Stereotype #3: The "IT-Technology anchored IT-Professional": Consistent with the "technology geek" image, IT professionals define themselves and their value in terms of the number and difficulty of the technical skills they have mastered [8]. Their careers are anchored in technology. Since the half-life of technologies is short, anyone who does not keep up is a dinosaur. Like the dinosaur, these out-ofdate individuals are in danger of becoming extinct, forever severed from the evolving IT career world. According to this third stereotype, moving into a managerial position limits career options since technical competencies erode quickly in such a non-technical position. Therefore, this stereotype views IT professionals as not valuing non-technical/ managerial competencies and assumes management positions are career dead-ends, thus limiting the pool of potential IT managers. In the words of one IT professional who made the transition to manager, "Most of the young-gun technology talent out there say they tolerate the ‘suits’ but have no aspirations to become one".