Do all IT careers involve working in isolation and in small cubicles for long hours?
I’m sure there must be some IT jobs that require working alone in small cubicles for long hours but not any of the ones that I know. The ones I know work in teams, usually of 4 – 6 people. They spend their work days doing a combination of things: discussing the software design, talking to clients, helping people learn to use the software, writing software, playing various games (ultimate and foosball seem to be particularly popular), eating and talking. The only one of these things that they do alone is write software … and sometimes they even do that in pairs. They work 7-8 hours a day and almost never work on weekends. They love being at work because of the people they work with and how much fun they have. Responder: Maria Klawe, ACM President, Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Princeton University A: No, in fact sometimes I wish I could have a day of just sitting in my office and not being bombarded by other people 🙂 (I don’t work in a cubicle, but I am a woman working
