Exactly, to enact socialism is to remove the freedom and beauty of market forces--choice. Market forces are nothing but the exercise of choice in he best interests of an individual (the choice to move to a better state or city if the one you live in doesn't suit you). Often the best interest is to group together for a common goal. It is called nature, and it is not evil. Feel free to exercise your choice by moving to a socialist country.
Prove that it scales globally. You can't, and if you force people to try you are wrong. If it doesn't scale you have a serious problem on your hands--one which you will no doubt pass the blame for. Let nature take its course.
Now it is anarchy for people to not have their income taxed? Here is a novel idea: stop taxing people's income. There are other means of taxation which are already in use and work quite well. The current system punishes people who want to save and promotes consumerism. The government likes this because they are in control of your life--the underlying lust and aim of socialism, to prevent the plebeians from spending their money wrong, where wrong = not on the poor. This is purely a philosophical unicorn objective based on ideology rainbows. The raw result: society's resources being allocated toward unproductive entities. Show me a socialist program that is empowering people and bettering their lives.
Those consultants and ERP/ERM companies are VERY good at selling to their target customers. You better know your stuff and have a strategy for combating these guys or you will find yourself fighting your boss. Forget what you are told, read the contract and have it reviewed by people who know what they are doing.
They are oing to pay for results one way or the other. Bring in an outside expert to perform systems analysis on your behalf or just get comfortable writing big fat checks and dealing with the mediocre shit that the "consultant team" hands you.
I've seen IT brought in and fuck up decisions as well because the technical people were only "technical" in hardware/software configuration and mucking with their network. They didn't have the qualifications or knowledge to discern the technical merits of various software architectures. It is this technical part that matters. Would you buy a ERM system that used an outdated underlying software framework that was not going to support enhancements or features needed in the future? It would matter if you bought a ERM system that used a proprietary database system or one in which the front-end required constant intervention from desktop support, or if it was an absolute bitch to roll out updates. These things stem from the underlying architecture that most people in IT have no clue about.
How will you make this algorithm into a business, and what are the qualitative factors which make this business a good investment for them? This is going to take more than just a PowerPoint presentation. Why not just patent and license your algorithm?
Linkedin is dead. I updated my Linkedin brilliantly last week and got nothing. Updated my dice.com profile and have been freakin deluged by a flood of calls and emails from recruiters. Not saying there is any value in all of these calls, but it does deliver a lot of job descriptions from which you can identify what you want to do next and tune your resume.
Damn pidgeonholing!! I'm trying to find a position as a business/financial reporting analyst with a very strong IT background--I don't think the position exists. I think IT sours your work history if you want to move into more business oriented positions. I thought people would be looking for strong business oriented people for/from IT but they are not, they want tech monkeys, even on the high-end. Is there any room for someone who can perform fundamental financial analysis AND actually build the reports and implement analytical systems? I figured someone like me could reduce the reliance of a finance or marketing department on the IT department. There is nothing more disheartening to me than getting stuck in the IT department and being marooned from the real business.
I know ALL programming languages implicitly (control structures, data types, memory management, relational and bit operations). It is the damn library name spaces and API idiosyncrasies that I have to "learn." I use Google for that.
The "faddish tech" is a necessary aspect of our very young science/art. There have been and continue to be developments and improvements to the way we develop software and the growing pains manifest as "faddish tech." Do you think.NET/declarative programming/WPF is faddish? It takes a lot of work to adjust, but it will be worth it in the long run.
I found that if do not get enough sleep I function like a retard. I slur my words, can't remember shit, and can barely form intelligible sentences. However, if I eat right, get at least 7 - 8 hours of sleep I'm sharp as a tack, talk faster than people can think, and generally run circles around people before they know what hit them. I'm only 35, but the impact of nutrition and rest are becoming very noticeable.
Indeed, anymore I don't care what the language is. I'de rather it be C#, but I don't get all religious if it isn't. I devote at least 2000 hours a year in personal study, projects, and certification just to keep abreast of all the changes in the world of software development. It moves so rapidly that if you do not constantly seek new knowledge you become embarrassingly irrelevant very quickly.
