Personally, I don't see $60k beings unreasonable for well-trained graduates. The school I went to has a well-respected software engineering degree (it's actually an engineering school), and the 'average' starting salary for graduates is $57,175. The students almost all have two year's worth of internships when they leave school, and can write requirements, test plans, do proper designs in a number of languages and technologies, and overall engineer a solution.
I think the big difference here is that the article says 'Computer Science BS graduates', which I consider similar to my school. Then the summary goes nuts about 'programmers', which I think are different than computer science. People tend to think of programmers as the guys that just code, which of course would make them less valuable and more replaceable than full blows software engineers.
High school kids and anyone who spends two years at a technical school can 'program' nowadays, but coming up with a proper design is something people are still willing to pay for.
As far as Microsoft is concerned, a pirated copy of XP is better than a legal version of Ubuntu. The last thing they want is other operating systems catching on, which would lead to less corporate use, and thus, less Office and Windows $.
Remote Start (such as this case) means the keys aren't in it. I know in my car, if it's remote started, it'll die as soon as you touch the brake. My new car requires that I lock the doors before remote starting as well.
If you'd take half a second to stop complaining, you'd realize almost everything you said is ridiculously easy and obvious.
How about a mode where I can hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and hit Enter, and have it lock my screen, without having to wait in the middle for Windows to mode-switch to a different video screen, complete with fancy graphics, to ask me the same thing a simple dialog box asks me?
Windows-L.
How about being able to edit the parameters of something you've "pinned to the taskbar"?
Right click the icon. The top item in the popup list is a shortcut, so you can right click and select 'properties' (like any shortcut) and modify the parameters.
Whats up with this whole "Library" thing? What is wrong with "My Documents"
Library may refer to multiple folder locations. Got music in two separate locations (like a portable drive a local one)? Now it's all accessible from one place.
Thank God at least they put your whole user profile in the c:\users\ directory - wait, do they, or is user crap still sprinkled around in c:\program files\blah
All of the microsoft stuff is there, but I suppose there's nothing stopping a program from not using it (UAC perhaps would complain about an app trying to create files in Program Files).
I'm sure we'd like to know how to slowly adjust their paths to bring them into an more contained/slower orbit around/near Earth so we can begin mining them for untold trillions of $ worth of materials they contain.
See, you've got it wrong. If you divert it enough to crash it INTO Earth, you don't have to spend the money to send up mining equipment. As an added bonus, you can mine the 1,00sq km destroyed for resources too!
Its varying definitions of IT. To some, IT includes software development (which I typically think of as more of engineering, not IT). It also includes help desk, as well as standard IT (supporting applications/networking/servers/backups, etc)
I suggest that instead of the stores charging the tax, the credit/debit card processor charge the tax.
This would completely screw a lot of tourist/travel destinations. Mall of America, the Disney Areas, shopping on Chicago's Michigan St, etc is all affected and all incentive for those municipalities to bring people in is gone.
Another alternative is for a federal law that simply requires each of the states to submit ONE tax rate for the whole state, and accept a set of exemptions designated by that federal law, to be part of the inter-state tax program.
Didn't AMD just win a billion dollars from Intel in a lawsuit? Maybe it's not the billions that they were 'defrauded', but it seems like that its seperate from any fines from the FTC.
Thanks for telling me what the working conditions were in the field, Slashdot - you made the decision that much simpler.
Trusting slashdot for accurate working conditions is a poor idea. Being on call is reserved for IT pros who maintain something 24/7. There's plenty of Computing jobs that don't require such extreme working conditions.
For example, I work for a Fortune 100 company doing software engineering (writing requirements, designs, some coding, maintenance, etc). I work 40 hrs a week and go home. If (for some reason), I have to stay late one day, I leave early on another. Most of the time, I'm not forced to stay late, but I just want to finish what I'm working on because context switching is annoying. I get paid well, and I get to do things I enjoy in addition to development, like helping interns develop as engineers, small tool development, and I'm currently working through a refactoring book to become a better developer and designer. My point is that not all 'Computing' jobs are IT server maintenance that require a horrible schedule for very little pay, and slashdot is probably a poor example for most of the computing jobs out there.
If you're the only one ever looking at the info, and it's just to keep you organized, one note (especially 2007-2010 versions) is great. As soon as you want to share it, a wiki/bug tracker is probably a better idea.
Not to mention the fact that modern diesels are most definitely not "noisy". Americans in general are painfully ignorant of modern diesel technology, which is a shame.
That's because, for the most part, the only diesels we're exposed to are large SUVs and Semi trucks, which are actually quite noisy. Personally, I love the idea of a diesel, provided the cold weather isn't a problem anymore. The US doesn't really have diesel cars so most people (like myself) haven't had a need to research them at all.
I don't see how Apple buying Lala precludes amazon from offering similar streaming. Nor does it mean that Google can't partner with Amazon to offer something similar.
I agree that this purchase makes sense, but it seems risky to put forward the cash for something that relies entirely on google and affiliate links.
I think Netflix has just about ended my DVD buying. It used to be that if I really liked a movie, I'd go buy it so that I could watch it more often. Now, if I want to watch a good movie again, I can simply Netflix it and it'll be here again tomorrow. Sure, it's not instant, but it's not $30/movie either.
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Actually, you may not be too far away from an iPhone on Verizon.
Plus, they already got the logs from NSA.
Can his new job be a promotion to the DRM consultant for EA?
Awesome Comeback, and great reasoning!
Personally, I don't see $60k beings unreasonable for well-trained graduates. The school I went to has a well-respected software engineering degree (it's actually an engineering school), and the 'average' starting salary for graduates is $57,175. The students almost all have two year's worth of internships when they leave school, and can write requirements, test plans, do proper designs in a number of languages and technologies, and overall engineer a solution.
