Didn't someone try this silliness a while back?
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Anyone remember Bernard Shifman, IT Consultant? He tried this tactic (supposively), but only made a you-know-what out of himself. It's been more than two years since his stupidity became public, but I'm sure that it will be just as funny now as it was on the day it happened.
I wrote a simple calendar program for a non-profit that I maintain a website for. My boss came to me one day and said that he wanted something for the employees to keep up with the event schedule and for management to add and amend events added to it along with sending notifications via e-mail to employees affected by changes. Additional features still in the works include time sheets which calculate hours worked in a week and for a calendar month (they pay monthly). I have a version in production and stuff is added to it whenever requested or whenever I have time available outside my full-time work to do work for this non-profit. If anyone knows of any free hosting services that support PHP and MySQL, I can put a demo online for all to access.
I hear you there. I choked up during the burial scene after the JENOVA fight, and broke down twice while playing FF8. The first time was when Squall gave his speech to all the troops via the Balamb Garden intercom, and the second was when he and Rinoa were in space and was wondering if Rinoa would regain consciousness. I know some people talk smack about FF8, but if the game can grab you like that, then it says something about how good the story is.
I agree with you on the additional revenue source in malware removal. I also agree with your point in the most effective form of systems management is user education. One client of a company that I work for is a county government that has been plagued with malware on almost the entire network. We've recommended firewalls on the two big networks out there, but we are still waiting on the PO to come through authorizing the purchase.
It was in the article that fans are stating that the decline in CD sales is not due to piracy, but the quality of the music (in terms of performer's talent) being published. It's not mentioned in the article about the cost of CDs being a contributing factor. The RIAA lost a class-action suit for setting CD prices high. When you set a price for something, there is a certain demand for the product at that price level. If there is a significant price increase, the demand will drop off to where only the people who really see value for what they are going to spend will buy.
All the better reason for me not to buy another CD again. Last time I bought one was in '99.
A couple weeks back, I was asked to research and draft some AUPs for a couple clients, one of which is a county government. In some of the sample AUPs that I've read, they've included the following things
* any communications on the network, whether it be business or personal, is classified as official business.
* there is no expectation of privacy while using a computer or network.
I believe that with these two statements in an AUP, the game of solitaire played on a Windows desktop can be constituted as being unproductive. I doubt any government would have a paid position to have someone play solitaire all day on their computer (anyone working in Nevada want to check for exceptions?). The monitoring would have been legal because it is the responsibility of the IT staff to see that the AUP is enforced.
After reading several of the comments, my response to taking action would be to keep going higher up in the system until you found someone that will talk with the supervisor in question about his computer activity and then present the evidence. At that point it can be determined if one party or both is acting in accordance to the AUP and the law.
I agree. This was how I got my present job. Granted the pay is below industry averages when it comes to working for small companies, but the owners and managers usually are good at allowing the new hires a chance to grow. Where I am at now, the owner was real impressed with my networking skills, and also with supporting the sales team by loaning them sales training tapes and books that I had from my part-time business. Also, my previous job was with a small company, and I left a lasting positive impression on my supervisor where that he called me up after my move to Georgia to ask me to do some software testing for him. It's also in the works for me to do some web programming for them as part of the next software release. Not to mention that I got paid my wage I was earning when I left, and I didn't have to drive anywhere to perform the job.
This might help you in your search, but put under your education and certifications section "XXXX Pending". On some of my resumes, I listed "Microsoft and Cisco certifications pending", because I have the training and the background required to sit the exams (classroom training for Cisco and working experience along with self-study materials for MCSA/MCSE), but when asked about it in an interview, I state that my present financial situation dictates that any money coming in go towards keeping gas in my car, a roof over my head, and food in my belly. Employers should be understanding of this.
I would also recommend stashing at least 10% of your pay into a slush fund to fall back on after you move. Some employers won't consider a candidate outside the commuting area because they may want a relocation package as part of the job offer.
I agree. The certs are nothing more than opening the door of opportunity for you to get into or advance in IT. I entered the IT job market with nothing more than a CS degree. After a year of working experience, I tested for and passed the A+ exams. I then picked up additional training for the CCNA certification. This coupled with networking knowledge gained from my job at the time allowed me to pass the Network+ exam. I have yet to pass the CCNA exam (missed by a small number of points in my two attempts), but my two certs and three years of working experience out of college to back them was enough to land my present job opportunity after I moved to Georgia.
