I just recently was hired (1-1.5mos ago) at a software development company, where we can basically wear whatever we want.. just no shorts. But jeans and t-shirts are acceptable. We do our support over the phone, so appearance isn't as necessary for that. However, the rare time we have to go on-site, of course they expect us to dress up. (Khaki's and button up shirt).
hell, we even still get free drinks and free breakfast on friday mornings. And this company has grown by 25% over the past year, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop soon!
I feel sorry for those who have to wear a tie while they're infront of a screen for 8+ hours a day.:/
Didn't the PIII have a built in CPU ID value that was allowed to be turned off and on in the BIOS? I really hope they choose to do something similar with this generation, especially since this is a hot topic and could theoretically be overturned through politics/buyer education, whatnot..
Internet radio is alive in my local city. For a while, it seemed that it was going to die, due to the regulations being handed down. Advertisers were getting upset and the ilk, so for a while, they stopped broadcasting. Then a few months ago, they came back online, but without the regional advertising. Only the national station advertising was ever on during the commercial breaks, and during the rest, it'd just be silence. An example of this is at: http://z100portland.com/ (top 40 station)
what about the acronyms? Will this also make it illegal for them to spy on people? what about closed circuit TV for stores and parking lots to discourage thieves?
wasn't there some sci-fi movie about controlling what people think? Lots of my software development is done in my head, so they're going to tax my thoughts? great..
for what we create. that may give our profession a little more formality of a "true" engineering profession, and force developers to fully think out designs instead of just saying "it'll be addressed in the next version".
You're exactly right, IMHO. Work fields change, and as humans, we have the innate ability to go out and learn to do new things. I've run into too many people whom are scared of change. But I can understand it too, if you're used to putting screws in holes for 10 years in your life, that screwing motion of securing the screws may seem like a large step, albeit they probably screwed over a fellow co-worker for a job or two (pardon the pun.).
We (it was a project for the grad students) to write an online project submittal system that included a system to address cheating. We checked for white spaces, variable naming, complexity analysis, etc...
of course, with simple programs there's the issue with triviality (e.g. "Hello World") and with those types of programs we just flagged them and left them to be dealt with by the discretion of the professor or TA.
I think that these types of programs are good, but for more complex programs. Honestly enough, there are only so many ways to do a "Hello World" program when you're dictated a structure to use and what features of a programming language to use. (e.g. pointers aren't ususally taught until the later end of first year programming classes)
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I just recently was hired (1-1.5mos ago) at a software development company, where we can basically wear whatever we want.. just no shorts. But jeans and t-shirts are acceptable. We do our support over the phone, so appearance isn't as necessary for that. However, the rare time we have to go on-site, of course they expect us to dress up. (Khaki's and button up shirt).
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hell, we even still get free drinks and free breakfast on friday mornings. And this company has grown by 25% over the past year, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop soon!
I feel sorry for those who have to wear a tie while they're infront of a screen for 8+ hours a day.
vapor ware?
Didn't the PIII have a built in CPU ID value that was allowed to be turned off and on in the BIOS? I really hope they choose to do something similar with this generation, especially since this is a hot topic and could theoretically be overturned through politics/buyer education, whatnot..
can't relate to the general population, let alone people of their own kind.. what you need is a hybrid, someone who's seen both sides of the coin..
After the many and long delays of Daikatana, I hope that he'd be nice enough to accept late assignments.. ;]
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Better drink your milk.. I could forseeably see some teeth getting weakened by the vibrations of the phone over time...
mmmmmmmmmm excellent..
Now I will hopefully soon have the right to rightfully play my mp3 backups in my own Rio.
that situation should be interesting, if required.
Yeah, I know that they can take the fun out of some things.. But they also keep you out of a lot of trouble..
and a good guide to keeping away from a55h0135..
why need a lock pick when you can always wake up your RA at 3am?
Certification goes bad, degree's don't.
yeah.. graduated in '99.. BS in Comp Sci
did you go to SOU?
Internet radio is alive in my local city. For a while, it seemed that it was going to die, due to the regulations being handed down. Advertisers were getting upset and the ilk, so for a while, they stopped broadcasting. Then a few months ago, they came back online, but without the regional advertising. Only the national station advertising was ever on during the commercial breaks, and during the rest, it'd just be silence.
An example of this is at: http://z100portland.com/ (top 40 station)
yes I am, on this one:
save internet radio
what about the acronyms? Will this also make it illegal for them to spy on people? what about closed circuit TV for stores and parking lots to discourage thieves?
A lot of people tend to collect "First Edition" prints of books that they enjoy, much like collecting baseball cards.
there's another 2p for ya,
just like the US postal service does.. split up areas with zip codes, and then sub divide those areas
wasn't there some sci-fi movie about controlling what people think? Lots of my software development is done in my head, so they're going to tax my thoughts? great..
for what we create. that may give our profession a little more formality of a "true" engineering profession, and force developers to fully think out designs instead of just saying "it'll be addressed in the next version".
http://www.qwest.com/cpni/
hope this helps, I just did this earlier this week
You're exactly right, IMHO. Work fields change, and as humans, we have the innate ability to go out and learn to do new things. I've run into too many people whom are scared of change. But I can understand it too, if you're used to putting screws in holes for 10 years in your life, that screwing motion of securing the screws may seem like a large step, albeit they probably screwed over a fellow co-worker for a job or two (pardon the pun.).
We (it was a project for the grad students) to write an online project submittal system that included a system to address cheating. We checked for white spaces, variable naming, complexity analysis, etc...
of course, with simple programs there's the issue with triviality (e.g. "Hello World") and with those types of programs we just flagged them and left them to be dealt with by the discretion of the professor or TA.
I think that these types of programs are good, but for more complex programs. Honestly enough, there are only so many ways to do a "Hello World" program when you're dictated a structure to use and what features of a programming language to use. (e.g. pointers aren't ususally taught until the later end of first year programming classes)