The best advice I ever got about moving ahead was to act like you already have the job. Act like you would expect someone with that job to act:
First, decide if this is what you really want.
How would the team lead/manager handle that list of pesky problems that hold your department back from being more efficient? You're the leader (in your mind if not in title), so lead the team to a solution.
Be the team expert on all problems technical and political.
Depending on the environment, dress like a leader, not a worker bee. If managers wear Dockers and polos and worker bees wear cut-offs and flip-flops, save the cut-offs for the weekends and head to the mall.
Be willing to learn. Management is not the same as being a techie.
Be willing to let your team solve technical problems. It's not your job. Let them do what they get paid to do. (Often the most difficult part)
I've seen several friends make the transition successfully, but I've seen several fail miserably.
Good luck with that...
The story's author and the prosecuting attorney point out that this involved risk to patients and not just a company's finances. However, I think it's simpler than that: If I worked at, say, a guitar shop, and I took a hammer to the guitars in the shop, that's destruction of the shop's assets. For Medco, their assets include the customer/patient data. Destruction of the assets is a crime. Whether it was done with a computer or a hammer is insignificant.
On a separate subject entirely, that ComputerWorld web page is exactly what's gone wrong with the web: The content I wanted to see (the article) is spread out over three pages, and each page only contains approx. 10% of the content I want to see. The other 90% of the page contains shit, and probably blinky shit if I wasn't using Firefox and Adblock Plus. I don't know why web sites do that. Do they actually think they're adding value? Another one on the list of web sites to avoid...
Dear Microsoft,
The reason I am stealing a copy of Windows XP in the first place is because I like [PhotoShop, Quicken, (insert your own app)] and I was too lazy to switch to something that doesn't require your over-encumbered OS. But now that you're forcing me to, I'll be more than glad to.
So kindly sod off and die.
Sincerely,
Joe Sixpack
That's what I would do. If I were actually running an illegal copy of Windows and got that offer from Microsoft; not that I am, mind you. But that's just me.
If you like the new sounds in Pidgin, you can thank the artist who developed them by going to Magnatune.com and buy his album. Not just because you like the Pidgin sounds, not just because you like Indie Rock, but because you like independent music and independent music publishers like Magnatune. Lot's of good karma available by buying this one.
The v/Bear is lame?!? I think not! The v/Bear was the creation of VMSG, a fantastic software house in the 80's and 90's that produced excellent products for the various flavors of the IBM VM operating system, (also known as VM/SP, VM/XA, VM/ESA and now zVM). The v/Bear sort of became the unofficial symbol of the VM community. VM system programmers hung out on the VMSHARE bulletin board and shared tips long before newsgroups became popular. We were a real community.
Hey, this was a great operating system for its day, and you should all know something about it. Take a look at Melinda Varian's excellent paper (PDF warning) on the history of the great operating system. Twenty years ago, I was running VM systems that ran 20 to 40 mainframe guest operating systems, long before VMware and Xen. VM still has the best implementation of Unix pipes I've ever seen.
I still miss VM and the v/Bear, though I have one on my car's keyfob...
The screenwriter for the first four, Steve Kloves, decided not to do the fifth book to pursue other work, and to spend time with his family. But after reading the sixth book, he call the producer, David Heyman, and asked if he could do it, who gladly resigned him.
The screenplay for the sixth book has been written and approved, and should start shooting soon, though I don't know exactly when. It was my understanding that the screenplays for the fifth and sixth book were being developed at the same time so that they could be shot close to each other, but since they haven't started shooting the sixth. And it seems that one of the leads, Daniel Radcliffe, is a little busy right now.
I would certainly count on a sixth movie. I believe the principles are all signed except for Daniel Radcliffe. Time will tell.
The sabre-rattling is over. That boom you just heard was the first salvo being fired. Oh, "it was just a test", he'll say, but we know better. Linux, in all of it's different flavors, has left the hacker realm and poses a real threat.
Gandhi said:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."Mahatma Gandhi
What, exactly, is the argument against pen-and-paper voting?
Disregarding all of the flippant comments this question will undoubtedly draw, the simple answer is accuracy. Paper tabulation is inherently inaccurate, as evidenced by the 2000 Florida debacle.
