Study Shows Teen Gamers Like Tech, But Don't All Crave IT Jobs 227
CIStud writes "If you think playing endless hours of Dungeons & Dragons will create a desire to get into the information technology, think again. A new study by CompTIA of teens and young adults shows that only 17% want to pursue a technology career despite the fact that 97% say they 'love' technology." This can't be any more surprising than that most concert-goers don't intend to be professional musicians, can it? 17% actually sounds like a pretty high figure to me. The article goes on to soften even that number, though: "[I]nterest levels jump when teens and young adults are presented with options for specific jobs. Nearly half of the respondents can see themselves potentially designing video games; 41 percent envision creating applications for mobile devices; 39 percent, designing web pages; and 34 percent, applying technology in fields such as healthcare or education."
D&D! (Score:5, Funny)
Let's roll to determine your career path. Roll a d20!
I bet they don't want to be janitors either. (Score:5, Funny)
Why go into the white collar equivalent?
I (sometimes) enjoy my work, but glamorous it ain't.
"Teen Gamer craving a job" seems like an oxymoron (Score:4, Funny)
Who was thinking about work when you were a teen? (Let alone IT work)
When you're a teen,.. playing Xbox 8 hours a day while getting paid for it would seem like a perfectly legitimate career path.
Re:D&D! (Score:5, Funny)
Let's roll to determine your career path. Roll a d20!
Ooo, sorry. You rolled a 1. It looks like it's help desk for you.
Re:Adding one's own toppings (Score:2, Funny)
I, for one, welcome the shift from car analogies to pizza analogies. um.. overlords?
Re:I could "see myself" as an astronaut as well (Score:5, Funny)
But Firemen aren't the good guys these days. Their wages and benefits are costing the government money that could be better used giving to the rich as tax cuts.