I can understand your hatred for this dishonest way of life but I completely disagree with your child molestation and drug views.
Children are most likely to be molested by somebody close to the family. Possibly a family member or boyfriend/girlfriend of the parent, not some random person off the street. As for drugs, having shit happen to you is no excuse. People use because they want to use and like the feeling. That's what it boils down to. Some people have addictive personalities plain and simple and are more likely to give into the peer pressure to try said drugs.
I have a friend that's done cocaine before and it left him afraid of ever doing it again because of how addicting it was. There's nothing wrong with experimentation if you're physically and mentally strong enough to ONLY experiment and not fall victim.
Back to the malware though, social engineering has been around since humans started keeping secrets. It'll never go away and there's nothing we can do to beat it except wise up. People are dumb and there will always be those that fall for this kind of thing (though a fake ticket even I would likely fall for until I had to install software). Short of windows periodically wiping itself and starting fresh I don't think we can stop zombie computers and malware/viruses.
I've seen the postings in the NY/NJ area and at least for web development the requirements are outrageous. I've been contacted on numerous occasions for "a great opportunity", as the recruiters put it. These so-called opportunities are, in actuality, companies who fired their sys admin, three developers, and want to hire you as a lead developer (sole developer?) to take their place...all of them.
You may think I'm kidding but below are some of the hilights of the posting I was contacted about:
- Ability to work independently - Superior PHP development skills - Worked on enhancing LAMP tools and packages - Independently configure and fine tune a LAMP environment — Apache, PHP and MySQL - Creation of a audit process/tool for site Editors and Authors - Creation of a process/tool for requesting Editor/Author process
Please don't think me greedy for what I'm about to say but I'm currently still employed after over 3 rounds of layoffs and I've recently kicked my job search into high gear. While I have to agree that what's currently left at the small company I work for is nothing but the best (at least in the IT department) the workload that was done by 30 is now done by 10 -- with as few as 3 people in one section of IT.
That being said, these *quality* people who probably have nothing to worry about are jumping ship (even management!), some without even having jobs to switch to yet. But I guess that's what happens when reason goes out the window and marketing calls the shots in an attempt to turn a profit for a change. That coupled with pay cuts leaves a bad taste in people's mouths.
I disagree with the thought that the good workers will sit idly by and take what the companies are doing and accomplishing what 3-5 of their peers used to. Sometimes what seems like a good job for a while can turn ugly and treat you poorly when things get tough and that's not necessarily a place you want to work. At least that's my reasoning.
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I can understand your hatred for this dishonest way of life but I completely disagree with your child molestation and drug views.
Children are most likely to be molested by somebody close to the family. Possibly a family member or boyfriend/girlfriend of the parent, not some random person off the street. As for drugs, having shit happen to you is no excuse. People use because they want to use and like the feeling. That's what it boils down to. Some people have addictive personalities plain and simple and are more likely to give into the peer pressure to try said drugs.
I have a friend that's done cocaine before and it left him afraid of ever doing it again because of how addicting it was. There's nothing wrong with experimentation if you're physically and mentally strong enough to ONLY experiment and not fall victim.
Back to the malware though, social engineering has been around since humans started keeping secrets. It'll never go away and there's nothing we can do to beat it except wise up. People are dumb and there will always be those that fall for this kind of thing (though a fake ticket even I would likely fall for until I had to install software). Short of windows periodically wiping itself and starting fresh I don't think we can stop zombie computers and malware/viruses.
I've seen the postings in the NY/NJ area and at least for web development the requirements are outrageous. I've been contacted on numerous occasions for "a great opportunity", as the recruiters put it. These so-called opportunities are, in actuality, companies who fired their sys admin, three developers, and want to hire you as a lead developer (sole developer?) to take their place...all of them.
You may think I'm kidding but below are some of the hilights of the posting I was contacted about:
- Ability to work independently
- Superior PHP development skills
- Worked on enhancing LAMP tools and packages
- Independently configure and fine tune a LAMP environment — Apache, PHP and MySQL
- Creation of a audit process/tool for site Editors and Authors
- Creation of a process/tool for requesting Editor/Author process
Please don't think me greedy for what I'm about to say but I'm currently still employed after over 3 rounds of layoffs and I've recently kicked my job search into high gear. While I have to agree that what's currently left at the small company I work for is nothing but the best (at least in the IT department) the workload that was done by 30 is now done by 10 -- with as few as 3 people in one section of IT.
That being said, these *quality* people who probably have nothing to worry about are jumping ship (even management!), some without even having jobs to switch to yet. But I guess that's what happens when reason goes out the window and marketing calls the shots in an attempt to turn a profit for a change. That coupled with pay cuts leaves a bad taste in people's mouths.
I disagree with the thought that the good workers will sit idly by and take what the companies are doing and accomplishing what 3-5 of their peers used to. Sometimes what seems like a good job for a while can turn ugly and treat you poorly when things get tough and that's not necessarily a place you want to work. At least that's my reasoning.