Stereotypes Alive and err.. Pasty-​​looking

According to new research, IT staff are twice as likely to wear a heavy metal t-​​shirt as their non-​​IT coun­ter­parts. The study of 1000 office workers also found IT types 34% more likely to sport a ponytail. Other key findings:

* Black jeans are 63% more popular among IT types than other workers
* IT workers are 32% less likely to wear clean clothes every day of the week than business managers
* Business and IT people are equally likely to wear a cell­phone belt clip

Via The Guardian

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