When you get a meal, get a portion (or only eat) one-half to two-thirds of what you normally eat.
Leave the office at lunchtime and go for a 30 - 45 minute walk. This will also clear your brain and make you more effective in the afternoon.
Hardest of all, reduce the beer intake by at least half! Get rid of beer in your home. Only drink when you go out somewhere. Instead of ordering two or three rounds, just order one. Go out half as often as you used to.
If you invested in Apple 15 years ago, they still honor your investment.
Wow, I'm a big proponent of Apple and I've owned a number of Macs over the years, but I've got to take issue with you here.
Apple has fairly routinely come out with changes that have doomed folks with "older" (i.e., > 2 years) machines. The latest example is OS X. When it was introduced a couple of years ago, a whole lot of people with Macs only a few years old got hung out to dry, because these systems would not run OS X, by design!
Make sure that you understand me here. I'm not saying that these systems didn't have the technological horsepower to run OS X, I mean that Apple designed OS X so that it would refuse to install on these "older systems" (gratuitous tweaking, aside).
I realize that slashdot readers probably replace their systems every year or two, but many "ordinary" people don't think that it's unusual to hold onto a computer for five years or more. Apple has certainly not honored the investment of those people.
Hiring and recruiting must be one of the most dysfunctional processes in business today. I just accepted a new position after having been unemployed for two months. The ridiculous crap that I saw and went through with more than a few companies amazes me still. Technology companies, including Microsoft, routinely fail this essential business practice. Idiots get hired and qualified candidates are overlooked on a regular basis.
I believe that most companies would do just as well to do a quick screen of the obviously, grossly unqualified candidates, then do a lottery to select the person (people) for the position(s). I seriously believe that this process would do no worse than what a typical company does today and it would waste a lot less time.
As far as Microsoft goes, I'm completely underwhelmed by their "clever" interview questions. Just because you do something that's different and inscrutable doesn't necessarily make it intelligent, innovative, or even useful. If you doubt that, then just think about some of the Microsoft employees that have been in the news (not in a good way) the last few years. This interview/hiring process apparently passed those jokers with flying colors!
As you can see, job hunting has made be old and bitter before my time! I need more beer to cure the pain.
AOL has always marketed itself by encouraging the idea that the internet is a big bad scary place that is full of potential harm and is difficult to navigate. The term "half-way house" used in the post is right on.
They have been very successful in particular with older, non-technical folks. For example, both my parents and in-laws use AOL and every time I suggest that they could get everything they need on the internet for less money and less hassle by dumping AOL, they look at me like I'm insane.
What bugs me the most about AOL is that they disguise who their true customers are. They want people to believe that when they sign up for an account, they are the customer. In fact, those poor schmucks are simply fodder for the legions of advertisers and commercial interests that are AOL's true customers.
"Mac users will require more initial hand-holding..."
Your blanket statement seems to assume that Mac users, in general, do not have Unix experience. I don't think that is true. I for one, use Unix all of the time at work. So it was a snap to start using Unix on my Mac at home.
In addition, I would point out that Macs are very popular on college campuses where Unix is also prevalent.
If you follow OS X discussion boards, you will certainly see a fair number of newbie questions about Unix. However, you will also see at least as much discussion about some fairly sophisticated technical issues related to BSD on OS X, indicating a fairly proficient user base.
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Three things:
When you get a meal, get a portion (or only eat) one-half to two-thirds of what you normally eat.
Leave the office at lunchtime and go for a 30 - 45 minute walk. This will also clear your brain and make you more effective in the afternoon.
Hardest of all, reduce the beer intake by at least half! Get rid of beer in your home. Only drink when you go out somewhere. Instead of ordering two or three rounds, just order one. Go out half as often as you used to.
If you invested in Apple 15 years ago, they still honor your investment.
Wow, I'm a big proponent of Apple and I've owned a number of Macs over the years, but I've got to take issue with you here.
Apple has fairly routinely come out with changes that have doomed folks with "older" (i.e., > 2 years) machines. The latest example is OS X. When it was introduced a couple of years ago, a whole lot of people with Macs only a few years old got hung out to dry, because these systems would not run OS X, by design!
Make sure that you understand me here. I'm not saying that these systems didn't have the technological horsepower to run OS X, I mean that Apple designed OS X so that it would refuse to install on these "older systems" (gratuitous tweaking, aside).
I realize that slashdot readers probably replace their systems every year or two, but many "ordinary" people don't think that it's unusual to hold onto a computer for five years or more. Apple has certainly not honored the investment of those people.
Hiring and recruiting must be one of the most dysfunctional processes in business today. I just accepted a new position after having been unemployed for two months. The ridiculous crap that I saw and went through with more than a few companies amazes me still. Technology companies, including Microsoft, routinely fail this essential business practice. Idiots get hired and qualified candidates are overlooked on a regular basis.
I believe that most companies would do just as well to do a quick screen of the obviously, grossly unqualified candidates, then do a lottery to select the person (people) for the position(s). I seriously believe that this process would do no worse than what a typical company does today and it would waste a lot less time.
As far as Microsoft goes, I'm completely underwhelmed by their "clever" interview questions. Just because you do something that's different and inscrutable doesn't necessarily make it intelligent, innovative, or even useful. If you doubt that, then just think about some of the Microsoft employees that have been in the news (not in a good way) the last few years. This interview/hiring process apparently passed those jokers with flying colors!
As you can see, job hunting has made be old and bitter before my time! I need more beer to cure the pain.
You forgot porn. We're REALLY REALLY great at making REALLY great porn. The world will beat a path to our shores to get our porn.
So, I suggest, forget IT, forget software, forget engineering, BECOME A PORN STAR!!
You mean, like, the Eiger Sanction?!?!?
Will Clint Eastwood be involved?
AOL has always marketed itself by encouraging the idea that the internet is a big bad scary place that is full of potential harm and is difficult to navigate. The term "half-way house" used in the post is right on.
They have been very successful in particular with older, non-technical folks. For example, both my parents and in-laws use AOL and every time I suggest that they could get everything they need on the internet for less money and less hassle by dumping AOL, they look at me like I'm insane.
What bugs me the most about AOL is that they disguise who their true customers are. They want people to believe that when they sign up for an account, they are the customer. In fact, those poor schmucks are simply fodder for the legions of advertisers and commercial interests that are AOL's true customers.
"Mac users will require more initial hand-holding ..."
Your blanket statement seems to assume that Mac users, in general, do not have Unix experience. I don't think that is true. I for one, use Unix all of the time at work. So it was a snap to start using Unix on my Mac at home.
In addition, I would point out that Macs are very popular on college campuses where Unix is also prevalent.
If you follow OS X discussion boards, you will certainly see a fair number of newbie questions about Unix. However, you will also see at least as much discussion about some fairly sophisticated technical issues related to BSD on OS X, indicating a fairly proficient user base.