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In mid-October A List Apart published findings from their Web Design Survey.
Data was drawn from a survey of 32,831 web professionals (48% in the US). The findings make for interesting reading; the analysis document itself is nicely designed, thorough and lucid. The main discovery I drew from the report was that I am McWebDesigner: I have most of the generic characteristics of web professionals working in 2007. The McWebDesigner’s traits are as follows:

• between 25-32
• male
• white
• has a Bachelor’s degree
• goes by the title ‘Web Designer’ or ‘Web Developer’ (the latter marginally more popular)
• is a full-time web worker
• has spent 2-3 years in the field
• has a personal site / blog (which has been online for around 1 year)
• earns $£ per year (I’m not seriously going to disclose that - check the doc if you must know!)
• works 40-50 hours a week
• claims skills in HTML, CSS and PHP
• is frequently ‘excited by the field’

So far so shared by me. However, I am bucking the odd trend as well:

• I work for a university
• I get more paid holiday than the average
• I also have a Master’s qualification
• I don’t perceive writing / editing to be a gap in my skills (only 54% of respondents claimed skills in this area, making these the least claimed skills overall)

Got more time? Crunch some raw data.