Maybe it is not management's inability to think outside the box, but instead the IT department's lack of business focus and the ability to communicate WHY changing or upgrading will help the business be more profitable. I'm really disappointed at the narrow mindset of the average IT person. No business training, no accounting, no business sense. I'm tired of being associated with the IT department and being lumped in with these technology monkeys.
Kind of sensationalistic on their part, they were caught AFTER the fact. Big Deal. They get a reckoning with the state, and maybe a some justice is served but the reason for the cameras is really deterrence.
Indeed, there is a brotherhood community culture which prevents purging of bad cops. There are cops who do not like what is going on in their departments and do the right thing, but they quickly learn what happens when they stand up, let alone rock the boat. I have never been in the military, but I know many who have, and it reminds me of military culture--what I know of it.
Yes, I work at a college and run into many admins who are openly hostile towards cloud services. None of their arguments have anything to do with any type of real concern. None of them can code ("I hate programming") or understand networking or databases though, so I assume they are afraid of being marginalized. They marginalize themselves by operating with limited skill sets. One day management will learn how much a liability they are, and their arguments which once had sway will be reveled as the ridiculous tripe it really is. The cloud isn't the answer to everything or an automatic cost savings, but these cloud services do offer solutions to once daunting problems. I just got off of Azure after checking it out--prompted by an above comment--and I'm pumped. As a developer it makes my life easier, and when developers start mocking up test apps and demonstrating them to management on services like Azure or EC2 the momentum will increase. BTW, Azure has an amazing interface and already seems much easier to digest and deal with than EC2.
Indeed, I'm tired of hearing about people who invented a technology, it is a waste of dendrites for people learning about the tech because it doesn't matter in the least little bit. In fact, it barely amounts to something worth pleasure reading on Sunday, let alone countless space in text books. Professors still have test questions asking who invented such and such technology, makes me sick.
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Exactly, to enact socialism is to remove the freedom and beauty of market forces--choice. Market forces are nothing but the exercise of choice in he best interests of an individual (the choice to move to a better state or city if the one you live in doesn't suit you). Often the best interest is to group together for a common goal. It is called nature, and it is not evil. Feel free to exercise your choice by moving to a socialist country.
Prove that it scales globally. You can't, and if you force people to try you are wrong. If it doesn't scale you have a serious problem on your hands--one which you will no doubt pass the blame for. Let nature take its course.
Now it is anarchy for people to not have their income taxed? Here is a novel idea: stop taxing people's income. There are other means of taxation which are already in use and work quite well. The current system punishes people who want to save and promotes consumerism. The government likes this because they are in control of your life--the underlying lust and aim of socialism, to prevent the plebeians from spending their money wrong, where wrong = not on the poor. This is purely a philosophical unicorn objective based on ideology rainbows. The raw result: society's resources being allocated toward unproductive entities. Show me a socialist program that is empowering people and bettering their lives.
Don't earn your money.
Those consultants and ERP/ERM companies are VERY good at selling to their target customers. You better know your stuff and have a strategy for combating these guys or you will find yourself fighting your boss. Forget what you are told, read the contract and have it reviewed by people who know what they are doing.
Use whatever acronym you like...it doesn't matter.
They are oing to pay for results one way or the other. Bring in an outside expert to perform systems analysis on your behalf or just get comfortable writing big fat checks and dealing with the mediocre shit that the "consultant team" hands you.
I've seen IT brought in and fuck up decisions as well because the technical people were only "technical" in hardware/software configuration and mucking with their network. They didn't have the qualifications or knowledge to discern the technical merits of various software architectures. It is this technical part that matters. Would you buy a ERM system that used an outdated underlying software framework that was not going to support enhancements or features needed in the future? It would matter if you bought a ERM system that used a proprietary database system or one in which the front-end required constant intervention from desktop support, or if it was an absolute bitch to roll out updates. These things stem from the underlying architecture that most people in IT have no clue about.
How will you make this algorithm into a business, and what are the qualitative factors which make this business a good investment for them? This is going to take more than just a PowerPoint presentation. Why not just patent and license your algorithm?
In other news...Oracle is slated to release a new entry-level, free DB competitor named LarryDB.