I think the big difference here is that the article says 'Computer Science BS graduates', which I consider similar to my school. Then the summary goes nuts about 'programmers', which I think are different than computer science. People tend to think of programmers as the guys that just code, which of course would make them less valuable and more replaceable than full blows software engineers.
High school kids and anyone who spends two years at a technical school can 'program' nowadays, but coming up with a proper design is something people are still willing to pay for.
As far as Microsoft is concerned, a pirated copy of XP is better than a legal version of Ubuntu. The last thing they want is other operating systems catching on, which would lead to less corporate use, and thus, less Office and Windows $.
Remote Start (such as this case) means the keys aren't in it. I know in my car, if it's remote started, it'll die as soon as you touch the brake. My new car requires that I lock the doors before remote starting as well.
Don't forget Enhance! Zoom in.... rotate 90,... and enhance... wow a perfect picture of the guy's license plate!
The only people it hits hard are the rich,
The rich all fly private, so they don't have to put up with any of the delay.
Oh yeah, and as an extra bonus: Control-Shift-Esc opens the task manager without going to the annoying middle screen as well.
How about a mode where I can hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and hit Enter, and have it lock my screen, without having to wait in the middle for Windows to mode-switch to a different video screen, complete with fancy graphics, to ask me the same thing a simple dialog box asks me?
Windows-L.
How about being able to edit the parameters of something you've "pinned to the taskbar"?
Right click the icon. The top item in the popup list is a shortcut, so you can right click and select 'properties' (like any shortcut) and modify the parameters.
Whats up with this whole "Library" thing? What is wrong with "My Documents"
Library may refer to multiple folder locations. Got music in two separate locations (like a portable drive a local one)? Now it's all accessible from one place.
Thank God at least they put your whole user profile in the c:\users\ directory - wait, do they, or is user crap still sprinkled around in c:\program files\blah
All of the microsoft stuff is there, but I suppose there's nothing stopping a program from not using it (UAC perhaps would complain about an app trying to create files in Program Files).
I can't remember the last time MS put out a device with a screen on it.
Does the Zune Count?
Sale: $30,379.98
Product Features:
Nothing says great gift like a $30,000 thermal imager! But hey, it's Stylish!
This is because during the life of the code people come in and paste maybe 1000 lines of code from elsewhere into the block
Your design is horribly wrong.
so its hard to see what is supposed to match to what
Branches or not, you need a coding standard, fast.
Where I work comments get used to abuse people.
Your development team is in need of some management and/or personal communication skills.
No, but my cell still does.
I'm sure we'd like to know how to slowly adjust their paths to bring them into an more contained/slower orbit around/near Earth so we can begin mining them for untold trillions of $ worth of materials they contain.
See, you've got it wrong. If you divert it enough to crash it INTO Earth, you don't have to spend the money to send up mining equipment. As an added bonus, you can mine the 1,00sq km destroyed for resources too!
Its varying definitions of IT. To some, IT includes software development (which I typically think of as more of engineering, not IT). It also includes help desk, as well as standard IT (supporting applications/networking/servers/backups, etc)
I suggest that instead of the stores charging the tax, the credit/debit card processor charge the tax.
This would completely screw a lot of tourist/travel destinations. Mall of America, the Disney Areas, shopping on Chicago's Michigan St, etc is all affected and all incentive for those municipalities to bring people in is gone.
Another alternative is for a federal law that simply requires each of the states to submit ONE tax rate for the whole state, and accept a set of exemptions designated by that federal law, to be part of the inter-state tax program.
Sounds like a much better idea.
Didn't AMD just win a billion dollars from Intel in a lawsuit? Maybe it's not the billions that they were 'defrauded', but it seems like that its seperate from any fines from the FTC.
Thanks for telling me what the working conditions were in the field, Slashdot - you made the decision that much simpler.
Trusting slashdot for accurate working conditions is a poor idea. Being on call is reserved for IT pros who maintain something 24/7. There's plenty of Computing jobs that don't require such extreme working conditions.
For example, I work for a Fortune 100 company doing software engineering (writing requirements, designs, some coding, maintenance, etc). I work 40 hrs a week and go home. If (for some reason), I have to stay late one day, I leave early on another. Most of the time, I'm not forced to stay late, but I just want to finish what I'm working on because context switching is annoying. I get paid well, and I get to do things I enjoy in addition to development, like helping interns develop as engineers, small tool development, and I'm currently working through a refactoring book to become a better developer and designer. My point is that not all 'Computing' jobs are IT server maintenance that require a horrible schedule for very little pay, and slashdot is probably a poor example for most of the computing jobs out there.
If you're the only one ever looking at the info, and it's just to keep you organized, one note (especially 2007-2010 versions) is great. As soon as you want to share it, a wiki/bug tracker is probably a better idea.
Sure, but he'd be out on parole in 6.
Not to mention the fact that modern diesels are most definitely not "noisy". Americans in general are painfully ignorant of modern diesel technology, which is a shame.
That's because, for the most part, the only diesels we're exposed to are large SUVs and Semi trucks, which are actually quite noisy. Personally, I love the idea of a diesel, provided the cold weather isn't a problem anymore. The US doesn't really have diesel cars so most people (like myself) haven't had a need to research them at all.
I don't see how Apple buying Lala precludes amazon from offering similar streaming. Nor does it mean that Google can't partner with Amazon to offer something similar. I agree that this purchase makes sense, but it seems risky to put forward the cash for something that relies entirely on google and affiliate links.
I think Netflix has just about ended my DVD buying. It used to be that if I really liked a movie, I'd go buy it so that I could watch it more often. Now, if I want to watch a good movie again, I can simply Netflix it and it'll be here again tomorrow. Sure, it's not instant, but it's not $30/movie either.