I'm 50 and the only thing that has been constant in my 28 year career is change. I'm still changing and learning. Here are the things I've worked with.
serial data comms, X25, TCP/IP
messaging
who has used a HP protocol analyser? these days I use Wireshark
Unix (BSDs), Linux, Windows
PHP/FI
C
x86 assembly
Pascal
VB 3/4/5/6
VB.NET, C#
.Net Framework and related stuff like EF, MVC
Java
Javascript/JQuery/AJAX
Python
Perl
Fortran
bash, dos, powershell scripts
virtualisation but not cloud yet unfortunately
ScrumMastering
Visual Source Safe, RCS, CVS, Subversion, GIT
Atlassian suite setup/admin/customisation
miniSQL, mySQL, Postgres, MS SQL, Oracle, BTrieve (ok its an ISAM)
TSQL, PL/SQL
COM/DCOM
TDD/BDD
DevOps/CI and Jenkins/Hudson/Bamboo
XML/XPath/XSL/XSLT
Salt, Ansible
Design patterns,DI/IOC
At home I'm having a play with.Net Core and docker on my Debian box. But my first linux distro was Yggdrasil.
Some of this stuff I haven't touched for a while, but you get the idea.
When I attended my university course (CS degree) orientation in 1985 we were told that the half life of our knowledge is about 5 years, and that's about right.
I know of very few people who have been in the industry for as long as I have and have not been constantly changing and learning to stay in the game.
Arheddis Varkenjaab and Aywellbe Fayed Arhevbin Fayed and Bybeiev Rhibodie Aynayda Pizaqvick and Malexa Kröest Awul Dasfilshabeda and Nowaynayda Zheet Makollig Jezvahted and Levdaroum DeBahzted Steelaygot Maowenbach and Tuka Piziniztee
While travelling in England in 2010, my wife and I were told by a security person at an international airport in London, that they monitor conversations of people in queues. I can't remember how/why the topic came up, but we were both not surprised that it happens.
We're still in a market economy, except the market is now the planet.
Really? Why is it then, that I can't apply for a home loan from anywhere in the world? I'd love to pay interest rates they have in Japan rather than those in Australia.
I do weights with dumbbells at home. I exercise at my convenience while listening to the radio or podcasts. Its not that expensive. My "kit":
1) The Great Dumbbell Handbook: The Quick Reference Guide to Dumbbell Exercises. Great book, 4.5 stars on Amazon.
2) A basic weight bench.
3) 2 pairs of dumbbell handles and weights. 2 pairs to have 2 different sets of weight, because you don't want to stop to change weights during your workout.
This is a total and utter red herring. Your gender is irrelevant. I've seen males and females not fitting in, because they didn't fit in. This is an issue of culture.
I agree with you 100% here. If you can't get your work done in a standard day then you either have to much work to do or you are not skilled enough to do your job correctly. This hero culture, or as I call it, the "worker charity business model" is really ruining life. Remember that thing? LIFE? Work is there to support your LIFE, not the other way around.
If they are true geeks, towards the end of the fight they would be wondering how to pull out the opponents still beating heart as part of their final kill combo.
Kinda like so-called environmentalists and the logging industry. Let's shut down the logging industry in America - and ship it to the Third World!
Do honestly believe they all think like that? Really? You don't think they want to have sustainable logging where you harvest selective lumber for value added products over a long period, rather than the short term clear felling of forests for pulping?
Not telling other people how to live their lives should be a civic responsibility, like not committing crimes or voting.
By asking people to not committ crimes aren't you telling them how to live? (there are many victimless crimes, how does that work?) How does one decide where to draw the line? Or is your line the one that matters?
Interesting how you should say this. Way back in '00 this superb article was posted: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/05/19/050258.shtml. Basically, "This article in Fast Company talks about the process the Shuttle Group uses to make software."
The answer is, it's the process. The group's most important creation is not the perfect software they write -- it's the process they invented that writes the perfect software.
Of course, this is a special case. This software must work, there is no other choice.
a CEO taking the additional role of chairman creates the potential for conflict, a muddying of the distinction between the board and the company whose operations it is employed to monitor. The dual role removes a safeguard to ensure the business is being run in a good corporate fashion. Corporate governance is in the spotlight after the spectacular collapses of WorldCom and Enron in the United States, and almost daily revelations there of company directors apparently breaching ethical standards and being involved in dubious business practices, sometimes outright fraud.
If a lower shareprice now means better returns later and the shareholders are happy to vote in a board that follows this, then this is what will happen.
A lot of stocks are now owned by super funds (or whatever the equivalent term is in other countries). Call your super fund and tell them you want them to ask company boards to keep jobs in your country and you are prepared to take a smaller return.
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And when we get really advanced, Chromium usage will increase as well...
Sponge-Tron: Everything is chrome in the future!
I can see it now, orbital chrome plating factories!
It was an article about a report, not the report itself. If you want details then go to the link specified in the article: The Grand Challenges report.
Slashdot Mirror
At home I'm having a play with .Net Core and docker on my Debian box. But my first linux distro was Yggdrasil.
Some of this stuff I haven't touched for a while, but you get the idea.