FTC? You sir are an idiot.
Linkedin is dead. I updated my Linkedin brilliantly last week and got nothing. Updated my dice.com profile and have been freakin deluged by a flood of calls and emails from recruiters. Not saying there is any value in all of these calls, but it does deliver a lot of job descriptions from which you can identify what you want to do next and tune your resume.
Damn pidgeonholing!! I'm trying to find a position as a business/financial reporting analyst with a very strong IT background--I don't think the position exists. I think IT sours your work history if you want to move into more business oriented positions. I thought people would be looking for strong business oriented people for/from IT but they are not, they want tech monkeys, even on the high-end. Is there any room for someone who can perform fundamental financial analysis AND actually build the reports and implement analytical systems? I figured someone like me could reduce the reliance of a finance or marketing department on the IT department. There is nothing more disheartening to me than getting stuck in the IT department and being marooned from the real business.
I know ALL programming languages implicitly (control structures, data types, memory management, relational and bit operations). It is the damn library name spaces and API idiosyncrasies that I have to "learn." I use Google for that.
The "faddish tech" is a necessary aspect of our very young science/art. There have been and continue to be developments and improvements to the way we develop software and the growing pains manifest as "faddish tech." Do you think .NET/declarative programming/WPF is faddish? It takes a lot of work to adjust, but it will be worth it in the long run.
I found that if do not get enough sleep I function like a retard. I slur my words, can't remember shit, and can barely form intelligible sentences. However, if I eat right, get at least 7 - 8 hours of sleep I'm sharp as a tack, talk faster than people can think, and generally run circles around people before they know what hit them. I'm only 35, but the impact of nutrition and rest are becoming very noticeable.
Indeed, anymore I don't care what the language is. I'de rather it be C#, but I don't get all religious if it isn't. I devote at least 2000 hours a year in personal study, projects, and certification just to keep abreast of all the changes in the world of software development. It moves so rapidly that if you do not constantly seek new knowledge you become embarrassingly irrelevant very quickly.
Maybe it is not management's inability to think outside the box, but instead the IT department's lack of business focus and the ability to communicate WHY changing or upgrading will help the business be more profitable. I'm really disappointed at the narrow mindset of the average IT person. No business training, no accounting, no business sense. I'm tired of being associated with the IT department and being lumped in with these technology monkeys.
Kind of sensationalistic on their part, they were caught AFTER the fact. Big Deal. They get a reckoning with the state, and maybe a some justice is served but the reason for the cameras is really deterrence.
Indeed, I can't count how many times I heard "I want a computer like the one I have at work" during the 90's.
Indeed, there is a brotherhood community culture which prevents purging of bad cops. There are cops who do not like what is going on in their departments and do the right thing, but they quickly learn what happens when they stand up, let alone rock the boat. I have never been in the military, but I know many who have, and it reminds me of military culture--what I know of it.
Yes, I work at a college and run into many admins who are openly hostile towards cloud services. None of their arguments have anything to do with any type of real concern. None of them can code ("I hate programming") or understand networking or databases though, so I assume they are afraid of being marginalized. They marginalize themselves by operating with limited skill sets. One day management will learn how much a liability they are, and their arguments which once had sway will be reveled as the ridiculous tripe it really is. The cloud isn't the answer to everything or an automatic cost savings, but these cloud services do offer solutions to once daunting problems. I just got off of Azure after checking it out--prompted by an above comment--and I'm pumped. As a developer it makes my life easier, and when developers start mocking up test apps and demonstrating them to management on services like Azure or EC2 the momentum will increase. BTW, Azure has an amazing interface and already seems much easier to digest and deal with than EC2.
Neckbeard alert! 20 year old neckbeard alert!! *whoooooooop* We have a teat-sucking college student code 7 alert folks!
Indeed, I'm tired of hearing about people who invented a technology, it is a waste of dendrites for people learning about the tech because it doesn't matter in the least little bit. In fact, it barely amounts to something worth pleasure reading on Sunday, let alone countless space in text books. Professors still have test questions asking who invented such and such technology, makes me sick.
I enjoy sitting down with Inc. magazine; they still have a viable dead tree following.