I got my first programming job at 15, it wasn't anything special, and doesn't compare to some of the things I've seen in the previous replies.
During the 3 months I had this job, I got nothing but praise. Ideas I brought up were always considered, and in most cases acted upon. In the 3 other jobs I've had since then I've never had the problems mentioned above.
It seems to me like it's more down to the way you see yourself and act toward others. If I had decided from the beginning that I was 'better' than my co-workers (even if I didn't make a conscious effort to show it) then I'm sure that they would not have had as much respect for me or my opinions.
One thing you might want to consider is that although your ideas may help certain areas of the business, they could also be financially unsound, or cause problems elsewhere. At a young age you are unlikely to know very much about the business side of the organization.
I realise that some people do feel threatened by those younger and better skilled than themselves. And I realise that these people will unfairly discriminate, but this is something you should be able to deal with. You have most of your life in front of you, and if some of you are as skilled as you say you are then you should become very respected with time. Why be so impatient? You're probably being well payed, so enjoy yourselves...
So where is this going to end? Who is going to have access to the information gathered? I'm wondering what exactly this is really for. I can see that the 'idea' could be seen as good, slowing crime etc, but the realistic impact on terrorist activity or crime rates is likely to be negligible imo. What I find more worrying is thinking about how long it will take for these 'backdoors' to be found and manipulated.
"Owners will also have to give up cryptographic keys and passwords on demand" - but if someone is sending encrypted information that could be of interest to these governmental agencies, what are the chances that they'll just hand over the key? Get thrown in jail for failure to release the key, or for the content of the mail, tough choice... Imo, the only people that could seriously be affected by that are organizations who are 'trying' to keep their new ideas to themselves, and how likely is it that they are going to be a threat to the nation (well except maybe microsoft).
But maybe I'm just missing something, wouldn't be the first time.
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I got my first programming job at 15, it wasn't anything special, and doesn't compare to some of the things I've seen in the previous replies.
During the 3 months I had this job, I got nothing but praise. Ideas I brought up were always considered, and in most cases acted upon. In the 3 other jobs I've had since then I've never had the problems mentioned above.
It seems to me like it's more down to the way you see yourself and act toward others. If I had decided from the beginning that I was 'better' than my co-workers (even if I didn't make a conscious effort to show it) then I'm sure that they would not have had as much respect for me or my opinions.
One thing you might want to consider is that although your ideas may help certain areas of the business, they could also be financially unsound, or cause problems elsewhere. At a young age you are unlikely to know very much about the business side of the organization.
I realise that some people do feel threatened by those younger and better skilled than themselves. And I realise that these people will unfairly discriminate, but this is something you should be able to deal with. You have most of your life in front of you, and if some of you are as skilled as you say you are then you should become very respected with time. Why be so impatient? You're probably being well payed, so enjoy yourselves...
-t
So where is this going to end? Who is going to have access to the information gathered? I'm wondering what exactly this is really for. I can see that the 'idea' could be seen as good, slowing crime etc, but the realistic impact on terrorist activity or crime rates is likely to be negligible imo. What I find more worrying is thinking about how long it will take for these 'backdoors' to be found and manipulated.
"Owners will also have to give up cryptographic keys and passwords on demand" - but if someone is sending encrypted information that could be of interest to these governmental agencies, what are the chances that they'll just hand over the key? Get thrown in jail for failure to release the key, or for the content of the mail, tough choice... Imo, the only people that could seriously be affected by that are organizations who are 'trying' to keep their new ideas to themselves, and how likely is it that they are going to be a threat to the nation (well except maybe microsoft).
But maybe I'm just missing something, wouldn't be the first time.
-t