As stated in the parent post, people skills count. I've learned this the hard way. For a while, the only type of work I was getting was contract work, but when the contracts ended, I had to start all over again. I submitted applications and resumes to nearly every company in Central Georgia that was hiring IT folks. Received a lot of rejection letters in the mail and didn't quite make the impression I needed to make during the interviews that I was given. Thankfully, a local non-profit media production house decided to take me on as their webmaster for several months full-time so that I can save money to pay bills while I continued to look for something permanent. Many times, it's who you know and who you encounter while job hunting coupled with the impression you leave on them during the interview that will get you your opportunity. Both the job with the media production house and my present job with a consulting firm were given to me from people who referred me to the hiring managers who both interviewed me on the spot, and presented me with offers to start on the first day of the next pay period. The wages weren't what I was looking for, but that will change as I gain more experience and perform well in front of the supervisors.
Ditto that. If you have the money, I would go look in your area and see who is offering the Dale Carnegie Course. My parents took the course over 10 years ago, and they are strongly encouraging me to enroll in it as well. A less expensive option would be to join a network marketing group that has a strong distributor training program. This was the route I went in '99, and it has given me the social skills I needed to complete college and land a decent job in a tight IT labor market.
I moved to Georgia back in August of last year, and while I was doing contract work and looking for full-time work, I managed to strike a few good deals
* free dinner paid for by the pastor of my church for installing a new Dell for him. Would have gotten his old system, but both he and I felt that it would be better of if it were used by another church
* a huge discount in wedding photography for providing graphic design and PC support services to a local wedding photographer and videographer. I would have gotten a photography package for free in exchange for a website, but the photographer felt that he could hold off on having a website designed.
Last thing I want to hear about is the issue of outsourcing. Take the advice of some of the other posters to this forum and actually learn how a business runs. Learn when it's economically sound to outsource your work, and when you should do it in-house. Personally, I'd acquire a secondary skillset and look for work using those skills (I've run a small business for a few years and have skills necessary for admin assistant jobs). If you've been around for a while, start your own consulting business, or look around your area for short-term contracts in your area of expertise. One thing that I have found to be very valuable is to keep an open line of communication with previous employers you have done an excellent job for, because you never know when they may call on you and ask you to do something. My last employer called me up in March and offered me a short-term contract to do some work from home, and that was after I moved to Georgia.
Shouldn't the end user decide how much to charge per hour of CPU time. What I would do is price the use of my CPU so high that the cost of doing business for the spammer would be detrimental to his operation, effectively shutting him down. The money would then be used to pay off all the legal fees, fines, etc. owed to the ISP. But then again the best thing to do is not to partake in this silliness.
This is how I got a full-time temporary web developer position with a non-profit ministry. After moving to Macon, Georgia in August, I began hawking my resume and filling out applications as if there was no tomorrow. The pastor at the church I joined knew that I was looking for work and passed me the name and number for the director of the ministry that hired me. Two interviews later, I got the job.
I disagree with your statement. The overall business model of an online auction does work, but eBay had the staying power to become the company that they are now. I know Yahoo is offering auctions, but eBay has proven itself as an industry leader.
I recall almost two years ago being called by two separate businesses to do some simple computer repair/consulting. One was a non-profit organization where I met the director at a networking luncheon the summer before, and the other was a self-employed business owner that sold window blinds. The non-profit had a virus on a computer running Windows ME, which I purged, and the other needed help in setting up Quickbooks. I charged both people $20 per hour, and they were very happy with their service. Even today, I still look for customers because you never know what they may need. One person in church came in and said that they had computer problems with their computer at work. I handed her my card, and told her that my rate is $25/hour. She balked at that, but my rebuttal was that other places charge as much as $50/hour per incident. I haven't heard from her, so either they got the problem fixed, or they don't want to pay. And such is the cost of doing business, you can't win everybody over.
I can't wait for the RIAA to go after all the trading on Usenet. Next thing the RIAA will know is that they are broke, and the lawyers will be demanding their next payment.
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Anyone remember Bernard Shifman, IT Consultant? He tried this tactic (supposively), but only made a you-know-what out of himself. It's been more than two years since his stupidity became public, but I'm sure that it will be just as funny now as it was on the day it happened.
