I got my new job because I was grateful for the salary and benefits that were offered to me (with no negotiation required) and the 25-year old guy who interviewed the next room down didn't get the job because he made too many demands. Funny how that works. (For the record, I'm 38, and have 9 years experience in my field).
What incentive does a company need to give a 22-year old CS graduate when they can just hire the next 22-year old CS graduate who is more grateful than the first guy just to have a job? Incentives come once you prove your worth. 22-year old graduates have proven their ability to not die of alcohol poisoning while in college.
I have to kowtow to an alarm clock that rings at 6:30 AM.
Not to pick on you, but in general, if you young computer smart guys are so smart and so deserving of good jobs, why is it so hard to figure out that if you go to bed at 9 pm, getting up at 6:30 am is pretty easy?
So it sounds like you have a crappy job. I don't blame you for leaving. But... If watching server farms blink and resetting servers in the middle of the night aren't attractive, then why did you learn how to do these things in the first place? Isn't this like a mechanic complaining that he doesn't get paid enough and his hands get dirty?
Correct. Young kids of every generation are ungrateful, unproductive pricks who demand too much. Hell, I'm almost 40, and I still don't feel deserving of my salary and benefits. My wife gets it though. She is 10 years younger than me (so in the 20-something crowd) and works at the same software company as I do, in a higher position, but has a lower salary. She understands that she doesn't really deserve anything without any experience, and is just grateful to have a good job with good pay (that will only get better with experience).
Experience matters, and I'm not just talking tech skills experience. Knowing how to contribute to the business processes, meetings, people skills, customer interface, etc. etc. aren't taught during IT studies. Most of the 20-somethings at my work don't even understand that sandals, T-shirts and jeans don't really qualify as "business casual". And with flex hours, they don't understand that coming in around noon and working until midnight isn't very productive when the majority of management and other "adult" employees tend to work around the 7-4 range. As the article states, this is indeed one difficult generation to manage, for sure!
Oh yeah, and get off my lawn! (or get out of my office, and back to your cubicle...to keep it on topic..heh)
While I see your point, the bottom line is this all sounds fine and dandy, but Apple is the only one who seems to actually bring it to market. Perhaps there are a few very small players that have offered it since before the iPhone, or have better features, but the Apple product is the one that is changing things up. This seems to be the M.O. of all slashdot forums. Apple takes something already being used by some insignificant player and makes it mainstream, then thousands of slashdotters come in and talk about how they "knew the band before they were famous". Maybe Apple is just really good at adopting new technologies and bringing them to mass market? (mouse, cd-rom, usb, iPod, etc.)
So with GSM based visual voice mail I guess you go into a browser interface to fetch your mail? Network neutrality is fine for this, but (again, back to the article), Apple designed Visual Voice Mail as a stand alone feature and then got a carrier to change their network capabilities to match the function of the phone. The otherway around (Apple making their mail work with GSM) just panders to the carriers (again, the whole point of the article).
You're just repeating the article's assertions, which are unfounded.
Pardon me for reading the article then commenting on its assertions. Isn't that the whole point of this discussion forum?
Non-easy-user-accessible SIM card? It's right on top. I guess needing a paper-clip makes it non-easy?
At least you are the first person to list some alternatives to visual voice mail and the Apple touch screen. I've not seen either of these examples, but I'll go check them out. I doubt they'll be impressive, otherwise I'm sure they would be widespread knowledge by now.
The key is you were raised in "South" Florida. Everyone knows that in Florida, the more north you go, the more Southern it gets;-)
The unqualified teacher problem is rampant in the Southeast as well. For example, I have a good friend who teaches Highschool Spanish in Savannah, GA. There are two problems. He doesn't have a teaching certification (doesn't need one in GA) and worse, his degree is in...wait for it... Italian.
Several carriers were willing to do this, but Apple restricted the iPhone to a single carrier.
From everything I've read (sorry, no time for references, but not hard to find) Sprint, NexTel et. al. all rejected Apple's pitch, because they didn't want to take on the risk of a new player to the market. Most articles actually focus on this, and how those companies that rejected Apple are now second-guessing that decision, given the rapid success of the device.
I agree that Apple isn't doing anything to change the fact we still can't use any phone we want on any network, but that's not the claim of the article. Apple got ONE carrier to bow down to the technical needs of Apple's phone. I'm not smart enough to understand the technology, but your claim that visual voice mail isn't new, nor does it require special network stuff just doesn't jive with the last six months of media coverage.
