[clue-talk] Learning motivations of IT pros

[Nate Duehr]

Beesley, Andrea D. wrote:

> Hi, I'm a Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma, now living and 
> working in Denver.  My research interest is finding out what types of 
> goals best motivate people who work in IT to keep learning new 
> information and developing their skills.  Companies might make 
> assumptions about what motivates employees, but employees often bring 
> with them their own sets of goals, which may differ.
>
> In my research so far I have found Linux users to be particulary 
> reflective and motivated about their technology learning, so I thought 
> I would ask members of this list to participate.  If you're an IT 
> professional, please consider responding to my brief, anonymous online 
> survey: http://www.occe.ou.edu/tech_expertise/
>
> I will be happy to share the results of the study also.
>
> Thanks for considering my request!
>
> Andrea Beesley
>
So I IM-spammed a few friends with this, thinking they might go help 
out... and responses ranged from:

"Where's her photo?"

To...

"This will take away from my ThinkGeek shopping time."

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I really need to find some less sarcastic friends.  :-)

I tried Andrea, really I did.  LOL!

Nate