I received the error 53 and did not have my phone repaired. The touch sensor just went bad on its own and bricked my phone on update. Luckily I knew something was up and had backed the phone up before the update,
This is wrong on so many levels. The RIAA once again shows they are not a reasonable or honorable organization. The only redeeming thing they could do is let her pay a much smaller penalty of say, $5k, and call it a day. Punishing a person with such a harsh penalty for such an insignificant crime is an abuse of our legal system.
If you really want to move 800 people by air, in comfort, perhaps a better way would be in a Lighter Than Air Ship. I would think a modern version of a Zeppelin could be made safer and more comfortable than a 1.2 million pound flying anvil.
It might not be as fast, but it could be a lot of fun.
This thread strikes right at the heart of many of today's IT industry problems. Until IT is treated like a profession, and those who call themselves IT professionals are held to some standard, it will continue to be difficult for us to make a living. Even the electrical and plumbing trades have standards which keep people from calling themselves tradesman and doing substandard work.
Don't get me wrong; I am not a big advocate of regulation. However, if forklift divers can get a certification and land a 160K a year job as an engineer we will never get the respect in corporate America we deserve because there are so many substandard IT people. Now that security has finally become an issue, which can significantly affect the bottom line, maybe there will be a drive for standardized curriculums in schools and a governing body such as IEEE or ACM who could begin setting the professional standards we need.
The arguments both for and against needing a degree in this thread are all valid. To succeed in this industry you need a fire in your belly for the technology, and a degree will show you are a well rounded individual able to learn and focus on the long term.
I have 20 years under my belt as a systems administrator, programmer, and developer, and I am finishing up a masters degree after getting my BS just 2 years ago. Why did I decide to pursue degrees so late in my career you might ask? It was to validate my vast experience to my clients and prove something to myself I guess.
When I was in my 20's and 30's I used many of the same arguments I have read here as to why I did not need a degree. I was a good programmer, well employed, and figured I could get by with just my experience. Things changed though as they often do. The kids leaving high school all had good computer skills. Could write code in their heads and most had taken some programming classes.
Competing against them got harder as there where more of them available to hire. My employment options started becoming very imited. The question employers and clients started asking where in line with how nice it was that I had all this experience but they were looking for someone with a formal education to manage the kids, not to just be a pool programmer.
So, I would suggest that perhaps a long view should be taken here. While in your 20's or 30's perhaps you should look at getting your degree in a leisurely manner, enjoying the trip as you learn things about our industry from a very different perspective, a perspective of a science rather than simply a vocation. When you are 45 you might discover it gives you an edge over the competition who by that time might all have masters degrees.
I cannot really pick the people I work with but I can pick whom I socialize with and people from work are not them! You need to be around people with different experiences to expand your world. If you hang with the people from work, you become stagnant.
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I received the error 53 and did not have my phone repaired. The touch sensor just went bad on its own and bricked my phone on update. Luckily I knew something was up and had backed the phone up before the update,
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This is wrong on so many levels. The RIAA once again shows they are not a reasonable or honorable organization. The only redeeming thing they could do is let her pay a much smaller penalty of say, $5k, and call it a day. Punishing a person with such a harsh penalty for such an insignificant crime is an abuse of our legal system.
Well said!
If you really want to move 800 people by air, in comfort, perhaps a better way would be in a Lighter Than Air Ship. I would think a modern version of a Zeppelin could be made safer and more comfortable than a 1.2 million pound flying anvil.
It might not be as fast, but it could be a lot of fun.
This thread strikes right at the heart of many of today's IT industry problems. Until IT is treated like a profession, and those who call themselves IT professionals are held to some standard, it will continue to be difficult for us to make a living. Even the electrical and plumbing trades have standards which keep people from calling themselves tradesman and doing substandard work.
Don't get me wrong; I am not a big advocate of regulation. However, if forklift divers can get a certification and land a 160K a year job as an engineer we will never get the respect in corporate America we deserve because there are so many substandard IT people. Now that security has finally become an issue, which can significantly affect the bottom line, maybe there will be a drive for standardized curriculums in schools and a governing body such as IEEE or ACM who could begin setting the professional standards we need.
The arguments both for and against needing a degree in this thread are all valid. To succeed in this industry you need a fire in your belly for the technology, and a degree will show you are a well rounded individual able to learn and focus on the long term.
I have 20 years under my belt as a systems administrator, programmer, and developer, and I am finishing up a masters degree after getting my BS just 2 years ago. Why did I decide to pursue degrees so late in my career you might ask? It was to validate my vast experience to my clients and prove something to myself I guess.
When I was in my 20's and 30's I used many of the same arguments I have read here as to why I did not need a degree. I was a good programmer, well employed, and figured I could get by with just my experience. Things changed though as they often do. The kids leaving high school all had good computer skills. Could write code in their heads and most had taken some programming classes.
Competing against them got harder as there where more of them available to hire. My employment options started becoming very imited. The question employers and clients started asking where in line with how nice it was that I had all this experience but they were looking for someone with a formal education to manage the kids, not to just be a pool programmer.
So, I would suggest that perhaps a long view should be taken here. While in your 20's or 30's perhaps you should look at getting your degree in a leisurely manner, enjoying the trip as you learn things about our industry from a very different perspective, a perspective of a science rather than simply a vocation. When you are 45 you might discover it gives you an edge over the competition who by that time might all have masters degrees.
I cannot really pick the people I work with but I can pick whom I socialize with and people from work are not them! You need to be around people with different experiences to expand your world. If you hang with the people from work, you become stagnant.