I wrote a simple calendar program for a non-profit that I maintain a website for. My boss came to me one day and said that he wanted something for the employees to keep up with the event schedule and for management to add and amend events added to it along with sending notifications via e-mail to employees affected by changes. Additional features still in the works include time sheets which calculate hours worked in a week and for a calendar month (they pay monthly). I have a version in production and stuff is added to it whenever requested or whenever I have time available outside my full-time work to do work for this non-profit. If anyone knows of any free hosting services that support PHP and MySQL, I can put a demo online for all to access.
Proof right here: http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/falseProofs/fi rst1eq2.html
Of course everyone here knows that I divided by 0.
I hear you there. I choked up during the burial scene after the JENOVA fight, and broke down twice while playing FF8. The first time was when Squall gave his speech to all the troops via the Balamb Garden intercom, and the second was when he and Rinoa were in space and was wondering if Rinoa would regain consciousness. I know some people talk smack about FF8, but if the game can grab you like that, then it says something about how good the story is.
Darn it, it got away
I agree with you on the additional revenue source in malware removal. I also agree with your point in the most effective form of systems management is user education. One client of a company that I work for is a county government that has been plagued with malware on almost the entire network. We've recommended firewalls on the two big networks out there, but we are still waiting on the PO to come through authorizing the purchase.
It was in the article that fans are stating that the decline in CD sales is not due to piracy, but the quality of the music (in terms of performer's talent) being published. It's not mentioned in the article about the cost of CDs being a contributing factor. The RIAA lost a class-action suit for setting CD prices high. When you set a price for something, there is a certain demand for the product at that price level. If there is a significant price increase, the demand will drop off to where only the people who really see value for what they are going to spend will buy.
All the better reason for me not to buy another CD again. Last time I bought one was in '99.
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A couple weeks back, I was asked to research and draft some AUPs for a couple clients, one of which is a county government. In some of the sample AUPs that I've read, they've included the following things
* any communications on the network, whether it be business or personal, is classified as official business.
* there is no expectation of privacy while using a computer or network.
I believe that with these two statements in an AUP, the game of solitaire played on a Windows desktop can be constituted as being unproductive. I doubt any government would have a paid position to have someone play solitaire all day on their computer (anyone working in Nevada want to check for exceptions?). The monitoring would have been legal because it is the responsibility of the IT staff to see that the AUP is enforced.
After reading several of the comments, my response to taking action would be to keep going higher up in the system until you found someone that will talk with the supervisor in question about his computer activity and then present the evidence. At that point it can be determined if one party or both is acting in accordance to the AUP and the law.
I agree. This was how I got my present job. Granted the pay is below industry averages when it comes to working for small companies, but the owners and managers usually are good at allowing the new hires a chance to grow. Where I am at now, the owner was real impressed with my networking skills, and also with supporting the sales team by loaning them sales training tapes and books that I had from my part-time business. Also, my previous job was with a small company, and I left a lasting positive impression on my supervisor where that he called me up after my move to Georgia to ask me to do some software testing for him. It's also in the works for me to do some web programming for them as part of the next software release. Not to mention that I got paid my wage I was earning when I left, and I didn't have to drive anywhere to perform the job.
In my experience, 90% of CS people can't actually fix an issue or really deal with getting their hands dirty in a support fashion.
Are you hinting at the fact that I could be one of the 10% that can fix an issue? My goal in IT is to be a "jack-of-all-trades, master of none".
This might help you in your search, but put under your education and certifications section "XXXX Pending". On some of my resumes, I listed "Microsoft and Cisco certifications pending", because I have the training and the background required to sit the exams (classroom training for Cisco and working experience along with self-study materials for MCSA/MCSE), but when asked about it in an interview, I state that my present financial situation dictates that any money coming in go towards keeping gas in my car, a roof over my head, and food in my belly. Employers should be understanding of this.
I would also recommend stashing at least 10% of your pay into a slush fund to fall back on after you move. Some employers won't consider a candidate outside the commuting area because they may want a relocation package as part of the job offer.
I agree. The certs are nothing more than opening the door of opportunity for you to get into or advance in IT. I entered the IT job market with nothing more than a CS degree. After a year of working experience, I tested for and passed the A+ exams. I then picked up additional training for the CCNA certification. This coupled with networking knowledge gained from my job at the time allowed me to pass the Network+ exam. I have yet to pass the CCNA exam (missed by a small number of points in my two attempts), but my two certs and three years of working experience out of college to back them was enough to land my present job opportunity after I moved to Georgia.
