... to bribe the legislature to weaken the laws concerning social security numbers. Used to be that it was actually illegal to use a SS number for any purpose other than tracking your social security. Now it's basically the key into all your private accounts.
Shouldn't your bigger picture be simply helping the rest of the company do work? IMO, IT has no other bigger picture than that, and if they do, they're working to the detriment of the company.
... but you need to go back to school. If you don't have the math skills, you are going to be seriously limited. Furthermore, the lack of a degree is going to be a ceiling that will be extremely difficult to crack.
Furthermore, the engineering and project skills are the key to doing more than just being a code monkey, and being able to rise up to the next level, where you are doing more design and architectural work. Which is like coding, but on a bigger scale. But for this, too, you need the math - you can't do, for example, redundancy requirements analysis without at least some math background.
Like you, I too was self taught. I was writing C code professionally before I went back and got my degree. I thought, I'm really good at this, why should I get the degree? Bottom line is that I was foolish and arrogant, and would be even further along in my career if I had gotten the degree sooner.
Looking at the replies to the grandparent comment reminds me of why I have despised IT folks before (even having been one), and why I'm so blessed in my current life.
When IT is trying to impose work patterns on devs, there's something seriously wrong. Either you've got horrible devs and/or dev managers, or your world view is extremely skewed. The same goes for IT dictating editors and tools. I can see discussions about allowed ports and such for in house applications, but if IT is preventing the development of software that a customer has put network requirements forth for, and IT is telling dev they can't do it, that's a serious problem.
"fucking developers" - ah, that says quite a bit. Seems that there's quite a few IT folks out there who are... bitter... about devs who know more about the technology that IT is supposed to manage than the IT folks themselves. And get awfully "Cartman" about it to boot.
"the "open-source" software movement, whose activists tend to be fringe academics and ponytailed computer geeks" might as well read, "hackers and terrorists".
You do know that Adam Smith, in his (in)famous "The Wealth Of Nations" argued against monopolies and felt that governments were necessary to prevent them.
You really should read the source material before you trot out free market/invisible hand arguments.
... of how free market capitalism in it's true form can survive technology. Specifically, how can those companies that don't already have a massively controlling market share survive?
We've seen this happen to the airlines; no airline can raise its prices no matter what its costs (e.g., fuel costs) because as soon as they do, they won't be at the top of the lists on Expedia and so forth.
Will be interesting to see the long term impact of this.
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... to bribe the legislature to weaken the laws concerning social security numbers. Used to be that it was actually illegal to use a SS number for any purpose other than tracking your social security. Now it's basically the key into all your private accounts.
Shouldn't your bigger picture be simply helping the rest of the company do work? IMO, IT has no other bigger picture than that, and if they do, they're working to the detriment of the company.
... but you need to go back to school. If you don't have the math skills, you are going to be seriously limited. Furthermore, the lack of a degree is going to be a ceiling that will be extremely difficult to crack.
Furthermore, the engineering and project skills are the key to doing more than just being a code monkey, and being able to rise up to the next level, where you are doing more design and architectural work. Which is like coding, but on a bigger scale. But for this, too, you need the math - you can't do, for example, redundancy requirements analysis without at least some math background.
Like you, I too was self taught. I was writing C code professionally before I went back and got my degree. I thought, I'm really good at this, why should I get the degree? Bottom line is that I was foolish and arrogant, and would be even further along in my career if I had gotten the degree sooner.
Looking at the replies to the grandparent comment reminds me of why I have despised IT folks before (even having been one), and why I'm so blessed in my current life.
When IT is trying to impose work patterns on devs, there's something seriously wrong. Either you've got horrible devs and/or dev managers, or your world view is extremely skewed. The same goes for IT dictating editors and tools. I can see discussions about allowed ports and such for in house applications, but if IT is preventing the development of software that a customer has put network requirements forth for, and IT is telling dev they can't do it, that's a serious problem.
"fucking developers" - ah, that says quite a bit. Seems that there's quite a few IT folks out there who are... bitter... about devs who know more about the technology that IT is supposed to manage than the IT folks themselves. And get awfully "Cartman" about it to boot.
... to be the next one true BOFH. They may fall short, and remain PFY's forever, but that doesn't stop them from trying...
Expect deja vu (aura vu) as the matrix removes this posting.
It's really sad to me that Dennis Richie doesn't get 1% of the attention at his passing than the man who made his work sexy does.
AOL, et. al., would never have even existed without BITNET and MILNET (the precursors of the internet).
You're putting the cart before the horse.
And this is why we have code reviews ;)
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We've got "Mission Accomplished".
So... yeah...
"the "open-source" software movement, whose activists tend to be fringe academics and ponytailed computer geeks" might as well read, "hackers and terrorists".
Only Ye Ole Under The Mattress Bank.
And even then, it's up to the depositor to ensure that the room is windowless...
And don't forget to have your checkbook ready to buy into the (soon to be existent) top tier of the New And Improved Intertubez (tm).
You do know that Adam Smith, in his (in)famous "The Wealth Of Nations" argued against monopolies and felt that governments were necessary to prevent them.
You really should read the source material before you trot out free market/invisible hand arguments.
Good initial assignment:
Have them write an algorithm for a peanut butter sandwich.
Then ask where the knife came from, how they got the peanut butter out without opening the lid, etc.
*peeks at the comment*
*finds nothing to poke*
... it is not the best way to maintain a relationship...
... "the concept of wedlock between the TV and Internet" as though it was a new thing.
Yet obtrusive, annoying and unblockable popup ads started showing up during display of the main content years ago...
So, obviously, Wikileaks should have hired people at 0.0001 cents per word to type in the leaked documents.
... since Babylon 5 got cancelled anyway...
Wouldn't it be funny if the pornsters and the RIAA wound up teaming up?
Might get a bit tricky with all the "protect the children" stuff - but hey - money is money.
... this may all just be an NSA honey pot...
... of how free market capitalism in it's true form can survive technology. Specifically, how can those companies that don't already have a massively controlling market share survive?
We've seen this happen to the airlines; no airline can raise its prices no matter what its costs (e.g., fuel costs) because as soon as they do, they won't be at the top of the lists on Expedia and so forth.
Will be interesting to see the long term impact of this.