Your reply shows you know nothing about ADHD, ODD, and other attention disorders. Including Asberger's and Autism into the mix shows a complete lack of understanding.
Attention-related disorders are just that: attention-related disorders. Yes, they are exacerbated by video and computer games and other electronic toys, but they are present in children and adults without the toys.
Yes, Ritalin is a stimulant. Yes, stimulants can be abused, like a lot of drugs. That's why it's a controlled medication. But proper use of stimulants results in increased attention and reduced impulsivity in patients with attention-related disorders. It does not cause an increase in illicit drug use if properly administered and monitored. In fact, it reduces the tendency to use illicit drugs because it gives the patient the stimulation they need to "wake up" the attention centers of their brains that they would derive by use of illicit drugs. The use of stimulants by persons without attention-related disorders causes nervousness and agitation similar to excessive caffeine consumption. It causes focus and self-control in patients with attention-related disorders.
There are some patients with attention-related disorders that respond very well to stimulants, and there are patients that don't. Not all patients respond well to all treatments. That's why well-trained doctors should be involved in any treatment plan. In no circumstances should a teacher's or care-giver's advice be the only justification for medication.
I really despise postings like this that spread these myths. Yes, there have been instances where stimulants have been overly prescribed, but they are the exception. But until you actually take the time to learn the truth, please STFU. And please stop spreading bullshit.
Great. The one thing that made Windows at all tolerable were the Sysinternals tools. Now they're going to go commercial, and no longer available to the unwashed or likely only with WGA requirements. Sad day, indeed.
I just read the Smith v. Maryland opinion you linked.
Very interesting--and relevant--posting, thank you. I hope that this point gets made a little more often amidst the torrent of vitriole spewing forth from the press concerning the subject. Doubt it though...
And not that I agree with a single word of it. I personally feel that this information is private, regardless of this ruling. I can't understand how they could think otherwise.
Well, I'd tell you to talk to my father, who was on the executive committee that approved the shuttle design. The plan as I stated earlier was a shuttle whose primary design was to act as a "space truck" for hauling station parts up. But we're really talking ancient history... This was way before the first of several Station redesigns to "reduce costs" which had just the opposite affect.
Yeah, you're right to question the station's main purpose to be a dock to build a interplanetary vehicle. There were lots of plans for the station of course. But one of them was as a platform to build ships. Original design, not the cut-to-pieces station we have now.
The whole point of the Space Shuttle was to build and support the Space Station. The whole point of the Space Station was to build an interplanetary ship, since building one that has to both escape Earth's gravity AND fly to, say, Mars is a huge problem to overcome. And this was only to be the plan for 15 to 20 years.
Congress turned the Space Shuttle into the only vehicle left, and Congress turned the Space Station into what it is. OK, them and a lot of bad management within NASA, but mostly Congress.
Another in a series of stories that seem to be written to raise the ire of/.'ers. You're smarter than this, fellow reader. Do not give in to the temptation to flame on. We all know better.
Sad that the writer didn't.
I thought the purpose of college was as much to teach you how to learn effectively as to teach you specific skills.
Then you don't know jack about the hiring process these days. I've got 15 years experience as a mainframe systems programmer/administrator, I've specialized in performance management, and availability measurement and management of Windows, Linux and Unix systems and applications, I've got a RHCE certification, but because I don't know some specific version of HP/UX or Solaris, no one will look at my resume twice. All a recruiter wants is specific skillz in specific areas. Demonstrated ability to learn on the job is not worth anything anymore. Sure, I can take an entry-level sysadmin job. In fact, that's what I'm going to have to do if I want full-time work.
No one seems to value the guy who can figure it all out. All they're interested in seems to be specific.
Funny you would mention that, but those were the guys I started working with when I first started--The NASA (JSC) mainframe guys. There were so many of them and they were so go that I took up VM (nee VM/SP, VM/SP HPO, VM/ESA and no zVM). I did that at NASA for a long time before moving on.
And those guys were really good too. IBM build a huge building at NASA that's owned by someone else now. I don't think there's any IBM'ers at NASA any more.
I have a copy of the paper Melinda Varian did on the history of IBM's operating system called VM/370, VM/SP, VM/ESA and now zVM. I'd call it VM, but that's become a rather generic term. It includes a section on the history of CTSS, and it's very, very interesting. In fact, I would say that this was one of the most influential papers I ever read. Well worth the read.
