Second Life Forums Archive - A more useful (I hope) RL occupation poll

Reitsuki Kojima

Witchhunter

Join date: 27 Jan 2004

Posts: 5,328

04-20-2005 16:48

This is, I hope, a little more useful for people... Since the other poll had so many questions about where things go, and not many choices.

I realize it's still missing MANY options, but the poll limits choices to 10, so I tried to include as many as I felt had a good shot at having more than one person doing them, and left a generic "other" option for those cases.

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Roberta Dalek

Probably trouble

Join date: 21 Oct 2004

Posts: 1,174

04-20-2005 17:10

Bah can't answer this one either. Public sector worker - can we have a beaurocrat option

blaze Spinnaker

1/2 Serious

Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

04-20-2005 17:13

Yeah, no kidding. I'm a religious monk! Where's clergy in there???

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Reitsuki Kojima

Witchhunter

Join date: 27 Jan 2004

Posts: 5,328

04-20-2005 17:27

From: Roberta Dalek

Bah can't answer this one either. Public sector worker - can we have a beaurocrat option

Aw hell.

Told you, there's only ten options I can possibly make.

Choose "other" I suppose. I really shoulda included "Works for The Man" or something

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I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.

Toy LaFollette

I eat paintchips

Join date: 11 Feb 2004

Posts: 2,359

04-20-2005 17:33

okay, I chose business owner because I own a farm and run it

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Chameleon Calliope

Invisible Woman

Join date: 14 Feb 2005

Posts: 76

04-20-2005 17:42

I would have added "Education" and "Clerical" as two other categories.

Aimee Weber

The one on the right

Join date: 30 Jan 2004

Posts: 4,286

04-20-2005 17:51

From: blaze Spinnaker

Yeah, no kidding. I'm a religious monk! Where's clergy in there???

Just cause you write it on your taxes doesn't make it so.

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Buster Peel

Spat the dummy.

Join date: 7 Feb 2005

Posts: 1,242

04-20-2005 18:14

I'm an "ect", but there are four of them.

Traxx Hathor

Architect

Join date: 11 Oct 2004

Posts: 422

04-21-2005 13:43

Thanks for a good choice of categories, given the limit of ten. The generic 'other' is probably the only realistic solution to that limit.

Prokofy Neva

Virtualtor

Join date: 28 Sep 2004

Posts: 3,698

04-21-2005 13:46

The difficulty with this poll, regardless of its merits in granularity and differentiation over mine, is that it doesn't have as good compliance. People are coming to it, looking at, not figuring it out, and leaving it.

There's not enough people answering it to tell enough.

What we're seeing is that enough people are putting in "management" or "other" who might have been in "computer" in my poll.

It shows about 10 percent less of those polled saying they are in IT/computer.

But it does show this group is the majority of those poster on the forums; hence the tekkie culture.

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Merwan Marker

Booring...

Join date: 28 Jan 2004

Posts: 4,706

04-21-2005 14:04

Does anyone think it relevant to use a poll created by someone who is in the employment/recruitment industry - some say, like me?

This really isn't that completed, as there are pretty standard & common catagories used by HR departments throught the US.

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Reitsuki Kojima

Witchhunter

Join date: 27 Jan 2004

Posts: 5,328

04-21-2005 14:37

From: Prokofy Neva

The difficulty with this poll, regardless of its merits in granularity and differentiation over mine, is that it doesn't have as good compliance. People are coming to it, looking at, not figuring it out, and leaving it.

There's not enough people answering it to tell enough.

What we're seeing is that enough people are putting in "management" or "other" who might have been in "computer" in my poll.

It shows about 10 percent less of those polled saying they are in IT/computer.

But it does show this group is the majority of those poster on the forums; hence the tekkie culture.

Hey, I tried. I still consider it far more reliable than the one you posted.

Yes, the goal was to see if your limited poll was causing some people to check IT/computer when in fact that was only a tangental aspect to their job.

Nobody doubted that techies probably formed the largest single group of posters. That was never in question. What I questioned was the assumption that they were the majority (Particularly, the vast majority) of posters here in general. Which ALL the polls, yours included, have disproven.

