I found myself in an unfamiliar situation last Tuesday.
I was on a plane packed with more than 150 people. Only three were women, however, and they were the flight attendants.
I thought I had either just enlisted - or was on one of those Con Air flights headed to a maximum security prison.
Most of the passengers were burly, sporting various tattoos and wearing hoodies or sunglasses. It was 4 AM.
Of course, the passengers weren't convicts. The flight was headed to the North Slope of Alaska, to the infamous Prudhoe Bay on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. And they were all about to begin a two-week stint in the various work camps that dot the area.
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The Very Best Dividend Stocks Wear Loafers By RYAN ANDERS, Editor-in-Chief, Dividends & Income Daily 
The technology sector is the dividend growth story of the last few years, leaving all others in the dust.
That includes the very sectors that have become synonymous with solid dividend increases - like utilities and telecom.
This was the case last April, when tech led the pack with
year-over-year dividend growth of 46.1%, and it continues to be the case today.
According to FactSet Research, as of September 16, the sector's growth is actually accelerating, and now clocks in with year-over-year payout growth of 62%. Compare that to the runner-up, financials. It lagged far behind, growing dividends just 19.1% on a year-over-year basis.
Like I pointed out before, however,
the trend is somewhat bittersweet. Because "as attractive and hip as technology stocks are, the businesses behind them are complicated, prone to hype and speculation - and, in turn, risky."
Thankfully, as FactSet notes, the rising growth rate for the sector can be largely attributed to the "dividend policy shift from big constituents, including
Apple (AAPL),
Cisco (CSCO) and
Microsoft (MSFT)."
Why is this good news? Well, the volatility that many tech companies usually pose isn't shared by the industry majors. Their maturity, ubiquity and market entrenchment translate to investment stability.
This is especially true of Microsoft...
Click here to see why... 
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