When I attended my university course (CS degree) orientation in 1985 we were told that the half life of our knowledge is about 5 years, and that's about right.
I know of very few people who have been in the industry for as long as I have and have not been constantly changing and learning to stay in the game.
It could have been worse, e.g. soylent green.
Inno Setup is an excellent free installer for Windows programs. It's scripting language is Pascal. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php/
So now I can do a LoTR/Hobbit tour and maybe go watch a rocket launch. Cool!
I agree, but if oceans get warm enough and the Clathrate gun fires, we are all dead. Clathrate gun hypothesis
Arheddis Varkenjaab and Aywellbe Fayed
Arhevbin Fayed and Bybeiev Rhibodie
Aynayda Pizaqvick and Malexa Kröest
Awul Dasfilshabeda and Nowaynayda Zheet
Makollig Jezvahted and Levdaroum DeBahzted
Steelaygot Maowenbach and Tuka Piziniztee
http://www.ietto.net/airport.h...
In Australia, "The Age", is an excellent centrist newspaper. My subscription is worth it!
Lava lamps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand
While travelling in England in 2010, my wife and I were told by a security person at an international airport in London, that they monitor conversations of people in queues. I can't remember how/why the topic came up, but we were both not surprised that it happens.
"The Shortage of Women In IT"
How tall do they need to be?
We're still in a market economy, except the market is now the planet.
Really? Why is it then, that I can't apply for a home loan from anywhere in the world? I'd love to pay interest rates they have in Japan rather than those in Australia.
I do weights with dumbbells at home. I exercise at my convenience while listening to the radio or podcasts. Its not that expensive. My "kit":
1) The Great Dumbbell Handbook: The Quick Reference Guide to Dumbbell Exercises. Great book, 4.5 stars on Amazon.
2) A basic weight bench.
3) 2 pairs of dumbbell handles and weights. 2 pairs to have 2 different sets of weight, because you don't want to stop to change weights during your workout.
4) An exercise mat for stretching.
5) A swiss ball for stretches and some exercises.
In Australia, all this cost about $250.
This is a total and utter red herring. Your gender is irrelevant. I've seen males and females not fitting in, because they didn't fit in. This is an issue of culture.
I agree with you 100% here. If you can't get your work done in a standard day then you either have to much work to do or you are not skilled enough to do your job correctly. This hero culture, or as I call it, the "worker charity business model" is really ruining life. Remember that thing? LIFE? Work is there to support your LIFE, not the other way around.
If they are true geeks, towards the end of the fight they would be wondering how to pull out the opponents still beating heart as part of their final kill combo.
We try to get rid of defective people now anyway. We just do it through economic means.
And when a woman looks across the room at a guy at a party or social event, she thinks..."I bet he has a great personality".
Kinda like so-called environmentalists and the logging industry. Let's shut down the logging industry in America - and ship it to the Third World!
Do honestly believe they all think like that? Really? You don't think they want to have sustainable logging where you harvest selective lumber for value added products over a long period, rather than the short term clear felling of forests for pulping?
Not telling other people how to live their lives should be a civic responsibility, like not committing crimes or voting.
By asking people to not committ crimes aren't you telling them how to live? (there are many victimless crimes, how does that work?) How does one decide where to draw the line? Or is your line the one that matters?
Interesting how you should say this. Way back in '00 this superb article was posted: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/05/19/050258.shtml . Basically, "This article in Fast Company talks about the process the Shuttle Group uses to make software."
The answer is, it's the process. The group's most important creation is not the perfect software they write -- it's the process they invented that writes the perfect software.
Of course, this is a special case. This software must work, there is no other choice.
If a lower shareprice now means better returns later and the shareholders are happy to vote in a board that follows this, then this is what will happen.
A lot of stocks are now owned by super funds (or whatever the equivalent term is in other countries). Call your super fund and tell them you want them to ask company boards to keep jobs in your country and you are prepared to take a smaller return.
And when we get really advanced, Chromium usage will increase as well...
Sponge-Tron: Everything is chrome in the future!
I can see it now, orbital chrome plating factories!
Here are some games I've played and had a lot of fun. Sorry about the links, but BoardGameGeek is convienient.
Rollout. By the company that make Supremacy (which I also like). Global sharemarket and high finance game.
Machiavelli. Risk like game based in Renaissance Italy.
Empires of the Middle Ages. Classic economic/warfare game set in Medieval Europe from 771 to 1467.
Illuminati and various expansion packs. All the conspiracy theories battle it out.
OGREand various expansion packs. Purely tactical based game. armour/infantry/hovercraft/gevs/OGRE battle it out.
Talismanand various expansions. Snakes and ladders in a fantasy world but with spells and battles.
Nuclear Warand expansions. Blam blam blam blam. Megatons of fun.
Judge DreddFight crime in a huge 22nd century city.
But remember, a business (in the US at least) is the same as a person. So surely as a person they have some sort of moral responsibility.
If EA wants to act as an amoral business then thats fine, but then they should also give up the benefits and rights that being a person brings.
It was an article about a report, not the report itself. If you want details then go to the link specified in the article: The Grand Challenges report.