As stated in the parent post, people skills count. I've learned this the hard way. For a while, the only type of work I was getting was contract work, but when the contracts ended, I had to start all over again. I submitted applications and resumes to nearly every company in Central Georgia that was hiring IT folks. Received a lot of rejection letters in the mail and didn't quite make the impression I needed to make during the interviews that I was given. Thankfully, a local non-profit media production house decided to take me on as their webmaster for several months full-time so that I can save money to pay bills while I continued to look for something permanent. Many times, it's who you know and who you encounter while job hunting coupled with the impression you leave on them during the interview that will get you your opportunity. Both the job with the media production house and my present job with a consulting firm were given to me from people who referred me to the hiring managers who both interviewed me on the spot, and presented me with offers to start on the first day of the next pay period. The wages weren't what I was looking for, but that will change as I gain more experience and perform well in front of the supervisors.
Ditto that. If you have the money, I would go look in your area and see who is offering the Dale Carnegie Course. My parents took the course over 10 years ago, and they are strongly encouraging me to enroll in it as well. A less expensive option would be to join a network marketing group that has a strong distributor training program. This was the route I went in '99, and it has given me the social skills I needed to complete college and land a decent job in a tight IT labor market.
I moved to Georgia back in August of last year, and while I was doing contract work and looking for full-time work, I managed to strike a few good deals
* free dinner paid for by the pastor of my church for installing a new Dell for him. Would have gotten his old system, but both he and I felt that it would be better of if it were used by another church
* a huge discount in wedding photography for providing graphic design and PC support services to a local wedding photographer and videographer. I would have gotten a photography package for free in exchange for a website, but the photographer felt that he could hold off on having a website designed.
Last thing I want to hear about is the issue of outsourcing. Take the advice of some of the other posters to this forum and actually learn how a business runs. Learn when it's economically sound to outsource your work, and when you should do it in-house. Personally, I'd acquire a secondary skillset and look for work using those skills (I've run a small business for a few years and have skills necessary for admin assistant jobs). If you've been around for a while, start your own consulting business, or look around your area for short-term contracts in your area of expertise. One thing that I have found to be very valuable is to keep an open line of communication with previous employers you have done an excellent job for, because you never know when they may call on you and ask you to do something. My last employer called me up in March and offered me a short-term contract to do some work from home, and that was after I moved to Georgia.
Shouldn't the end user decide how much to charge per hour of CPU time. What I would do is price the use of my CPU so high that the cost of doing business for the spammer would be detrimental to his operation, effectively shutting him down. The money would then be used to pay off all the legal fees, fines, etc. owed to the ISP. But then again the best thing to do is not to partake in this silliness.
That's what I tell my family and friends when I go fix a computer. You can either feed me dinner for x days, or pay me $25/hour.
This is how I got a full-time temporary web developer position with a non-profit ministry. After moving to Macon, Georgia in August, I began hawking my resume and filling out applications as if there was no tomorrow. The pastor at the church I joined knew that I was looking for work and passed me the name and number for the director of the ministry that hired me. Two interviews later, I got the job.
I disagree with your statement. The overall business model of an online auction does work, but eBay had the staying power to become the company that they are now. I know Yahoo is offering auctions, but eBay has proven itself as an industry leader.
I get a First Post when I buy a spam CD
I've been playing this game since my final year of college. If your office is full of Tetris fans, then load this on your workstations and have fun.
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That's all I would spend my money on. My wishlist has an external hard drive on it along with a stack of CDR's.
I recall almost two years ago being called by two separate businesses to do some simple computer repair/consulting. One was a non-profit organization where I met the director at a networking luncheon the summer before, and the other was a self-employed business owner that sold window blinds. The non-profit had a virus on a computer running Windows ME, which I purged, and the other needed help in setting up Quickbooks. I charged both people $20 per hour, and they were very happy with their service. Even today, I still look for customers because you never know what they may need. One person in church came in and said that they had computer problems with their computer at work. I handed her my card, and told her that my rate is $25/hour. She balked at that, but my rebuttal was that other places charge as much as $50/hour per incident. I haven't heard from her, so either they got the problem fixed, or they don't want to pay. And such is the cost of doing business, you can't win everybody over.
I can't wait for the RIAA to go after all the trading on Usenet. Next thing the RIAA will know is that they are broke, and the lawyers will be demanding their next payment.