"The company I work for has a very hard time filling dev positions at the pay scale we are offering, when we need to hire more people."
Fixed that for you. There are plenty of Devs that are looking for work. I know several that work outside their field instead of taking a lower paying job in their field because they make more money that what companies are offering right now.
Paying the bills and staying out of foreclosure is far more important than "staying on your career track"
IF you are a 18 year old kid, you either take a chump change job at a small company and do $400 an hour quality work for $8.25 an hour and hope you don't work for a slave driver that will give you a crappy reference if you leave for better pay.
The long route is to prove yourself and create a "brand" online. Chris Prillio really does not know much about computers yet a LOT of people look at him as if he is an expert. It's because he hand crafted a brand for himself that is bigger than he is and he keeps it polished.
Finally. You are "self taught"... do you REALLY know something or do you think you know something? can you configure Cisco routers, understand TCP/IP completely that If I tell you a network scope you can give me the netmask? do you understand computer hardware far FAR better than the idiots at Best buy's Geek squad? Can you actually do something with the OS other than install apps? How about Active directory and Windows domain management on workstations?
IF you are "handy with puters" you are not employable, go get more education. And all of that is free. You can download Windows server enterprise edition and SQL server and all the goodies for free and use it for 30 days. then wipe the computers or VM's running it and reinstall again to learn the ins and outs of doing corperate Windows IT. if you look in the "dirty corners" of the internet you can also find cisco gear simulators that will let you have hands on Cisco configuration as well.
But you are supposed to buy those for nasty prices... It's actually cheaper to buy out of date used cisco gear if you really must stay legal.
Most entry level DSLR's made today are good enough for high end pros. The Canon T2i takes photos as good as the 5D and I use that camera body more in the field than the overpriced 1DS I have in my closet.
High end bodies and lenses are worthless if you are afraid of breaking them. In that line of thinking, my t2i takes far, FAR better photos than my 1DS because I'll hand over a railing risking the camera for that incredible shot with it.
Honestly, the only reason I have a 1DS is for weddings, indoors for portraits. It's mostly for show so they are happy with spending $12,000 on photography.
Ken Rockwell is an idiot, or you are taking his comment way,way,WAY out of context.
a Piece of crap $19.95 Shiny happy fun digital camera that takes 640X480 images compared to a decent quality real glass lenses pocket camera that costs $299.00 is a HUGE difference for a newbie.
if your camera cant take an in focus photo with decent color you will never produce a great photo. your first digital camera should not cost any less than $300.00 if you want to be able to learn to take better photos. That level of camera has almost no lag in pushing the shutter to when the photo takes compared to the $99.00 garbage that has nearly a 1/2 second lag and anything with ceramic lenses to make it super thin is garbage. Thin = bad as well. you need decent large glass on a camera so if the camera is less than 1.25 inches thick it's a toy not a camera. The primary lens element needs to be at LEAST 1 inch in diameter on a pocket camera. the tiny ones shoot crap. Megapixels are nothing , the glass in front of it is everything.
$60 for the game to start playing. $20 for DLC pack #1 $20 for DLC pack #2 $20 for DLC pack #3
Many times you find out that the DLC pack they enticed you to get was a worthless turd (See DLC for Fallout3 only 1 was worth it and that was becasue it raised the level cap)
In reality to get the whole game you have to pay $120.00 for it.
Fallout4:middle earth , aka SkyRim is the exact same way. It will have a buttload of DLC you have to buy to get the whole game you purchased.
That a $60.00 game is so highly overpriced that it encourages Piracy.
Noo, Almost everyone on this planet has so much money that that price point is nothing to them.
In reality, even middle class people cant afford to feed a gaming habit at $60.00 a game. MOST people wait until it get's bargain binned at 1/2 that price. The technological savvy simply find a cracked version.
Everything else he talks about is ALSO very viable reasoning to piracy, but saying that price has nothing to do with it is absurd.
Collies are frighteningly smart. They are bread to outsmart animals for herding. I watched my collie rearrange furniture in the back yard so she could vault the fence.
There are breeds that you CAN NOT TRAIN to not leave the yard. For example, working dogs like collies. Collies want to herd cattle or sheep, Guess what, they want to herd cars and people as well. you cant train out of them when centuries of breeding has put into them. They are wired to chase things and herd them back to the homestead. your neighbors are lost sheep to these animals and they are doing their job.
So you either tie them out, put up a real fence, or get an electric one.
And no, I would not suggest anyone that is a city dweller to own a working dog breed. They belong on large farms where they can have their programmed distance.
