I would hire her because of the adversity she's overcome which is an indication of her tenacity. Tenacity is a very useful characteristic in software development.
I'm not a big fan of Java, but the lack of a pre-processor is hardly a bad thing. Reading between the lines of what Stroustrup says about C macros, if they weren't necessary to maintain compatibility with C, he wouldn't have included them in C++ either.
Gosling is a smart guy, but how does hiring the inventor of Java satisfy any business objective? Has he done any real product development in the last decade?
Yes I agree. This happens in less well-known companies as well. The buddies of the founder are "untouchable" even when times are lean, but a change in ownership ends the free ride.
I'm not a big fan of Ellison but at least he seems less interested in creating Oracle "fellows" that rest on past achievements.
If Apple owners stop buying bad ports of popular games I'm sure the game companies will get the message and stop supporting Apple. Then you can be happy.
Come on, surely if the NeXT computer was all that, it wouldn't have been the colossal failure it was. There were plenty of potential customers who could afford one but passed.
In fact I've always suspected that basing the next Apple OS on NeXTStep was necessary to get Jobs to return to Apple. That way he could essentially "erase" his failure.
I'm afraid at your age you are subject to two discriminatory categories. If you started working as a programmer in the 1980s, you must have been pretty determined to put up with the rest of us (men) during that era. I'd hire you - if I had a job.
You did say "most of the time", but the PC architecture isn't very suitable for real-time software applications. You really need deterministic timing behavior and that behavior has to be simple enough for a human to grok it and static enough that a real-time OS can depend on it.
"More likely, I think you are saying, is that some of those who think their code-don't-stink are fooling themselves."
Actually, I think that "suckiness" of programmers in general is vastly overstated. It seems popular today to promote oneself by pointing out how bad everybody else is.
Kind of like calling a lot of girls "ugly" as if it will make people believe you're hot shit with the ladies.
If your friend has 20 years of experience they were probably just looking for a way to eliminate him. Hiring practices have never been objective, it's just that today the song-and-dance has better production values.
Well, I don't know if he's a good VB developer (whatever that means), but I know a guy who has made a lot of money for himself and his company through his VB work, if that counts for anything.
"The circular nature of such training guarantees a worker who's view is designed to be narrow."
Sure, because it's a well-known fact that once you pass a certification test you're not allowed to learn anything else.
Seriously, if you are looking for someone to be a Admin for your RedHat installations, you would prefer the candidate that doesn't have a RedHat certification?
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" intermediate layers between the platform and the developer"
Does he mean like the operating system?
I would hire her because of the adversity she's overcome which is an indication of her tenacity. Tenacity is a very useful characteristic in software development.
What the hell does it mean to be "the Isaac Newton of Java"?
I'm not a big fan of Java, but the lack of a pre-processor is hardly a bad thing. Reading between the lines of what Stroustrup says about C macros, if they weren't necessary to maintain compatibility with C, he wouldn't have included them in C++ either.
He crashed and burned?
Gosling is a smart guy, but how does hiring the inventor of Java satisfy any business objective? Has he done any real product development in the last decade?
HR would take one look at that and say "This guy must be joking, he didn't invent coffee" and then toss the resume in the circular file.
Yes I agree. This happens in less well-known companies as well. The buddies of the founder are "untouchable" even when times are lean, but a change in ownership ends the free ride.
I'm not a big fan of Ellison but at least he seems less interested in creating Oracle "fellows" that rest on past achievements.
"The computer was a failure because it was 10 years ahead of the rest of the industry."
Was that because the assembly line moved in Steve's preferred direction or because it was nearly a perfect cube?
If Apple owners stop buying bad ports of popular games I'm sure the game companies will get the message and stop supporting Apple. Then you can be happy.
Come on, surely if the NeXT computer was all that, it wouldn't have been the colossal failure it was. There were plenty of potential customers who could afford one but passed.
In fact I've always suspected that basing the next Apple OS on NeXTStep was necessary to get Jobs to return to Apple. That way he could essentially "erase" his failure.
It sounds more like a "hiqhwaymen's agreement" to me.
I'm afraid at your age you are subject to two discriminatory categories. If you started working as a programmer in the 1980s, you must have been pretty determined to put up with the rest of us (men) during that era. I'd hire you - if I had a job.
If by UNIX-like, you mean not suitable for hard real-time software, then no, it isn't UNIX-like.
You did say "most of the time", but the PC architecture isn't very suitable for real-time software applications. You really need deterministic timing behavior and that behavior has to be simple enough for a human to grok it and static enough that a real-time OS can depend on it.
"More likely, I think you are saying, is that some of those who think their code-don't-stink are fooling themselves."
Actually, I think that "suckiness" of programmers in general is vastly overstated. It seems popular today to promote oneself by pointing out how bad everybody else is.
Kind of like calling a lot of girls "ugly" as if it will make people believe you're hot shit with the ladies.
Yes, I knew somebody would point that out, but I chose humor over logic in this case.
Are you saying that the "tech generation" likes the iPad or doesn't like it? (Personally, I doubt there is any relation).
"But its members share an average age of 70. Not exactly from the tech generation."
John Backus, who lead the team that created FORTRAN, is 82. Although he's not likely to be a potential customer.
If your friend has 20 years of experience they were probably just looking for a way to eliminate him. Hiring practices have never been objective, it's just that today the song-and-dance has better production values.
Well, I don't know if he's a good VB developer (whatever that means), but I know a guy who has made a lot of money for himself and his company through his VB work, if that counts for anything.
"The circular nature of such training guarantees a worker who's view is designed to be narrow."
Sure, because it's a well-known fact that once you pass a certification test you're not allowed to learn anything else.
Seriously, if you are looking for someone to be a Admin for your RedHat installations, you would prefer the candidate that doesn't have a RedHat certification?
There's definitely some truth in that. It seems like 80% of Slashdotters think that 80% of programmers suck but they're not part of that 80%.
I like visual studio. I guess I don't understand how you avoid creating Windows-specific binaries.
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