People have been screaming about DevOps because hardly anyone was doing it right and "not doing it right" led to a lot of bullshit in people's lives and generally made IT look bad. Unfortunately this is still the case...but the post is correct in that the focus is on improving these processes to the detriment of the business at this point. If you haven't got to some sort of DevOps sanity by now you are probably never going to.....and yeah....the "internal" cloud is the next big thing. The same people who can't get their DevOps shit together are the same ones who can't exploit cloud services and are most likely going to deploy on to a IaaS abstraction layer that will let them move to the cloud when and if they need to without modifying their code base or configurations. Pivotal Cloud Foundry for instance.
the number of developers by age measured against the level of skills yields a big X for the younger ones. Though, you don't need a lot of skill to churn out a shitty web app on a 12 core Xeon processor backed by a modern database server riding on a SSD SAN. The ungodly hardware that is thrown at applications that once ran on a Pentium III is staggering....and they still manage you have severe performance problems.
"I basically got no responses when I was looking for a programming job several years ago"
In aggregate, people are absolutely horrible at hiring. Their ignorance, arrogance, and fear derail what is really a simple process. Getting passed over is a really a badge of honor in most cases. If it was meant to be, it will be.
Not even 40 and I have started buying land...in the country...next to other farms. Dream of getting out of corporate work and never looking back. For anyone who likes to program or develop software I advise them not to do it at work. There are plenty of software products that need created and it is much more fun to develop clean, simple, clever code on your own time and for your own benefit. You also learn WAY more in that setting. You can grind on shitty three tier web apps for ten years and you will barely reach skill parity with someone who develops their own software products and has the freedom to explore.
Funny how Google gets railed for being monopolist of passive search and FaceBook, who is tracking you on and off thier site, gets a pass on collecting reams of data and then unethically playing games by testing your mood based on the change in your feed--which they dictate. they need opened up so that competitors can easily siphon off thier users without friction so that they have some type of competition. I'm thinking the new Etherium-based social media solutions that guarantee privacy and user control look pretty attractive. I would also like to be paid in cryptocurrency for allowing my data to be used and the right to display ads to me.
They are not going to be able to grab someone's device and lock up the case on them...sorry. Just not a problem that someone can solve for them. They are going to have to do real police work to bust people.
Train a bunch of people who don't know anything--and don't have any life experience--how to teach, and what do you expect?.
Throwing a bunch of doe-eyed, cute, twenty-something, know-nothing chicks (that don't have any kids) in charge of a bunch of kids in an attempt to teach them about life and impart skills to make them successful? I'm laughing my ass off. What a joke.
If you look at the "Big Data" space you see a lot of older people who lead the pack--early career people can't touch them. Microsoft's technology leaders (Technology Evangelists and the like) who teach everyone else emerging tech are all past 40. Most of the devs I have worked with who were any good were all over 40. I work in a fairly hot tech area (geographically) and all of the people I see who have no hope of being displaced are middle aged, a lot with grown children. In fact, a lot of them try to retire and are often lured back to work to projects--much to their chagrin because they cant resist the large sums of money. I think ageism is a big company line-employee thing. Keep learning, always be excited about, and chasing, new tech and you have no worries.
$100 a month? What world are you living in? I know working class people who pay $140 or more just for "TV." They also have internet and Netflix bills on top of that. They would have Amazon Prime as well but they don't have enough money to buy enough shit from Amazon to justify the extra membership fee.
If I was being shown icons of cupcakes I would get super hungry for cake. I'm breaking into a sweat just thinking about the crunchy skin on the icing right now.
Something in our society has whittled away at patience. Maybe it is the increasing number of people or their cognizance of time or both, one being the result of another.
I rarely drive in significant rush hour traffic but when I do it is a very shitty experience. These office hours are going to kill us.
Well known fact that you can't build your way out of high traffic problems....it usually becomes worse after "improving" the roads with new routes and bypasses.
I Think the 14% increase just blew DUO out of the water for traffic deaths. "Don't know the cause..." My ass, it just isn't politically safe to call it out and legislate. If this wasn't a very popular infraction that being committed by law makers, politicians, executives, their wives and children....then it would be full on outrage.
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People have been screaming about DevOps because hardly anyone was doing it right and "not doing it right" led to a lot of bullshit in people's lives and generally made IT look bad. Unfortunately this is still the case...but the post is correct in that the focus is on improving these processes to the detriment of the business at this point. If you haven't got to some sort of DevOps sanity by now you are probably never going to. ....and yeah....the "internal" cloud is the next big thing. The same people who can't get their DevOps shit together are the same ones who can't exploit cloud services and are most likely going to deploy on to a IaaS abstraction layer that will let them move to the cloud when and if they need to without modifying their code base or configurations. Pivotal Cloud Foundry for instance.
the number of developers by age measured against the level of skills yields a big X for the younger ones. Though, you don't need a lot of skill to churn out a shitty web app on a 12 core Xeon processor backed by a modern database server riding on a SSD SAN. The ungodly hardware that is thrown at applications that once ran on a Pentium III is staggering....and they still manage you have severe performance problems.
