You know you work at CIC data if...

As the year end approaches, I have thought some about CIC data development and what it now means to work here. What I really like about what we are doing is that we have alot of fun doing some serious stuff for our clients.

Here is how I see it:

If you work at CIC data (fun stuff):

• you love the fact that you are REQUIRED to read blogs and BBS while at work
• if you are away from the Internet for more than a day, you experience withdrawal symptoms
• you will likely have MSN (both a personal and corporate account), QQ, SKYPE chat programs going at the same time
• you have at least 5-10 IM conversations going on at once with friends, colleagues, and clients
• you receive phone calls on your computer
• Wiki, tags, Web 2.0, Keso, RSS, Toodou, Podcast, and Flickr are terms and people you cite every day
• you know about net stars like Mu Mu, Fu Rong Jie Jie and Back Dorm Boys long before most everyone else does
• you can’t stop talking about how cool blogs and BBS are to your friends, family and colleagues

That’s the fun stuff. What’s cool is that we use all of this fun stuff to do really COOL, meaningful stuff for some exciting companies.

So, in addition to the fun stuff, you can say that if you work at CIC data:

• you work with most famous international brands in China and all over the world
• you deliver actionable consumer insight based on the timely, unique and relevant conversational data
• you contribute to the creation of a methodology and process that is changing market research and PR in China
• you work late because you love your work
• you believe you can change the world…and you are (at least the market research world)