Feelin’ a little crispy?
You’re not the only one, says CIO William Cross, who notes IT pros are stressed out. Cross did his doctoral thesis on how stress affects programming and says it’s not pretty for our IT heroes.
“According to Cross, IT workers have high divorce rates and personality types that can be cauldrons for stress. They tend to avoid people but have a need for recognition and praise, a ‘very seriously flawed combination,’ he said. IT workers often work long hours and deal with systems that can cause frustration.”
We would make a very snarky joke right here, but then we wouldn’t be able to log on for days, and our ancient Compaq laptop would be replaced by an even-more-ancient, sparky Dell.
So in the interest of self-preservation, you’re on your own on this one.
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