Since a major aspect of evolution is the concept it happens over long periods of time, it isn't important if I personally have seen evolution or not. I HAVE seen the product of many years of evolution however.
There is speculation that Apple, Inc. will be announcing the same as well. As soon as DRM goes away on iTunes, DRM will go away forever (for music tracks at least).
I'm always leery of my dentist, because he provides me with lots of advice on how to make my dental hygiene better. This, in turn, results in less visits from me, and ultimately less money for him. Thankfully, EMI is the "dentist" of the recording industry. The world needs more dentists.
Perhaps I am mistaken, but there are certain feature sets unique to the iPhone that required a carrier to change their services to work with the iPhone(I believe the visual-voice mail is the example being thrown around). This is the heart of the issue. Apple got a carrier to bend to Apple's needs, instead of the carrier forcing Apple to drop feature sets that wouldn't work on existing networks.
I am willing to bet that at the end of the exclusive arrangement with AT&T, all the major providers will be lining up to provide for the iPhone and Apple will take any and all that get in line. In the meantime, Apple not only has provided a pretty darned good phone, they have tweaked the industry a bit (like the article states) and managed to create a pretty decent money making scheme in the process. Can you really blame them?
I agree with the notion that the article is a bit hypocritical, pointing out that the iPhone is breaking the mold, even though the iPhone only works on AT&T (thus continuing to follow the mold). But the REASON it is only on AT&T is because the other carriers didn't want to risk working with Apple. Now they are all second guessing themselves.
Oh, there's nothing good about most American cars, if that's how you took my post. The best ones are Fords made for the European market, so to that extent, the best UK cars are Fords;-)
I thought I heard that bit about Clarkson getting rid of the GT but I moved back to the US and can't really find TopGear outside of bittorrent. I DO recall him loving everything about it, in spite of the reliability problems. Then again, you make a super car like that, and they all kinda suck on a reliability level, don't they?
The bit about crappy Brit cars is that the good one (mini) is made by BMW in Germany. The nice ones to look at (DB9 and DB7) are about as reliable as a Ford GT, but slower. The other ones (Rover) are bankrupt;-) The moderately successful ones (Vauxhall) are merely clones of other GM products offered in other countries (Chevrolet and Opel come immediately to mind). Actually, I'm failing to think of any good UK car at the moment (Lotus Esprit, maybe?).
Disclaimer: I drive an old-ass 1999 Ford Contour SVT (basically a Euro-spec Mondeo produced for the 3,000 Americans per year who could appreciate that sort of thing). I presume the near flawless repair history of my vehicle comes from superior engineering and not manufacturing techniques, given the woefully average reliability of US spec Contours.
The iPhone is a giant step backwards for smartphones and innovation.
Why was this modded "informative" instead of "funny"?
BTW, did you even read the article? The one that talks in length about how the iPhone will pretty much break the existing stranglehold the carriers hold over phones? That alone is the most innovative "feature" any cell phone has come up with thus far. I'm just curious to what downsides are so bad that they cancel out the real innovations such as the slick touch screen and the visual-voice mail.
Doesn't all this imply that it should be able to run videos easily?
Where's the implication that it doesn't run videos easily? Show me a phone that has better integration with the videos sitting on my desktop and a more elegant and simple way of getting them to my phone, and I might buy into your assertation that the iPhone somehow has difficulty playing videos.
It provides an interesting insight to how Apple does things differently behind closed doors. It also might provide some insight to why their products are so damned good. Profitability and devices that work really well shouldn't be mutually exclusive, like they tend to be in 95% of the tech market.
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not only do I have two kids and a working spouse, I also go to the gym every night AND get to bed by 9:30.
I got my new job because I was grateful for the salary and benefits that were offered to me (with no negotiation required) and the 25-year old guy who interviewed the next room down didn't get the job because he made too many demands. Funny how that works. (For the record, I'm 38, and have 9 years experience in my field).
What incentive does a company need to give a 22-year old CS graduate when they can just hire the next 22-year old CS graduate who is more grateful than the first guy just to have a job? Incentives come once you prove your worth. 22-year old graduates have proven their ability to not die of alcohol poisoning while in college.
So it sounds like you have a crappy job. I don't blame you for leaving. But... If watching server farms blink and resetting servers in the middle of the night aren't attractive, then why did you learn how to do these things in the first place? Isn't this like a mechanic complaining that he doesn't get paid enough and his hands get dirty?
