Ever price tattoos? They're very spendy where I live. You're paying an "artist" for the hours it takes to ink that thing. Some of the simpler ones are only a few hundred dollars. More elaborate designs can cast thousands.
And generally there's more than one round of interviews. Whenever I've interviewed there's been a screening - "let's see what this guy's like" interview, which is generally followed by the "brass tacks" interview - "let's see what this guy knows and thinks he can do."
If you can't impress the screening interview you've already failed the brass-tacks one, where you'd have a chance to cinch the job on your skills merits.
Fools everywhere. But keep in mind, while some admire the bottom rungs of the ladder, others aspire much further up. You wouldn't see too many of them among the wanna-bes, they're probably here making much more money than they could there
racist, narcissistic, caste-based hiring practices to gain jobs they're in no way qualified for in a country thousands of miles from home
Hmm... Iranian? Chinese? Slavic? Israeli? Strange, none of them seem to quite meet your description.
Sounds like you are referring to people of one particular country.
Hmm, yes. Yes, it does sound like you have one particular country in mind. Clearly, one of you has a race card in play, but you might want to check the instant replay before you stick your neck out too far on this one...
I live and work near Silicon Valley and spend a fair amount of time there.
I've worked with H1B holders from a variety of countries. Further, some are personal friends of mine. Most have done very well for themselves, which was the attraction of coming here. It's not usually an easy option as many take trips back home to visit friends and family left behind. One or two were utter frauds, with resumees which accredited them more skills than humanly possible, but they usually don't last wherever they go.
Seems there was a Far Side cartoon about imbeciles marching with an upside-down banner or such. It's pretty much what I expect to see some times "we r teh stoopids - and we voat"
More H1Bs on the way - to people who don't have any problem whatsoever with taking advantage of racist, narcissistic, caste-based hiring practices to gain jobs they're in no way qualified for in a country thousands of miles from home.
FTFY.
Sounds like you are referring to people of one particular country. Dwell on that.
"It's not because of racism, it's because black people sag their pants, get tattoos*, are disrespectful, and lazy."
Oh, okay.
*Side note, I work in a non-technical white collar job, and a surprising number of my colleagues have tattoos.
Tats aside, how many pull their pants up and speak clear and proper English when it comes to interviews? I don't think we'd feel much compulsion to grand our time to interview someone who can't make the effort.
If you must have tats, keep them clean or covered during work. Customers sometimes roam cubeville or the shop and may be offended - that's the word from the top.
I agree. If a person is qualified, ill hire him regardless of race. Just because you are black or latino you should not get any special treatment. If we do let unqualified people in, then it perpetuates the problem by highlighting their lack of skill.
If you do bring in unqualified people, regardless of demographic, you'll find your qualified people frustrated with having to help them all the time and resenting they get paid the same as people who do half the work.
I've worked with talented black IT professionals, but, they were from South Africa, not the USA.
Americans have a "Thug Culture" that makes them stupid in general. It's not a racial thing at all. It's an attitude thing.
Some resist the culture and make something of themselves. In college I met an African-American man who was very sharp - He knew there were programs, more than for any other ethnic group, to help him get a leg up and he was taking advantage of these. He was confounded how few people of his racial group were aware or willing to make the effort. His elevator clearly hit the top floor, smart, motivated and with clear goals in mind - get the engineering degree and move on to a masters. He's probably pulling down the big bucks, wearing a suit and driving his choice of ludicrously expensive car.
Sadly, so many from the neighboring communities were only interested in doing the basic, whatever would get them a slip of paper saying they accomplished something - so could get a better job in a mall or something. No where near as much fire in them to gain knowledge and use it.
To be fair, whenever people try to counter these subcultures they simply become bores and are tuned out. These people need a proper scare put into them - you'll be gardeners for the immigrants who claw their way to a BSE or such. How do you feel about that?
there is probably a more nuanced discussion to be had about affirmative action
but having been in the hiring seat, I can tell you that almost every single applicant is white and male, and very few of those are actually qualified
so unless Jackson thinks HP should hire unqualified people just because they are black or latino, he should probably focus his efforts earlier in the pipeline
What Jesse seems unaware of is there's a very small pool of qualified "diverse candidates" and they are generally snapped up pronto by employers who want to be able to compete for contracts where a stipulation favors an employer with diverse employees.
