I note with a mixture of pity and amusement some of the resoponses that this article has generated so far. One poster proclaims the subjects of Mr Katz's article to be "the white trash of the computer world". While that might seem very insightful to the poster of that response, I think a statement of that nature is more of an indication of what type of person the poster is. I come from a similar background that the two subjects came from with the notable exceptions being that I come from a big city and have never sold fake ID's. Alter the circumstances with regard two those two things and change some names around and that very well could be me. I too didn't know what it was like to have my parents pay for school. I went to a community college when I had the money and have about 50 credit hours to date. Three years ago I was makeing $8.00 an hour, managing a bookstore, eating ramen twice a day and basically wondering what I was going to do. Then I met a buddy of mine while attending an army reserve weekend and I was fortunate enough to be able to leverage experience obtained in the military to get a job as an entry level Sysadmin. I made $38000 a year to start. Quite a jump. While I make quite a bit more than that now, I have not forgotten what is was like to eat ramen for three week stretches, just to get by. So yes, you could say that this article struck a cord in me. I just am curious how many others have similar stories. To those who really believe you have to have a degree to get a decent job, bull. You need to be curious, technically competent and willing to work obscene hours...:-) Please don't misunderstand me, I am not decrying education. I just am saying that if you want to go to school, go for the education and to learn...don't be one of those people who just go to get a sheet of paper. When I was in the Army, I met more than one officer who had a commission because of a college degree, but couldn't lead their was out of a paper bag. Since I have been out I have worked with many people who got jobs because of their degree and were thouroughly incompetent. Yes, you can get a job if you have a degree, but will you respect yourself in the morning?;-) -Just my thoughts Saint
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I note with a mixture of pity and amusement some of the resoponses that this article has generated so far. One poster proclaims the subjects of Mr Katz's article to be "the white trash of the computer world". While that might seem very insightful to the poster of that response, I think a statement of that nature is more of an indication of what type of person the poster is. I come from a similar background that the two subjects came from with the notable exceptions being that I come from a big city and have never sold fake ID's. Alter the circumstances with regard two those two things and change some names around and that very well could be me. I too didn't know what it was like to have my parents pay for school. I went to a community college when I had the money and have about 50 credit hours to date. Three years ago I was makeing $8.00 an hour, managing a bookstore, eating ramen twice a day and basically wondering what I was going to do. Then I met a buddy of mine while attending an army reserve weekend and I was fortunate enough to be able to leverage experience obtained in the military to get a job as an entry level Sysadmin. I made $38000 a year to start. Quite a jump. While I make quite a bit more than that now, I have not forgotten what is was like to eat ramen for three week stretches, just to get by. So yes, you could say that this article struck a cord in me. I just am curious how many others have similar stories. To those who really believe you have to have a degree to get a decent job, bull. You need to be curious, technically competent and willing to work obscene hours...:-) Please don't misunderstand me, I am not decrying education. I just am saying that if you want to go to school, go for the education and to learn...don't be one of those people who just go to get a sheet of paper. When I was in the Army, I met more than one officer who had a commission because of a college degree, but couldn't lead their was out of a paper bag. Since I have been out I have worked with many people who got jobs because of their degree and were thouroughly incompetent. Yes, you can get a job if you have a degree, but will you respect yourself in the morning? ;-) -Just my thoughts Saint
How did you extrapolate that this person was caught due to the MS GUID? Was there another article you have not shared?