I worked as a NASA contractor for a good while - it is widely stated at the various NASA centers that computers are why we are not in space (for a variety of reasons).
>> Devs over 40, like myself, haven't embraced the latest greatest technology. We haven't drunk the kool aide because it's probably another passing fad.
That is silly. It was learn or die 25 years ago, and it is learn or die now. That hasn't changed.
If you are considering athleticism as a metric for programming ability, the entire industry is fucked.
And by the way - I am 47 and was a jock in high school and college, military (USMC), and still workout quite a bit. I recently beat a couple of varsity swimmers in both the 500 and 1000 (back to back - they go to University of Maryland), swim 9 mile ocean swims every year with the Ocean City Maryland Beach patrol (might only do the 3 mile this year) swim across the Cheasapeake Bay every year, and regularly kike the AT - I did 20 miles of the Maryland section last weekend. Now, it is true that I can;t compete with my younger self, but.... I say bring it the fuck on.
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Good work Menuetosites!
A law guaranteeing success would be awesome.
If you haven't listened to an artist before, then it is new (to you) music.
Young people... always missing the obvious.
True.
Did you know that youngsters don't so much smoke weed any more? They vape. WTF?
Sid claimed that Sinatra was the original punk.
I can go with that.
No more so than your pathetic whining.
One day you'll learn, youngsters.
The Who can only be appreciated on cassette.
What if the straws are melted down into a hardened composite? (ducks)
My gift to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
You are awesome.
Being required to answer the company phone 24/7.
Hell at least he found something, even if all he did was fire up Metasploit. Many times you don't even get that.
Capitalists have been bringing in low paid coolies for centuries. Nothing new here.
Don't make the mistake of thinking these coolies are somehow superior - other than their willingness to work for pennies on the dollar.
I worked as a NASA contractor for a good while - it is widely stated at the various NASA centers that computers are why we are not in space (for a variety of reasons).
If the car was too much of a POS, you couldn't get the credit.
So all they did was take a bunch of relatively clean cars off the road, but left the dirty ones.
Now, that is an angle that never occurred to me.
If the project is in Java, I am going with b.
>> Devs over 40, like myself, haven't embraced the latest greatest technology. We haven't drunk the kool aide because it's probably another passing fad.
That is silly. It was learn or die 25 years ago, and it is learn or die now. That hasn't changed.
Haha more like management don't like employees who allow themselves to be abused.
If you are considering athleticism as a metric for programming ability, the entire industry is fucked.
And by the way - I am 47 and was a jock in high school and college, military (USMC), and still workout quite a bit. I recently beat a couple of varsity swimmers in both the 500 and 1000 (back to back - they go to University of Maryland), swim 9 mile ocean swims every year with the Ocean City Maryland Beach patrol (might only do the 3 mile this year) swim across the Cheasapeake Bay every year, and regularly kike the AT - I did 20 miles of the Maryland section last weekend. Now, it is true that I can;t compete with my younger self, but.... I say bring it the fuck on.
BTW, biking is for pansies.
What makes you way that? If we can put a rover within 100 meters of where we wanted to, we can put a nuke there.
Easier to get to, less radiation (but enough for solar panels to work), lots of water, no huge gravity well to surmount when coming home.