Mr. Jackson seems rooted in an age that has long since gone by. What he needs to do is tell the people he claims to represent, "pull up your damn pants, don't get ugly tattoos all over your body, learn to address people in respectful language and study your ass off rather than trying to figure how you can goof off more. There's boatloads of money, waiting to be made and odds are you aren't going to be a zillionaire hip-hop or movie star, but if you take an interest you could make more than all of them put together.
Not popular, but then, sometimes you need to turn about and address the crowd that's following you.
Ford sold the Volvo Car Corporation in 2010 to Geely Automobile of China for $1.8 billion, following on from their sale of Jaguar Land Rover in 2008 and Aston Martin in 2007.
Greely was an newspaper editor, who advised people to drive west on Rout 66 (or something like that.)
With this innovation, the car can get it's kicks, too.
I'm glad they are gone, as the Haast's Eagle would still be here if they were around... and I'm not keen on walking about while a bird of prey with a 3 meter wingspan looked down on me as a snack!
You can only imagine what the Wings people would make of these birds...
Slashdot Mirror
Look at all those exclamation marks! What would Terry Pratchett think of you?
:-)
I seem to be left behind. Where is my laptop?
:(
So long as they don't run afoul of Mr. Putin's views. Or views of people who believe they may be acting sympathetic to Mr. Putin's views.
It's like a double edged sword, sharper on one side, but blunt on the other.
So about that set burning down in Uganda, was it going to be featured in any good movies?
Or was it Kenya?
It will only feature in a slashdot post.
but it will be an epic post!
In the reboot - everybody dies.
In the sequel, a parallel universe device is invoked.
I'd buy the crap out of this, but IIRC the CGI would have to be redone from scratch with little-to-no access to original digital assets.
And some things do not look better in HD
Ever price tattoos? They're very spendy where I live. You're paying an "artist" for the hours it takes to ink that thing. Some of the simpler ones are only a few hundred dollars. More elaborate designs can cast thousands.
That.
And generally there's more than one round of interviews. Whenever I've interviewed there's been a screening - "let's see what this guy's like" interview, which is generally followed by the "brass tacks" interview - "let's see what this guy knows and thinks he can do."
If you can't impress the screening interview you've already failed the brass-tacks one, where you'd have a chance to cinch the job on your skills merits.
Maybe they are located in a place these people may not want to live or work - who says it's paradise?
Fools everywhere. But keep in mind, while some admire the bottom rungs of the ladder, others aspire much further up. You wouldn't see too many of them among the wanna-bes, they're probably here making much more money than they could there
racist, narcissistic, caste-based hiring practices to gain jobs they're in no way qualified for in a country thousands of miles from home
Hmm... Iranian? Chinese? Slavic? Israeli? Strange, none of them seem to quite meet your description.
Sounds like you are referring to people of one particular country.
Hmm, yes. Yes, it does sound like you have one particular country in mind. Clearly, one of you has a race card in play, but you might want to check the instant replay before you stick your neck out too far on this one...
I live and work near Silicon Valley and spend a fair amount of time there.
I've worked with H1B holders from a variety of countries. Further, some are personal friends of mine. Most have done very well for themselves, which was the attraction of coming here. It's not usually an easy option as many take trips back home to visit friends and family left behind. One or two were utter frauds, with resumees which accredited them more skills than humanly possible, but they usually don't last wherever they go.
Stupidity is on the rise.
Seems there was a Far Side cartoon about imbeciles marching with an upside-down banner or such. It's pretty much what I expect to see some times "we r teh stoopids - and we voat"
More H1Bs on the way - to people who don't have any problem whatsoever with taking advantage of racist, narcissistic, caste-based hiring practices to gain jobs they're in no way qualified for in a country thousands of miles from home.
FTFY.
Sounds like you are referring to people of one particular country. Dwell on that.
"It's not because of racism, it's because black people sag their pants, get tattoos*, are disrespectful, and lazy."
Oh, okay.
*Side note, I work in a non-technical white collar job, and a surprising number of my colleagues have tattoos.
