IT personality types: 8 profiles in geekdom
A rogues gallery of the oddballs who populate the wonderful world of IT
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The wacky folk who make IT interesting
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IT personality type No. 1: The Empty Suit
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IT personality type No. 2: The Scary Sys Admin
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IT personality type No. 3: The Human Roadblock
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IT personality type No. 4: The Angry Support Drone
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IT personality type No. 5: The Übergeek
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IT personality type No. 6: The OS Fanboy
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IT personality type No. 7: The Promiser
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IT personality type No. 8: The Shadow
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The wacky folk who make IT interesting
Consider this your field guide to the flora and fauna of your work life: the eight classic personality types you'll find in virtually any reasonably sized IT department. We're not sure what it is about technology that draws certain types of people while repelling others. Maybe it's all those electrons spinning through millions of miles of circuitry; maybe it's just the lack of sunlight and human interaction. We bet many of these personality types -- if not all -- reside in a nearby cubicle at this very moment.
- Take the IT personality type quiz to find out which profile suits your IT temperament.
- For more on your favorite tech-infused characters, read the full article.
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