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  1. Re: Aging workforce on Ask Slashdot: Are We Older Experts Being Retired Too Early? · · Score: 1

    The problem could be that you think you know more than you really do, and aren't willing to listen to the voice of experience. OTOH, there's always a resistance to change, especially if you're working outside established norms.

  2. Re: They can get someone younger for much less pay on Ask Slashdot: Are We Older Experts Being Retired Too Early? · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. I have an electronics degree, and I run into developers with CS degrees all the time who are not well read in software engineering. Asking someone what their influences are should probably be a standard interview question.

  3. Re: They should upgrade the warning ... on Man In Tesla Model S Fire Explains What Happened · · Score: 0

    If the auto market was left wholly to the free market (at least in the USA), we'd still be driving cars that get lousy gas mileage and without many of the safety and environmental controls.

  4. Re: Lesson to all business side folks on "War Room" Notes Describe IT Chaos At Healthcare.gov · · Score: 1

    Technical side gets plenty of blame. Where are the software metrics that can give a rough estimate on how much effort a project should take? Not easily available, because most of the software world resists FPA.) Where are the reusable domains? Non-existent, because most of the software developers want to stay at the 3GL level.

  5. Underfunded on "War Room" Notes Describe IT Chaos At Healthcare.gov · · Score: 5, Informative

    CBO estimated ACA would require $10B. Congress approved $1B. http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-not-take-victory-lap-on-obamacare.html?m=1

  6. Re: The new Microsoft model on Microsoft Donates Windows 8.1 To Nonprofit Organizations · · Score: 1

    Err. That's the old Microsoft model; you know, the one the first anti-trust trial was about.

  7. Re: Personally on Most IT Workers Don't Have STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math) Degrees · · Score: 1

    ""Educated" but unschooled" chooses to be a "Windows shop". I think that settles the discussion. I always wondered how Windows shops came into existence. "Educated" must preclude logical ability.

  8. Why Wouldn't It Be? on Electrical Engineering Labor Pool Shrinking · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the '90s, EEs at the company I worked for were being "reskilled" to do software development. The positions they occupied weren't being refilled (at least, not in the USA). There has been no surge in demand and a high unemployment rate, so why would students choose to pursue it as a degree?