Tats aside, how many pull their pants up and speak clear and proper English when it comes to interviews? I don't think we'd feel much compulsion to grand our time to interview someone who can't make the effort.
If you must have tats, keep them clean or covered during work. Customers sometimes roam cubeville or the shop and may be offended - that's the word from the top.
I agree. If a person is qualified, ill hire him regardless of race. Just because you are black or latino you should not get any special treatment. If we do let unqualified people in, then it perpetuates the problem by highlighting their lack of skill.
If you do bring in unqualified people, regardless of demographic, you'll find your qualified people frustrated with having to help them all the time and resenting they get paid the same as people who do half the work.
damned if you do... damned if you don't
hire unqualified people just because they are black or latino
If minority candidates aren't qualified then the problem is unfairly tough and racially biased requirements. Get your mind right.
More H1Bs on the way - to people who don't have any problem whatsoever with learning to make it in a country thousands of miles from home.
It's a funny old world, isn't it?
I've worked with talented black IT professionals, but, they were from South Africa, not the USA.
Americans have a "Thug Culture" that makes them stupid in general. It's not a racial thing at all. It's an attitude thing.
Some resist the culture and make something of themselves. In college I met an African-American man who was very sharp - He knew there were programs, more than for any other ethnic group, to help him get a leg up and he was taking advantage of these. He was confounded how few people of his racial group were aware or willing to make the effort. His elevator clearly hit the top floor, smart, motivated and with clear goals in mind - get the engineering degree and move on to a masters. He's probably pulling down the big bucks, wearing a suit and driving his choice of ludicrously expensive car.
Sadly, so many from the neighboring communities were only interested in doing the basic, whatever would get them a slip of paper saying they accomplished something - so could get a better job in a mall or something. No where near as much fire in them to gain knowledge and use it.
To be fair, whenever people try to counter these subcultures they simply become bores and are tuned out. These people need a proper scare put into them - you'll be gardeners for the immigrants who claw their way to a BSE or such. How do you feel about that?
there is probably a more nuanced discussion to be had about affirmative action
but having been in the hiring seat, I can tell you that almost every single
applicant is white and male, and very few of those are actually qualified
so unless Jackson thinks HP should hire unqualified people just because
they are black or latino, he should probably focus his efforts earlier
in the pipeline
What Jesse seems unaware of is there's a very small pool of qualified "diverse candidates" and they are generally snapped up pronto by employers who want to be able to compete for contracts where a stipulation favors an employer with diverse employees.
Mr. Jackson seems rooted in an age that has long since gone by. What he needs to do is tell the people he claims to represent, "pull up your damn pants, don't get ugly tattoos all over your body, learn to address people in respectful language and study your ass off rather than trying to figure how you can goof off more. There's boatloads of money, waiting to be made and odds are you aren't going to be a zillionaire hip-hop or movie star, but if you take an interest you could make more than all of them put together.
Not popular, but then, sometimes you need to turn about and address the crowd that's following you.
Look kids, Big Ben! Parliament!
Look kids, Big Ben! Parliament!
Look kids, Big Ben! Parliament!
Look kids, Big Ben! Parliament!
Look kids, Big Ben! Parliament!
...
it appears to be hung in an infinite loop
Actually, if your vehicles are driving themselves, you have less reason to be awake.
Less time focused on the road means more time to read Tech Bulletins! Yes!!!
warning: your car may swerve out of control without warning...
Neeerrrrrt! That is incorrect. The correct answer is, "Who is Greely of China."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V...
Ford sold the Volvo Car Corporation in 2010 to Geely Automobile of China for $1.8 billion, following on from their sale of Jaguar Land Rover in 2008 and Aston Martin in 2007.
Greely was an newspaper editor, who advised people to drive west on Rout 66 (or something like that.)
With this innovation, the car can get it's kicks, too.
You will be watching your car watching YOU!
In Soviet Russia - Car buys YOU!
Just refer to it as The Down Side of the Schwartz.
and tasty!
I'm glad they are gone, as the Haast's Eagle would still be here if they were around ... and I'm not keen on walking about while a bird of prey with a 3 meter wingspan looked down on me as a snack!
You can only imagine what the Wings people would make of these birds...