Merwan: Go for it! I'm just a writer, I don't do this type of stuff. Though there are like four polls now already...

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I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.

A more useful (I hope) RL occupation poll
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	04-20-2005 16:48 This is, I hope, a little more useful for people... Since the other poll had so many questions about where things go, and not many choices. I realize it's still missing MANY options, but the poll limits choices to 10, so I tried to include as many as I felt had a good shot at having more than one person doing them, and left a generic "other" option for those cases. _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
Roberta Dalek Probably trouble Join date: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 1,174	04-20-2005 17:10 Bah can't answer this one either. Public sector worker - can we have a beaurocrat option
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	04-20-2005 17:13 Yeah, no kidding. I'm a religious monk! Where's clergy in there??? _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	04-20-2005 17:27 From: Roberta Dalek Bah can't answer this one either. Public sector worker - can we have a beaurocrat option Aw hell. Told you, there's only ten options I can possibly make. Choose "other" I suppose. I really shoulda included "Works for The Man" or something _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
Toy LaFollette I eat paintchips Join date: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 2,359	04-20-2005 17:33 okay, I chose business owner because I own a farm and run it _____________________ "So you see, my loyalty lies with Second Life, not with Linden Lab. Where I perceive the actions of Linden Lab to be in conflict with the best interests of Second Life, I side with Second Life."-Jacek
Chameleon Calliope Invisible Woman Join date: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 76	04-20-2005 17:42 I would have added "Education" and "Clerical" as two other categories.
Aimee Weber The one on the right Join date: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 4,286	04-20-2005 17:51 From: blaze Spinnaker Yeah, no kidding. I'm a religious monk! Where's clergy in there??? Just cause you write it on your taxes doesn't make it so. _____________________
Buster Peel Spat the dummy. Join date: 7 Feb 2005 Posts: 1,242	04-20-2005 18:14 I'm an "ect", but there are four of them.
Traxx Hathor Architect Join date: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 422	04-21-2005 13:43 Thanks for a good choice of categories, given the limit of ten. The generic 'other' is probably the only realistic solution to that limit.
Prokofy Neva Virtualtor Join date: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 3,698	04-21-2005 13:46 The difficulty with this poll, regardless of its merits in granularity and differentiation over mine, is that it doesn't have as good compliance. People are coming to it, looking at, not figuring it out, and leaving it. There's not enough people answering it to tell enough. What we're seeing is that enough people are putting in "management" or "other" who might have been in "computer" in my poll. It shows about 10 percent less of those polled saying they are in IT/computer. But it does show this group is the majority of those poster on the forums; hence the tekkie culture. _____________________ Rent stalls and walls for $25-$50/week 25-50 prims from Ravenglass Rentals, the mall alternative.
Merwan Marker Booring... Join date: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 4,706	04-21-2005 14:04 Does anyone think it relevant to use a poll created by someone who is in the employment/recruitment industry - some say, like me? This really isn't that completed, as there are pretty standard & common catagories used by HR departments throught the US. _/_/ _____________________ Don't Worry, Be Happy - Meher Baba
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	04-21-2005 14:37 From: Prokofy Neva The difficulty with this poll, regardless of its merits in granularity and differentiation over mine, is that it doesn't have as good compliance. People are coming to it, looking at, not figuring it out, and leaving it. There's not enough people answering it to tell enough. What we're seeing is that enough people are putting in "management" or "other" who might have been in "computer" in my poll. It shows about 10 percent less of those polled saying they are in IT/computer. But it does show this group is the majority of those poster on the forums; hence the tekkie culture. Hey, I tried. I still consider it far more reliable than the one you posted. Yes, the goal was to see if your limited poll was causing some people to check IT/computer when in fact that was only a tangental aspect to their job. Nobody doubted that techies probably formed the largest single group of posters. That was never in question. What I questioned was the assumption that they were the majority (Particularly, the vast majority) of posters here in general. Which ALL the polls, yours included, have disproven. Merwan: Go for it! I'm just a writer, I don't do this type of stuff. Though there are like four polls now already... _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.

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