Shock collars do not "wreak havoc" on the dog any more than a tall fence or being tied up does. Trying to curb the in bred traits is what does that. Buying a guard dog breed and trying to train them to not bark for example. if you want to be "good" for your dog, then move to a place wher eyou have 4-5 acres for them to run and patrol. City living for a dog is cruelty.
It's more humane than the machine gun pet fences...
I have had to re purchase far less yorkies and pomeranians with the electric ones, and the neighbors don't complain about the sound of the automatic weapon fire any more. Note: short hair breeds do not catch fire as easy as long hair breeds do.
But I do miss the sound of, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, YIEEE!, at night as each neighbors dog fence was to go off spraying 5.56 rounds all over the yards to encourage their dog to stay away from the sidewalk.
Why would the meter tell the least power using device in the house, the freezer, to not run during peak use? My freezer cost s$18.00 a year to run and draws less than 60 watts when going full blast.
Highest consumption is ALWAYS the summer, so the only device that needs to be "smart" is the Air conditioner. as that wiull use 60 amps when running for a whole building setup.
Problem is people tend to whine loudly when they are a little uncomfortable, so the power that be dont dare adjust the one thing that makes a difference.
Last I checked they used 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz to get the WWVB Time signal.
Who is making bad equipment that is splattering signal out of it's band at such high powers that it's affecting bands that are drastically far away from 2.4 ghz?
"That is fine, call your interior designer for IT help then when it stops working. Do you have your Chef work on your car? because you seem to make very bizzare decisions on who is the expert for the task."
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"The company I work for has a very hard time filling dev positions at the pay scale we are offering, when we need to hire more people."
Fixed that for you. There are plenty of Devs that are looking for work. I know several that work outside their field instead of taking a lower paying job in their field because they make more money that what companies are offering right now.
Paying the bills and staying out of foreclosure is far more important than "staying on your career track"
IF you are a 18 year old kid, you either take a chump change job at a small company and do $400 an hour quality work for $8.25 an hour and hope you don't work for a slave driver that will give you a crappy reference if you leave for better pay.
The long route is to prove yourself and create a "brand" online. Chris Prillio really does not know much about computers yet a LOT of people look at him as if he is an expert. It's because he hand crafted a brand for himself that is bigger than he is and he keeps it polished.
Finally. You are "self taught"... do you REALLY know something or do you think you know something? can you configure Cisco routers, understand TCP/IP completely that If I tell you a network scope you can give me the netmask? do you understand computer hardware far FAR better than the idiots at Best buy's Geek squad? Can you actually do something with the OS other than install apps? How about Active directory and Windows domain management on workstations?
IF you are "handy with puters" you are not employable, go get more education. And all of that is free. You can download Windows server enterprise edition and SQL server and all the goodies for free and use it for 30 days. then wipe the computers or VM's running it and reinstall again to learn the ins and outs of doing corperate Windows IT. if you look in the "dirty corners" of the internet you can also find cisco gear simulators that will let you have hands on Cisco configuration as well.
But you are supposed to buy those for nasty prices... It's actually cheaper to buy out of date used cisco gear if you really must stay legal.
Loki is the cause of Chaos.
I up you by one Norse god..
Because the 4S really is the iphone 5 beta release or RC1. It's not a real phone but a hardware test platform to sort out the bugs.
Judges used to be lawyers. So you are seeing a part of the Good-ol-boy network in action.
It's how cops that are dirty or evil get protected by other cops.
Yes you can. as a canon owner. I reccomend Nikon.. you get a lot more with Nikon for the same $2000 spent.
The Nikkor lenses are cheaper, the camera bodies are cheaper. and both are just as good as Canon.
Most entry level DSLR's made today are good enough for high end pros. The Canon T2i takes photos as good as the 5D and I use that camera body more in the field than the overpriced 1DS I have in my closet.
High end bodies and lenses are worthless if you are afraid of breaking them. In that line of thinking, my t2i takes far, FAR better photos than my 1DS because I'll hand over a railing risking the camera for that incredible shot with it.
Honestly, the only reason I have a 1DS is for weddings, indoors for portraits. It's mostly for show so they are happy with spending $12,000 on photography.
Ken Rockwell is an idiot, or you are taking his comment way,way ,WAY out of context.
a Piece of crap $19.95 Shiny happy fun digital camera that takes 640X480 images compared to a decent quality real glass lenses pocket camera that costs $299.00 is a HUGE difference for a newbie.
if your camera cant take an in focus photo with decent color you will never produce a great photo. your first digital camera should not cost any less than $300.00 if you want to be able to learn to take better photos. That level of camera has almost no lag in pushing the shutter to when the photo takes compared to the $99.00 garbage that has nearly a 1/2 second lag and anything with ceramic lenses to make it super thin is garbage. Thin = bad as well. you need decent large glass on a camera so if the camera is less than 1.25 inches thick it's a toy not a camera. The primary lens element needs to be at LEAST 1 inch in diameter on a pocket camera. the tiny ones shoot crap.
