I know. That right there would have killed the deal. But, apparently, the job was "sexy". Not that she kept it for long. She's gone through 6 jobs since then (less than 2 years ago), and, at least from her LinkedIn, returned "home". . .
Add to that, get asked to move to the Bay Area, and not get offered a pay raise. OR Relocation.
A former colleague of mine got offered a job as a subcontractor at Apple. She sold her 4-BR house, and most of the furniture, and gave her dog away. . . for enough money to rent a BEDROOM. . . .
. . ..why are we keeping "sensitive information" on a PHONE ?? If it's protected government information, then protect it ***properly***. Yes, it's a pain to label, wrap, register, and put into a courier pouch for transit. And get a validated courier ID card and a Transit Letter for the particular documents and/or items. But that is the protocol.
I don't even want to THINK what going through an Entry Port is like, now. 20 years ago, I was doing deploy trips, for the US Department of Defense, all over the world. And getting back into the US was a royal pain in the butt THEN. . . . and THAT was with an Official US Gov passport and DoD Credentials. Long before there was a DHS, and even worse, the massive pile of fail that is the TSA.
I miss America. I wonder if it will ever come back. . .
WTF is that? Isn't "human resources" some department of big companies dealing with internal company drama? What would a dedicated company just for this do?!
I know that my employer uses a dedicated payroll company. I've worked for others that had everything but hire/fire outsourced to an external company. For really small outfits, or heavily virtualized ones, third party HR does make sense, especially if it's pay-as-you-go. HR law is apparently a minefield these days. . .
"Might" ?? You can't value hypotheticals. Now, if they **DO** have loud parties every night, you call the cops for their disturbing the peace, or perhaps talk to your landlord or Homeowners' Association. The latter two generally have enforceable rules about nuisances. . .
then you'll have to stop supporting fossil fuels too because they'll run out eventually.
. . . so will the Sun. (grin)
Rarely mentioned, is that solar cells degrade over time, although nowhere near as much, or as quickly, as in the past. . . Eventually, they will have to be replaced as well. . .
. . . . when we did a simple port-scan, and found every single Solaris box on the net had FTP running. So we did an anonymous FTP login. And in the root of the public directory. . . . was a Kickstart file. With the root password.
We had the entire network pwned in under 45 minutes. Simply because someone didn't bother to clean up. Probably because they'd already redlined the "maintenance" budget. . . .
I think there is a lack of mobility in the workforce that does contribute to the problem.
There was a time, not so long ago, when corporations offered "corporate relocation" to highly talented candidates. I know, I got moved under such a package.
For **some** reason, now they only are common in executive positions, not line engineers. . .
The problem here, is that the official inflation rate gets gamed as well. When the price of an item stays stable, but now you're getting 10% less of it in the package, it hides inflation. Amazing what you pick up when you go grocery shopping with the wife. . . .
I know wages have been flat for the last 8-10 years, I'm at the Senior level, and never get more than a less-than-inflation "cost of living" raise. The only reason I haven't fallen back is adding a Masters (which was trivial effort to do, but apparently impresses the HR types) and some certs. . .
. ..but why not let the USERS decide what they see and don't see ?
Ooops, I forgot, on Facebook, the "users" are the PRODUCT. . . . because (insert the deity or deities of your parents' choice here) forbid we don't deliver vaguely-targeted irritating advertising with a patina of user sharing to make it look like "social media". . .
Well, I knew plenty of kids who dropped off laundry with Mummy and Daddy before heading out to party on a Friday night. Heck, one SHIPPED his wash back to Connecticut (College was in Pennsylvania) and he got a box of clean laundry back every week. . .
Actually, yes. Especially if the work is steady there. I worked as an Engineer in West Virginia, a decade ago. No cut in salary from DC, but my salary went a whole lot further. A real house, rather than an apartment or a townhouse. A more relaxed lifestyle.
On the other hand, the dance club scene sucked, had to go an hour up the interstate to Morgantown and WVU, unless I wanted to do a country/western place. And you learned to rely on Amazon for anything not generally found in a Wally World or generic mall. . . (yes, we still went shopping at malls, 10 years ago. ..)
That's actually an improvement. In 1979, I had to teach a Pakistani student how to use a laundromat. Fellow student down the hall, he had asked me what the best way was to the river, to wash his clothes. . .
Actually, as I recall, Mr. Gates' credibility is in software development and marketing. I don't see any particular expertise in atmospheric physics or meteorology. . .
Why we trust the opinions of people with no proven expertise in a subject is beyond. . .
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I know. That right there would have killed the deal. But, apparently, the job was "sexy". Not that she kept it for long. She's gone through 6 jobs since then (less than 2 years ago), and, at least from her LinkedIn, returned "home". . .
. . . YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE MUSK COLLECTIVE. . . .
Really, Slashdot ? "News for Nerds", over an hour, and no Star Trek "Borg" references ??
Add to that, get asked to move to the Bay Area, and not get offered a pay raise. OR Relocation.
