not good for their development. It’s not challenging kids to deal with anything. Maybe this isn’t a big deal, but a lot of this has been happening in other schools, banning certain books or other games, etc. Just seems like bad news to me.
posted on August 30th, 2007 in Links, Manifesto, News| No Comments »
[If China started] making, say, toys without lead in them or food that isn’t poisonous, their costs of production will go up and that means prices at Wal-Mart here in the US will go up too.
Erin Burnett of CNBC
posted on August 20th, 2007 in News| No Comments »
A few weeks ago I talked about how design effects users, comparing CNN.com and Foxnews.com. I was just checking both sites in a small break from studying for finals, and noticed two very contradicting reports on gas prices.
According to CNN.com, gas prices hit record highs and are on the way up. The story goes on to say that the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) cheif Guy Caruso says that, ” that not all of the recent rise in wholesale gas costs has been reflected in what consumers are now paying at the pump…” The summary of the story includes the line “…more price rises seen.”
Quite conversely,Foxnews.com reports that Gas prices may cool down. This report then goes on to say that EIA chief Guy Caruso (the same guy from the CNN report) states, “With refinery production expected to improve during the rest of May and import volumes increasing over the last few weeks, gasoline markets may ease somewhat, causing gasoline prices to recede from their current high levels.”
To be fair, the CNN report mentions a similar quote later in the story, and the Foxnews report mentions gas prices may remain tight this summer. I just find it interesting the stories from different news sources focus on such extreme differences in the same exact story. I think it is also important to mention that the Foxnews story is a Reuters story, giving it (in my eyes) a little more credibility.
posted on May 16th, 2007 in News, Politics| No Comments »