Experience matters, and I'm not just talking tech skills experience. Knowing how to contribute to the business processes, meetings, people skills, customer interface, etc. etc. aren't taught during IT studies. Most of the 20-somethings at my work don't even understand that sandals, T-shirts and jeans don't really qualify as "business casual". And with flex hours, they don't understand that coming in around noon and working until midnight isn't very productive when the majority of management and other "adult" employees tend to work around the 7-4 range. As the article states, this is indeed one difficult generation to manage, for sure!
Oh yeah, and get off my lawn! (or get out of my office, and back to your cubicle...to keep it on topic..heh)
So with GSM based visual voice mail I guess you go into a browser interface to fetch your mail? Network neutrality is fine for this, but (again, back to the article), Apple designed Visual Voice Mail as a stand alone feature and then got a carrier to change their network capabilities to match the function of the phone. The otherway around (Apple making their mail work with GSM) just panders to the carriers (again, the whole point of the article).
Non-easy-user-accessible SIM card? It's right on top. I guess needing a paper-clip makes it non-easy?
At least you are the first person to list some alternatives to visual voice mail and the Apple touch screen. I've not seen either of these examples, but I'll go check them out. I doubt they'll be impressive, otherwise I'm sure they would be widespread knowledge by now.
The unqualified teacher problem is rampant in the Southeast as well. For example, I have a good friend who teaches Highschool Spanish in Savannah, GA. There are two problems. He doesn't have a teaching certification (doesn't need one in GA) and worse, his degree is in...wait for it... Italian.
I agree that Apple isn't doing anything to change the fact we still can't use any phone we want on any network, but that's not the claim of the article. Apple got ONE carrier to bow down to the technical needs of Apple's phone. I'm not smart enough to understand the technology, but your claim that visual voice mail isn't new, nor does it require special network stuff just doesn't jive with the last six months of media coverage.
Since a major aspect of evolution is the concept it happens over long periods of time, it isn't important if I personally have seen evolution or not. I HAVE seen the product of many years of evolution however.
Maybe Southerners will stop burning down churches and switch to burning down schools that teach evolution instead?
There is speculation that Apple, Inc. will be announcing the same as well. As soon as DRM goes away on iTunes, DRM will go away forever (for music tracks at least).
I'm always leery of my dentist, because he provides me with lots of advice on how to make my dental hygiene better. This, in turn, results in less visits from me, and ultimately less money for him. Thankfully, EMI is the "dentist" of the recording industry. The world needs more dentists.
I am willing to bet that at the end of the exclusive arrangement with AT&T, all the major providers will be lining up to provide for the iPhone and Apple will take any and all that get in line. In the meantime, Apple not only has provided a pretty darned good phone, they have tweaked the industry a bit (like the article states) and managed to create a pretty decent money making scheme in the process. Can you really blame them?
I agree with the notion that the article is a bit hypocritical, pointing out that the iPhone is breaking the mold, even though the iPhone only works on AT&T (thus continuing to follow the mold). But the REASON it is only on AT&T is because the other carriers didn't want to risk working with Apple. Now they are all second guessing themselves.
I thought I heard that bit about Clarkson getting rid of the GT but I moved back to the US and can't really find TopGear outside of bittorrent. I DO recall him loving everything about it, in spite of the reliability problems. Then again, you make a super car like that, and they all kinda suck on a reliability level, don't they?
The bit about crappy Brit cars is that the good one (mini) is made by BMW in Germany. The nice ones to look at (DB9 and DB7) are about as reliable as a Ford GT, but slower. The other ones (Rover) are bankrupt ;-) The moderately successful ones (Vauxhall) are merely clones of other GM products offered in other countries (Chevrolet and Opel come immediately to mind). Actually, I'm failing to think of any good UK car at the moment (Lotus Esprit, maybe?).
Disclaimer: I drive an old-ass 1999 Ford Contour SVT (basically a Euro-spec Mondeo produced for the 3,000 Americans per year who could appreciate that sort of thing). I presume the near flawless repair history of my vehicle comes from superior engineering and not manufacturing techniques, given the woefully average reliability of US spec Contours.
BTW, did you even read the article? The one that talks in length about how the iPhone will pretty much break the existing stranglehold the carriers hold over phones? That alone is the most innovative "feature" any cell phone has come up with thus far. I'm just curious to what downsides are so bad that they cancel out the real innovations such as the slick touch screen and the visual-voice mail.
It provides an interesting insight to how Apple does things differently behind closed doors. It also might provide some insight to why their products are so damned good. Profitability and devices that work really well shouldn't be mutually exclusive, like they tend to be in 95% of the tech market.
So wrong on so many levels. The interest and fees we pay on loans and accounts soundly shifts the responsibility to the banks.