Worst Cities to Work in IT: International Edition

True, this “city” of anywhere from 250 to 1,000 hearty souls (the population swells during the “summer”) does need IT support year round—an IS group assists the McMurdo community with “installation of new computers, repairs, software training” and a 24×7 help desk. And, of course, many consider it a researcher’s paradise—if, by paradise, you mean “freezing your ass off.”

For the masochists out there like Ken Klassy (who took this photo in Antarctica), here’s an IT jobs page.

Thinking of following the IT job trail to India? Mumbai also shows up on ORC Worldwide’s list of high-risk assignments. ORC’s top risks: pollution, disease and sanitation, infrastructure, political violence and repression. “India’s financial capital has some of the country’s best architecture, restaurants and museums,” notes Businessweek.com, but “it also has some of the worst slums, traffic jams and security problems.”

Available IT Jobs in Mumbai (as posted on Jan. 22 on Monster.com): 2,105

Unless you’re in the military, any city in either of those countries is not a destination of choice for tech honchos. (And hats off to those brave men and women who are overseas right now.)

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