I hope Melinda doesn't hunt me down and kill me for causing a/. storm on her web site, but the paper is available at http://pucc.princeton.edu/~melinda/.
When I was at Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Al., they used to test the SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engines) at a test stand a few miles from my building. I was amazed at the power and noise of the SSMEs until an oldtimer told me what it was like when they tested one of the Saturn V engines: He said your coffee cup would literally bounce off of the desk, and forget talking on the phone during a test fire. And that was just the one engine. Imagine what it was like when they all fired at the same time...
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I've seen several friends make the transition successfully, but I've seen several fail miserably. Good luck with that...
On a separate subject entirely, that ComputerWorld web page is exactly what's gone wrong with the web: The content I wanted to see (the article) is spread out over three pages, and each page only contains approx. 10% of the content I want to see. The other 90% of the page contains shit, and probably blinky shit if I wasn't using Firefox and Adblock Plus. I don't know why web sites do that. Do they actually think they're adding value? Another one on the list of web sites to avoid...
Few companies since the dawn of the microcomputer have so thoroughly blown a sure thing. Heck, they called it The Osborne Effect for a reason...
If you like the new sounds in Pidgin, you can thank the artist who developed them by going to Magnatune.com and buy his album. Not just because you like the Pidgin sounds, not just because you like Indie Rock, but because you like independent music and independent music publishers like Magnatune. Lot's of good karma available by buying this one.
Hey, this was a great operating system for its day, and you should all know something about it. Take a look at Melinda Varian's excellent paper (PDF warning) on the history of the great operating system. Twenty years ago, I was running VM systems that ran 20 to 40 mainframe guest operating systems, long before VMware and Xen. VM still has the best implementation of Unix pipes I've ever seen.
I still miss VM and the v/Bear, though I have one on my car's keyfob...
The screenwriter for the first four, Steve Kloves, decided not to do the fifth book to pursue other work, and to spend time with his family. But after reading the sixth book, he call the producer, David Heyman, and asked if he could do it, who gladly resigned him.
The screenplay for the sixth book has been written and approved, and should start shooting soon, though I don't know exactly when. It was my understanding that the screenplays for the fifth and sixth book were being developed at the same time so that they could be shot close to each other, but since they haven't started shooting the sixth. And it seems that one of the leads, Daniel Radcliffe, is a little busy right now.
I would certainly count on a sixth movie. I believe the principles are all signed except for Daniel Radcliffe. Time will tell.
The sabre-rattling is over. That boom you just heard was the first salvo being fired. Oh, "it was just a test", he'll say, but we know better. Linux, in all of it's different flavors, has left the hacker realm and poses a real threat.
Gandhi said: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Mahatma Gandhi
I say "bring it on, bucko."
Disregarding all of the flippant comments this question will undoubtedly draw, the simple answer is accuracy. Paper tabulation is inherently inaccurate, as evidenced by the 2000 Florida debacle.
So you're saying that SIDS is really just abusive parents?
Your reply shows you know nothing about ADHD, ODD, and other attention disorders. Including Asberger's and Autism into the mix shows a complete lack of understanding.
Attention-related disorders are just that: attention-related disorders. Yes, they are exacerbated by video and computer games and other electronic toys, but they are present in children and adults without the toys.
Yes, Ritalin is a stimulant. Yes, stimulants can be abused, like a lot of drugs. That's why it's a controlled medication. But proper use of stimulants results in increased attention and reduced impulsivity in patients with attention-related disorders. It does not cause an increase in illicit drug use if properly administered and monitored. In fact, it reduces the tendency to use illicit drugs because it gives the patient the stimulation they need to "wake up" the attention centers of their brains that they would derive by use of illicit drugs. The use of stimulants by persons without attention-related disorders causes nervousness and agitation similar to excessive caffeine consumption. It causes focus and self-control in patients with attention-related disorders.
There are some patients with attention-related disorders that respond very well to stimulants, and there are patients that don't. Not all patients respond well to all treatments. That's why well-trained doctors should be involved in any treatment plan. In no circumstances should a teacher's or care-giver's advice be the only justification for medication.
I really despise postings like this that spread these myths. Yes, there have been instances where stimulants have been overly prescribed, but they are the exception. But until you actually take the time to learn the truth, please STFU. And please stop spreading bullshit.
