For me the golden age of pinball was games like Cyclone,Pinbot,Laser War,Xenon and Black Knight I played those games over arcade machines while all my friends were wrapped up in video games nearby there was always something visceral about the pinball experience that just could not be replicated with a joystick and video screen
I don't know I read all this stuff and and all I see is arrogance. It's an I'm smart everyone else is stupid kind of attitude which to me seems really short sighted. Yes MS makes major screw ups and causes major headaches for many people that have to deal with thier mistakes on a daily basis but at the end of the day 99% of the people out there really could care less that there are "better" browsers out there or that MS screwed yet another thing upall they care about that when they go to the web sites of thier choosing they work with the most convenient browser for them which for that large majority of them is IE. I say get over it its old news for people in the industry and it never was news for people that aren't.
I don't know I have absolutely seen both sides of this having worked for a number of years as a database programmer and having operated my own company doing this I found when I sold my company I was absolutely stunned by the offers I recieved from companies when I went through the interview process.
I cannot tell you how many times I was intervied for postions wanting 5 years plus experience knowledge in a number of diffrent areas including asking for things like CCNA MCDBA (both of which I have) wanting me availible for on call one week a month at night and 2 weekends a month and when it came down to money offering me far less then I was earning bartending in a club. It was apalling I worked my rear end off in school and in the industry to get to a point where I didn't have to work nights weekends holidays etc etc anymore and getting that kind of slap in the face was disheartening to say the least.
By the same token in my current position I cannot tell you how many kids I run into that think they should have all the perks of the position and wages commensurate with years of experience while taking on none of the responsibilities that go along with it so in the end I'd say both sides are equally guilty for any issues that we are seeing now.
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For me the golden age of pinball was games like Cyclone,Pinbot,Laser War,Xenon and Black Knight I played those games over arcade machines while all my friends were wrapped up in video games nearby there was always something visceral about the pinball experience that just could not be replicated with a joystick and video screen
I don't know I read all this stuff and and all I see is arrogance. It's an I'm smart everyone else is stupid kind of attitude which to me seems really short sighted. Yes MS makes major screw ups and causes major headaches for many people that have to deal with thier mistakes on a daily basis but at the end of the day 99% of the people out there really could care less that there are "better" browsers out there or that MS screwed yet another thing upall they care about that when they go to the web sites of thier choosing they work with the most convenient browser for them which for that large majority of them is IE. I say get over it its old news for people in the industry and it never was news for people that aren't.
I don't know I have absolutely seen both sides of this having worked for a number of years as a database programmer and having operated my own company doing this I found when I sold my company I was absolutely stunned by the offers I recieved from companies when I went through the interview process. I cannot tell you how many times I was intervied for postions wanting 5 years plus experience knowledge in a number of diffrent areas including asking for things like CCNA MCDBA (both of which I have) wanting me availible for on call one week a month at night and 2 weekends a month and when it came down to money offering me far less then I was earning bartending in a club. It was apalling I worked my rear end off in school and in the industry to get to a point where I didn't have to work nights weekends holidays etc etc anymore and getting that kind of slap in the face was disheartening to say the least. By the same token in my current position I cannot tell you how many kids I run into that think they should have all the perks of the position and wages commensurate with years of experience while taking on none of the responsibilities that go along with it so in the end I'd say both sides are equally guilty for any issues that we are seeing now.