I've been reading/. for a few years now, and have only posted a couple times, one of which was modded to a 3! woo... anyway, this shall be my last post.
I'm a solutions architect, highly educated, 11 years in the industry. I've provided IT solutions to many organizations around the world.
I no longer have the will to continue working and any thread of creativity I once had has been drained by an awful few years of (mis)management. So, I quit.
This Friday I will begin spending time with my young children, watch them grow, and be the best Dad I can. I've realized that spending hours at the office isn't what it used to be, and my threshold for management stupidity has long been exceeded.
Adeiu/. community, corporate IT, and corporate management. I shall squander my remaining years as a house husband.
I'm not sure why you're blaming the IT department when clearly they've been given rules they must adhere to. Just because it makes you mad that you don't have admin rights or can't use some unapproved software doesn't mean the IT shop is "bad." I don't excuse assholes, but you're talking about policy, not the value of IT.
Besides, security and policies like "don't give elrous0(869638) admin rights" probably exist to ensure elrous0(869638) doesn't install the latest junk software which might introduce a very serious crippling event behind the firewall and halt all business for days or weeks while *IT* gets to clean it up!
If I had to deal with the plethora of ignorant people that I'm sure 90% of IT departments do, I'd be looking for a job in management:).
If you don't like your IT department, tell the policy makers to make it easier for them to do their job, which in turn would make your job more efficient and benefit the company as a whole. Don't just perpetuate the "Disconnect between IT and Management"
I'm hardly fanatical... but let's start with foreign policy... a 180 turn from where we are now. How about lobbying and big business intertwined with our government and thereby calling all the shots. Affordable healthcare? (a realistic goal). He's an atypical politician from what I can tell.
So... for whomever you do support, what will they change?
Obama really has no political history, only a few years of official experience (which I view as a good thing). He has different views on world politics and a diverse background that has fortified his opinion on how things should be done. He's not overtly religious however, has faith. He has a precise track record of holding a position, whether it's on affordable heathcare, or to go to war... it's unwaivering. I don't view him as politics of old, moreso a fresh start that this nation so badly needs. I live in a market where he purchased a regional Superbowl ad... it was done very well and conveyed the exact message that gives me hope for a better future. Hillary, has none of these qualities.
Clinton comes from a legacy of cheating and very shady politics. Whitewater... any viable witness against the Clinton regime has either committed suicide or "been in a plane crash"... (how often do Air Force C-130's crash into the side of mountains? -- about as often as a key witness in a huge political/criminal case fly on one). Hillary and Wal-Mart, "mandatory" healthcare - are they going to force me to get it? FORCE? She sought and won a senate seat from the only state in which she knew she had a chance, even if she had never lived there. I'm drawing a bit of a conclusion here... but when a major ore mining company uses Bill Clintons contacts to land billions of dollars in contracts, THEN Bill's charity gets a donation... I call shenanigans http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22926743 . She lives in the same house as him, and he would live in the same house as her. The entire Clinton regime scares me. Old, rehashed ideas. No clear guidance to our future. Old Washington bad habits simply renewed. We need something different.
With a game like WoW, you enter the game *knowing* you're going to have to grind out a character and all the things required to build that character to be the best there is. Compensating for the latest raid means a small amount of "farming" to recoup the money in repairs.
Blizz has tried to make it easier to acquire (legit) gold in the game by creating ez-mode "Daily Quests" which can get you 100+g in a relatively short amount of time... daily. That's 5-600g/week, just doing daily quests. A character at lvl 70 can get 2-3000g just by completing all the quests in the other zones.
People who haven't the patience to grind the 5000g riding skill, or raid the end game content for the best gear are the ones fortifying the hacks & scammers resolve by buying the gold they sell. Stop buying the gold, the farmers/scammers/cheaters will go away (for the most part).
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I'm a solutions architect, highly educated, 11 years in the industry. I've provided IT solutions to many organizations around the world.
I no longer have the will to continue working and any thread of creativity I once had has been drained by an awful few years of (mis)management. So, I quit.
This Friday I will begin spending time with my young children, watch them grow, and be the best Dad I can. I've realized that spending hours at the office isn't what it used to be, and my threshold for management stupidity has long been exceeded.
Adeiu /. community, corporate IT, and corporate management. I shall squander my remaining years as a house husband.
Last night we wiped to Archimonde about 15 times to the tune of 60g in repairs... not sure how this lowered my blood pressure!?
Besides, security and policies like "don't give elrous0(869638) admin rights" probably exist to ensure elrous0(869638) doesn't install the latest junk software which might introduce a very serious crippling event behind the firewall and halt all business for days or weeks while *IT* gets to clean it up!
If I had to deal with the plethora of ignorant people that I'm sure 90% of IT departments do, I'd be looking for a job in management :).
If you don't like your IT department, tell the policy makers to make it easier for them to do their job, which in turn would make your job more efficient and benefit the company as a whole. Don't just perpetuate the "Disconnect between IT and Management"
-- bypasses steps 2, c, IV, 00000101, and many more...
How much bandwidth does about 1 minute of pr0n per day use? I'm guessing I've got nothing to worry about except going blind!
so you're for Ron Paul... I like the guy too, but this is a thread about Democratic front-runners...
I'm hardly fanatical... but let's start with foreign policy... a 180 turn from where we are now. How about lobbying and big business intertwined with our government and thereby calling all the shots. Affordable healthcare? (a realistic goal). He's an atypical politician from what I can tell. So... for whomever you do support, what will they change?
Clinton comes from a legacy of cheating and very shady politics. Whitewater... any viable witness against the Clinton regime has either committed suicide or "been in a plane crash" ... (how often do Air Force C-130's crash into the side of mountains? -- about as often as a key witness in a huge political/criminal case fly on one). Hillary and Wal-Mart, "mandatory" healthcare - are they going to force me to get it? FORCE? She sought and won a senate seat from the only state in which she knew she had a chance, even if she had never lived there. I'm drawing a bit of a conclusion here... but when a major ore mining company uses Bill Clintons contacts to land billions of dollars in contracts, THEN Bill's charity gets a donation... I call shenanigans http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22926743 . She lives in the same house as him, and he would live in the same house as her. The entire Clinton regime scares me. Old, rehashed ideas. No clear guidance to our future. Old Washington bad habits simply renewed. We need something different.
With a game like WoW, you enter the game *knowing* you're going to have to grind out a character and all the things required to build that character to be the best there is. Compensating for the latest raid means a small amount of "farming" to recoup the money in repairs. Blizz has tried to make it easier to acquire (legit) gold in the game by creating ez-mode "Daily Quests" which can get you 100+g in a relatively short amount of time... daily. That's 5-600g/week, just doing daily quests. A character at lvl 70 can get 2-3000g just by completing all the quests in the other zones. People who haven't the patience to grind the 5000g riding skill, or raid the end game content for the best gear are the ones fortifying the hacks & scammers resolve by buying the gold they sell. Stop buying the gold, the farmers/scammers/cheaters will go away (for the most part).
Who remembers their mouse didn't work 10 years later?