>> Once the 20 something's of today start to get married and have kids in a few years watch all the hot shots vanish and calls for family friendly workplaces to start up again.
Oh there are always freshly minted grads to exploit... and former 20 something hotshots to lay off.
Hey what'd those all nighters getcha? A nice fat pink slip!
I worked for a place that had a great referral bonus (cough cough... BAE Systems... cough). Operation Eagle Eye they called it.
Well I found a developer that fit all the criteria. Filled out the paper work, got him interviewed and hired.... then all of a sudden email went quiet on the issue. Repeated emails to HR went unanswered. So finally I went down there in person to ask about the referral bonus. We'll get back to you. I got back to them (in person). Excuses: oh this facility doesn't participate in that program (so I went into the hall and pulled the poster off the wall and showed it to the HR rep). Oh your hire doesn't fulfill the requirements (so I got the requirements off the intranet site and checked them off). Oh that's right we didn't end up hiring him (he sits in the office next to mine). Finally I subtlety hinted that I would quit.
They then sent me half the advertised bonus... four months after I was supposed to get it... and withheld over half of it in taxes AND deducted my 401K percentage contribution from it (oh sorry that was an error by finance we can cut you a new check on 60 days).
...at least judging by the admittedly small pool of middle schoolers that my kids are friends with.
They flat out think it is stupid, and for old people. Don't know any high schoolers except for the former baby sitter - she seemed to indicate that high school kids were only using Facebook due to peer pressure.
While highly unscientific, *if* this is a general trend it does not indicate a long term growth path for Facebook in their current incarnation. I guess at that point they simply drop the social networking facade for their data collection activities and reveal themselves to be the massive advertising targeting and analytics firm that they really are, plus they start to sell off the impressive portfolio of technology they have developed (which alone is worth billions).
What makes you think they were testing the missile? They could be testing ABM radar, satellite launch detection sensors, penetration aids... any number of things.
Usually however they combine tests whenever possible especially in this age of sequestration.
To a point I agree. If the software passes agreed upon acceptance testing, then the relationship is over and payment is due. Should bugs be found during that testing, those bugs should be fixed. However if a bug is found after that point, withholding payment is wrong.
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>> Once the 20 something's of today start to get married and have kids in a few years watch all the hot shots vanish and calls for family friendly workplaces to start up again.
Oh there are always freshly minted grads to exploit... and former 20 something hotshots to lay off.
Hey what'd those all nighters getcha? A nice fat pink slip!
I worked for a place that had a great referral bonus (cough cough... BAE Systems... cough). Operation Eagle Eye they called it.
Well I found a developer that fit all the criteria. Filled out the paper work, got him interviewed and hired.... then all of a sudden email went quiet on the issue. Repeated emails to HR went unanswered. So finally I went down there in person to ask about the referral bonus. We'll get back to you. I got back to them (in person). Excuses: oh this facility doesn't participate in that program (so I went into the hall and pulled the poster off the wall and showed it to the HR rep). Oh your hire doesn't fulfill the requirements (so I got the requirements off the intranet site and checked them off). Oh that's right we didn't end up hiring him (he sits in the office next to mine). Finally I subtlety hinted that I would quit.
They then sent me half the advertised bonus... four months after I was supposed to get it... and withheld over half of it in taxes AND deducted my 401K percentage contribution from it (oh sorry that was an error by finance we can cut you a new check on 60 days).
So. Beware if this crap.
...at least judging by the admittedly small pool of middle schoolers that my kids are friends with.
They flat out think it is stupid, and for old people. Don't know any high schoolers except for the former baby sitter - she seemed to indicate that high school kids were only using Facebook due to peer pressure.
While highly unscientific, *if* this is a general trend it does not indicate a long term growth path for Facebook in their current incarnation. I guess at that point they simply drop the social networking facade for their data collection activities and reveal themselves to be the massive advertising targeting and analytics firm that they really are, plus they start to sell off the impressive portfolio of technology they have developed (which alone is worth billions).
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What makes you think they were testing the missile? They could be testing ABM radar, satellite launch detection sensors, penetration aids... any number of things.
Usually however they combine tests whenever possible especially in this age of sequestration.
To a point I agree. If the software passes agreed upon acceptance testing, then the relationship is over and payment is due. Should bugs be found during that testing, those bugs should be fixed. However if a bug is found after that point, withholding payment is wrong.
Find a new job. Done.
I get hungry for Nachos.
...ever invade other parts of the world and cause problems? I seems that this must happen, but I never read about it.
RPI is cheap. Now, scale this to a bunch of Panda's or Gumstix running in a suitcase. Wala luggable supercomputer.
>> So you can make it faster by adding more hardware or.... adding more hardware.
Gene Amdahl says different.
He seems to be.
If you agree with Marx it is.
Confusion of laws with political construct. Stealing is illegal in socialist and communist nations the last time I checked.
How times have changed.
Something is wrong indeed.... with your reasoning. There is no "system." Indded - the lack thereof defines capitalism.
But the cerebellum would still not be putting anything out.
"The economics of the future are somewhat different than in your time..."
Jean Luc Picard
Apple fembots will write their own marriage vows.
Excellent idea.... get coding!
You sound like the life of the party.
...or sometimes put into a job they can do - if they are well liked. It is as simple as that.
Of course. Here is the $10,000 I stole for you. (pockets $50,000)
I mean, can you really trust that some guy half way around the world is going to turn over the cash he just stole for you?
If the clock read 48:01:00 then that is what the clock read.