When it comes to charitable donations, the survey found technology professionals on average giving less than Americans overall in the past 12 months. Charities might see some hopeful signs in the survey findings however.
Older techies tend to give more money than their younger peers.
So, in a field heavily populated by younger workers, it might be just a matter of time before techies' giving goes up. But techies' gift lists also include more traditional presents like clothing, travel, and entertainment. More than 1,500 technology professionals took the survey and chose the three things they want most for Christmas. A new laptop computer led the wish list of one-fifth of the techies surveyed. About the same number of techies want a new home computer.