Jobs and Zuckerberg are making IT "sexy"

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Big personalities and Hollywood are changing society's perception of the IT industry

The high profiles of industry CEOs such as Apple's Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg have made IT a more desirable career path, according to new research. A survey conducted among 5,500 ...

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