"I basically got no responses when I was looking for a programming job several years ago"
In aggregate, people are absolutely horrible at hiring. Their ignorance, arrogance, and fear derail what is really a simple process. Getting passed over is a really a badge of honor in most cases. If it was meant to be, it will be.
Made a lot of untaxed money like that.
Not even 40 and I have started buying land...in the country...next to other farms. Dream of getting out of corporate work and never looking back. For anyone who likes to program or develop software I advise them not to do it at work. There are plenty of software products that need created and it is much more fun to develop clean, simple, clever code on your own time and for your own benefit. You also learn WAY more in that setting. You can grind on shitty three tier web apps for ten years and you will barely reach skill parity with someone who develops their own software products and has the freedom to explore.
Shape the resume to tell the story they want to hear and shave the damn beard.
Start a couple cash businesses and you can keep TONS of tax free cash also without bowing down to the increasingly insane government's rules.
Why is this modded funny? Cancer is not funny.
Funny how Google gets railed for being monopolist of passive search and FaceBook, who is tracking you on and off thier site, gets a pass on collecting reams of data and then unethically playing games by testing your mood based on the change in your feed--which they dictate. they need opened up so that competitors can easily siphon off thier users without friction so that they have some type of competition. I'm thinking the new Etherium-based social media solutions that guarantee privacy and user control look pretty attractive. I would also like to be paid in cryptocurrency for allowing my data to be used and the right to display ads to me.
They are not going to be able to grab someone's device and lock up the case on them...sorry. Just not a problem that someone can solve for them. They are going to have to do real police work to bust people.
I have evaluated the balance sheets of a school. They are public record and you can request it via "sunshine" laws.
By far, admin and plant costs take priority and make up the bulk of expenses.
"The problem is those who are driven to succeed can take the same drive in another field and earn double the income."
Double? More like triple.
Train a bunch of people who don't know anything--and don't have any life experience--how to teach, and what do you expect?.
Throwing a bunch of doe-eyed, cute, twenty-something, know-nothing chicks (that don't have any kids) in charge of a bunch of kids in an attempt to teach them about life and impart skills to make them successful? I'm laughing my ass off. What a joke.
You get what you pay for.
.....wgo fucking reads or gives a shit about consumer reports other than marketers?
As a currency its value compared to a dollar has to be MUCH higher than it is now.
If you look at the "Big Data" space you see a lot of older people who lead the pack--early career people can't touch them. Microsoft's technology leaders (Technology Evangelists and the like) who teach everyone else emerging tech are all past 40. Most of the devs I have worked with who were any good were all over 40. I work in a fairly hot tech area (geographically) and all of the people I see who have no hope of being displaced are middle aged, a lot with grown children. In fact, a lot of them try to retire and are often lured back to work to projects--much to their chagrin because they cant resist the large sums of money. I think ageism is a big company line-employee thing. Keep learning, always be excited about, and chasing, new tech and you have no worries.
$100 a month? What world are you living in? I know working class people who pay $140 or more just for "TV." They also have internet and Netflix bills on top of that. They would have Amazon Prime as well but they don't have enough money to buy enough shit from Amazon to justify the extra membership fee.
"You're acting like these movies are a loaf of bread and you're starving to death."
I think you hit the nail on the head. This is precisely the case.
If I was being shown icons of cupcakes I would get super hungry for cake. I'm breaking into a sweat just thinking about the crunchy skin on the icing right now.
Same here. Large 4x4 truck....people hold the phone down below the dash so they aren't aren't seen to be fiddling with the phone. It is rampant.
Something in our society has whittled away at patience. Maybe it is the increasing number of people or their cognizance of time or both, one being the result of another.
I rarely drive in significant rush hour traffic but when I do it is a very shitty experience. These office hours are going to kill us.
See....another phone related traffic death. Does the dear count?
Can't count how many times I have almost killed someone just trying to get the damn radio to select my phone for songs.
Well known fact that you can't build your way out of high traffic problems....it usually becomes worse after "improving" the roads with new routes and bypasses.
I Think the 14% increase just blew DUO out of the water for traffic deaths. "Don't know the cause..." My ass, it just isn't politically safe to call it out and legislate. If this wasn't a very popular infraction that being committed by law makers, politicians, executives, their wives and children....then it would be full on outrage.