A third of IT professionals say their jobs appear geeky and boring, according to a study into why tech careers are not particularly popular with da yoof.

Employment site CWJobs polled 576 working IT pros on fresh talent entering the industry and quizzed them on why young people weren’t applying for techie positions despite growth in the sector.

Image was the big stumbling block, the survey found: more than half of the respondents said technology jobs are perceived as “too geeky” and 39 per cent said that IT is not thought of as a fun career.

(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/03/it_guys_our_jobs_not_fun/)