'Nuff said.
Great. The one thing that made Windows at all tolerable were the Sysinternals tools. Now they're going to go commercial, and no longer available to the unwashed or likely only with WGA requirements. Sad day, indeed.
Very interesting--and relevant--posting, thank you. I hope that this point gets made a little more often amidst the torrent of vitriole spewing forth from the press concerning the subject. Doubt it though...
And not that I agree with a single word of it. I personally feel that this information is private, regardless of this ruling. I can't understand how they could think otherwise.
Well, I'd tell you to talk to my father, who was on the executive committee that approved the shuttle design. The plan as I stated earlier was a shuttle whose primary design was to act as a "space truck" for hauling station parts up. But we're really talking ancient history... This was way before the first of several Station redesigns to "reduce costs" which had just the opposite affect.
Yeah, you're right to question the station's main purpose to be a dock to build a interplanetary vehicle. There were lots of plans for the station of course. But one of them was as a platform to build ships. Original design, not the cut-to-pieces station we have now.
The whole point of the Space Shuttle was to build and support the Space Station. The whole point of the Space Station was to build an interplanetary ship, since building one that has to both escape Earth's gravity AND fly to, say, Mars is a huge problem to overcome. And this was only to be the plan for 15 to 20 years.
Congress turned the Space Shuttle into the only vehicle left, and Congress turned the Space Station into what it is. OK, them and a lot of bad management within NASA, but mostly Congress.
Another in a series of stories that seem to be written to raise the ire of /.'ers. You're smarter than this, fellow reader. Do not give in to the temptation to flame on. We all know better.
Sad that the writer didn't.
Then you don't know jack about the hiring process these days. I've got 15 years experience as a mainframe systems programmer/administrator, I've specialized in performance management, and availability measurement and management of Windows, Linux and Unix systems and applications, I've got a RHCE certification, but because I don't know some specific version of HP/UX or Solaris, no one will look at my resume twice. All a recruiter wants is specific skillz in specific areas. Demonstrated ability to learn on the job is not worth anything anymore. Sure, I can take an entry-level sysadmin job. In fact, that's what I'm going to have to do if I want full-time work.
No one seems to value the guy who can figure it all out. All they're interested in seems to be specific.
And those guys were really good too. IBM build a huge building at NASA that's owned by someone else now. I don't think there's any IBM'ers at NASA any more.
Sad.
Oh, you mean like this from yesterday on my little Linux box?
sshd:
Authentication Failures:
root (38.117.242.11): 3370 Time(s)
unknown (38.117.242.11): 369 Time(s)
unknown (110076.ntpu.edu.tw): 3 Time(s)
games (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
news (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
nobody (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
ntp (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
operator (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
postfix (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
sync (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
unknown (mail.tskt.co.th): 2 Time(s)
uucp (38.117.242.11): 2 Time(s)
adm (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
apache (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
bin (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
daemon (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
dbus (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
ftp (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
gdm (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
gopher (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
halt (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
lp (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
mail (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
mailnull (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
named (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
nfsnobody (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
nscd (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
pcap (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
root (110076.ntpu.edu.tw): 1 Time(s)
root (mail.tskt.co.th): 1 Time(s)
rpc (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
rpcuser (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
rpm (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
shutdown (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
smmsp (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
squid (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
sshd (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
vcsa (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
webalizer (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
xfs (38.117.242.11): 1 Time(s)
A little out of control, if you ask me.
No, that would be Linux.
I hope Melinda doesn't hunt me down and kill me for causing a /. storm on her web site, but the paper is available at http://pucc.princeton.edu/~melinda/.
Enjoy.
Cool songs, thanks! They play great on the Windows Media Player V6.4 that downloads with CrossOver Pro V3.01. On Linux, of course.
Yeah, I guess you're right. Slip of the keyboard... ;-)
When I was at Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Al., they used to test the SSME (Space Shuttle Main Engines) at a test stand a few miles from my building. I was amazed at the power and noise of the SSMEs until an oldtimer told me what it was like when they tested one of the Saturn V engines: He said your coffee cup would literally bounce off of the desk, and forget talking on the phone during a test fire. And that was just the one engine. Imagine what it was like when they all fired at the same time...