Megapixels are nothing , the glass in front of it is everything.
$60-$80? you are pricing it far too low.
$60 for the game to start playing.
$20 for DLC pack #1
$20 for DLC pack #2
$20 for DLC pack #3
Many times you find out that the DLC pack they enticed you to get was a worthless turd (See DLC for Fallout3 only 1 was worth it and that was becasue it raised the level cap)
In reality to get the whole game you have to pay $120.00 for it.
Fallout4:middle earth , aka SkyRim is the exact same way. It will have a buttload of DLC you have to buy to get the whole game you purchased.
That a $60.00 game is so highly overpriced that it encourages Piracy.
Noo, Almost everyone on this planet has so much money that that price point is nothing to them.
In reality, even middle class people cant afford to feed a gaming habit at $60.00 a game. MOST people wait until it get's bargain binned at 1/2 that price. The technological savvy simply find a cracked version.
Everything else he talks about is ALSO very viable reasoning to piracy, but saying that price has nothing to do with it is absurd.
Poor firewall configuration lies int he hands of the CTO. It's that man that is 100% at fault for that problem.
Been there done that. Had one of those 3 letter assholes demand we punch holes in a firewall that 24 months later a hacker used to get in.
Multiple times a day when I play a full HD movie from the NAS.
Collies are frighteningly smart. They are bread to outsmart animals for herding. I watched my collie rearrange furniture in the back yard so she could vault the fence.
Says the man that knows only a little about dogs.
There are breeds that you CAN NOT TRAIN to not leave the yard. For example, working dogs like collies. Collies want to herd cattle or sheep, Guess what, they want to herd cars and people as well. you cant train out of them when centuries of breeding has put into them. They are wired to chase things and herd them back to the homestead. your neighbors are lost sheep to these animals and they are doing their job.
So you either tie them out, put up a real fence, or get an electric one.
And no, I would not suggest anyone that is a city dweller to own a working dog breed. They belong on large farms where they can have their programmed distance.
Shock collars do not "wreak havoc" on the dog any more than a tall fence or being tied up does. Trying to curb the in bred traits is what does that. Buying a guard dog breed and trying to train them to not bark for example. if you want to be "good" for your dog, then move to a place wher eyou have 4-5 acres for them to run and patrol. City living for a dog is cruelty.
It's more humane than the machine gun pet fences...
I have had to re purchase far less yorkies and pomeranians with the electric ones, and the neighbors don't complain about the sound of the automatic weapon fire any more. Note: short hair breeds do not catch fire as easy as long hair breeds do.
But I do miss the sound of, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, YIEEE!, at night as each neighbors dog fence was to go off spraying 5.56 rounds all over the yards to encourage their dog to stay away from the sidewalk.
Yes. Bin Laden can bomb your house based on when you flush the toilet....
Why would the meter tell the least power using device in the house, the freezer, to not run during peak use? My freezer cost s$18.00 a year to run and draws less than 60 watts when going full blast.
Highest consumption is ALWAYS the summer, so the only device that needs to be "smart" is the Air conditioner. as that wiull use 60 amps when running for a whole building setup.
Problem is people tend to whine loudly when they are a little uncomfortable, so the power that be dont dare adjust the one thing that makes a difference.
Mostly because those managers are simply stupid.
If the "smart meters" used cellular tech they would not have to drive down the street, but let the meter call home and report.
Chumby is not a clock. It's a internet connected device that can be used as a clock.
Calling chumby a clock is like calling a Laptop a "web browser"
And why are they using 2.4ghz?
Last I checked they used 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz to get the WWVB Time signal.
Who is making bad equipment that is splattering signal out of it's band at such high powers that it's affecting bands that are drastically far away from 2.4 ghz?
That is when you say...
"That is fine, call your interior designer for IT help then when it stops working. Do you have your Chef work on your car? because you seem to make very bizzare decisions on who is the expert for the task."
And that is why my wired home always has a lot more performance than you guys that are too lazy to have it wired.
I have 1Gbps to every port or device in my home. You never will because you embrace a very slow technology for a use that it was never intended.
Says the man that knows nothing at all about RF energy or FCC Type certification.
If a device FAILS because of interference then the manufacturer made a giant steaming POS. Because the FCC certification for that type states clearly.
the Device MUST accept any and all interference.
Blame the moron RF engineers at GE,Sony,Panasonic,LG,etc... for using the china cheap RF modules instead of designing their own RF stage in house.
He did not die, he simply downloaded his consciousness into the Apple Mainframes.
Well, it IS Bill Gates....