A former colleague of mine got offered a job as a subcontractor at Apple. She sold her 4-BR house, and most of the furniture, and gave her dog away. . . for enough money to rent a BEDROOM. . . .
Pass. . .
. . . .why are we keeping "sensitive information" on a PHONE ?? If it's protected government information, then protect it ***properly***. Yes, it's a pain to label, wrap, register, and put into a courier pouch for transit. And get a validated courier ID card and a Transit Letter for the particular documents and/or items. But that is the protocol.
I don't even want to THINK what going through an Entry Port is like, now. 20 years ago, I was doing deploy trips, for the US Department of Defense, all over the world. And getting back into the US was a royal pain in the butt THEN. . . . and THAT was with an Official US Gov passport and DoD Credentials. Long before there was a DHS, and even worse, the massive pile of fail that is the TSA.
I miss America. I wonder if it will ever come back. . .
WTF is that? Isn't "human resources" some department of big companies dealing with internal company drama? What would a dedicated company just for this do?!
I know that my employer uses a dedicated payroll company. I've worked for others that had everything but hire/fire outsourced to an external company. For really small outfits, or heavily virtualized ones, third party HR does make sense, especially if it's pay-as-you-go. HR law is apparently a minefield these days. . .
. . .may have a new product line in the offing: Note7 Incendiary Grenades. MUCH better than Aperture Science Incendiary Lemons.
And 110 firefighters and 19 trucks is a **MINOR** fire ??
. . .in which case you target the property owner.
"Might" ?? You can't value hypotheticals. Now, if they **DO** have loud parties every night, you call the cops for their disturbing the peace, or perhaps talk to your landlord or Homeowners' Association. The latter two generally have enforceable rules about nuisances. . .
No, residential areas are created to provide places to live. Period. Full Stop.
You don't get a veto over your neighbors, only who stays at YOUR house. . . . .
then you'll have to stop supporting fossil fuels too because they'll run out eventually.
. . . so will the Sun. (grin)
Rarely mentioned, is that solar cells degrade over time, although nowhere near as much, or as quickly, as in the past. . . Eventually, they will have to be replaced as well. . .
. . . . when we did a simple port-scan, and found every single Solaris box on the net had FTP running. So we did an anonymous FTP login. And in the root of the public directory. . . . was a Kickstart file. With the root password.
We had the entire network pwned in under 45 minutes. Simply because someone didn't bother to clean up. Probably because they'd already redlined the "maintenance" budget. . . .
I think there is a lack of mobility in the workforce that does contribute to the problem.
There was a time, not so long ago, when corporations offered "corporate relocation" to highly talented candidates. I know, I got moved under such a package.
For **some** reason, now they only are common in executive positions, not line engineers. . .
The problem here, is that the official inflation rate gets gamed as well. When the price of an item stays stable, but now you're getting 10% less of it in the package, it hides inflation. Amazing what you pick up when you go grocery shopping with the wife. . . .
I know wages have been flat for the last 8-10 years, I'm at the Senior level, and never get more than a less-than-inflation "cost of living" raise. The only reason I haven't fallen back is adding a Masters (which was trivial effort to do, but apparently impresses the HR types) and some certs. . .
. . .but why not let the USERS decide what they see and don't see ?
Ooops, I forgot, on Facebook, the "users" are the PRODUCT. . . . because (insert the deity or deities of your parents' choice here) forbid we don't deliver vaguely-targeted irritating advertising with a patina of user sharing to make it look like "social media". . .
Well, I knew plenty of kids who dropped off laundry with Mummy and Daddy before heading out to party on a Friday night. Heck, one SHIPPED his wash back to Connecticut (College was in Pennsylvania) and he got a box of clean laundry back every week. . .
I was 45 at the time, and frequenting Goth clubs.
Never said I was vanilla. Mind you, the local Country Swing-dance places, would have people in their 60s and 70s.
. . .and then, if you get your way, you get President Ryan.
I suspect you wouldn't like him either...
American isn't a race. You could argue it is nativist, but not racist. Especially as the people of the Subcontinent are ethnically Caucasians. . .
Actually, yes. Especially if the work is steady there. I worked as an Engineer in West Virginia, a decade ago. No cut in salary from DC, but my salary went a whole lot further. A real house, rather than an apartment or a townhouse. A more relaxed lifestyle.
On the other hand, the dance club scene sucked, had to go an hour up the interstate to Morgantown and WVU, unless I wanted to do a country/western place. And you learned to rely on Amazon for anything not generally found in a Wally World or generic mall. . . (yes, we still went shopping at malls, 10 years ago. . .)
That's actually an improvement. In 1979, I had to teach a Pakistani student how to use a laundromat. Fellow student down the hall, he had asked me what the best way was to the river, to wash his clothes. . .
Hey, I remember when Red Hat install was on three 3 1/2 inch floppies. . .
. . . . .until we stop noticing. . . . .
Actually, as I recall, Mr. Gates' credibility is in software development and marketing. I don't see any particular expertise in atmospheric physics or meteorology. . .
Why we trust the opinions of people with no proven expertise in a subject is beyond. . .