I have no problem with the quote from the course materials. I imagine that this article is simply worded to make the course seem more controversial than it is.... like most news items.
Very much company culture, in my opinion. If you are a warm body, working from home means screwing off. If your performance is measured by results, you have to make sure things are taken care of no matter where you work out of.
Lots of people on this site will have an opinion, but most of them are worthless.
A better way to find out would be to scan the ads for your area and see how many people are asking for various certifications, and to ask reasonably reputable headhunters and/or hiring managers (whoever you have available) in your area to see what's in demand (assuming you want to stay in that geographical area).
The point of your post seems to be to prove your intellectual superiority, and yet you completely failed to grok that they're giving up teaching CURSIVE, not writing.
They aren't giving up teaching "handwriting". They are giving up teaching CURSIVE.
Half of the comments are from people who don't realize that.
That being clarified, teaching cursive in a school is no longer a good use of time, any more than teaching shorthand is a necessity. Schools can't (or at least shouldn't) choose their curriculum based on people's fear or tradition, they have a very limited amount of time to teach a huge number of skills, and many competing interests.
I think this decision is a good one - MANY U.S. schools have already removed cursive from their curriculum. It's simply not used anymore.
The fact that incredibly old history books are written in cursive has no bearing. Have you ever tried to read that crap? It's illegible - not because of bad handwriting, but because the way people spoke and wrote then was completely different.
My general advice would be to ask these questions of recruiters and hiring managers, not the mostly non-hiring community of slashdot. There's tons of really bad advice in these comments. Having switched tracks a few times, I can tell you that in my experience it generally involves choosing an area to specialize in, taking some classes and/or getting certifications, trying to get some hands on experience if possible, and then marketing yourself well.
I'm not sure I agree. If you were being filmed, would you *bank* on the fact that your corrupt officials would erase it if you acted improperly? After all, they could just as easily use you as the sacrificial lamb. I think just the knowledge that everyone they're doing is being filmed would cause you to act differently.
Considering the fact that driverless cars are also being worked on, all the drone would need to do is communicate the information to the car so that the car's computer can reroute/slow down/act accordingly.
So, yeah. Seems pretty feasible.
* For younger kids:
Charlotte's Web
What the Witch Left
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
* Older/Young Adult/Adult:
The Eye of the World (they also have an edited version for younger readers)
In Defense of Anarchism (actually a very intelligent and thought provoking critique of democracy)
Tao te Ching
The World According to Garp
The Stranger, by Camus
Immortal Poems of the English Language (a great compilation)
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Neuromancer
On a Pale Horse
Map of the World
Where the Red Fern Grows
Joy Luck Club
You don't seem to have actually read the post. But, if you have and just don't understand, there are a lot of different custody situations with children that are possible, and when you throw a hostile ex-spouse in the mix, it's really pretty easy to see why having a way to communicate with your child in that way, if the other person will agree to it, could be very good for the child and parent. It could have something to do with having an opportunity to talk to the kid when he's not actively being monitored; it could have to do with the kid being able to call the other parent if they're being abused. It could just have to do with wanting to be able to stay in touch with your kid when they aren't with you, and have a video call before they go to bed at night.
It's not a perfect solution, and it raises a different set of issues, but in the context of a weird custody situation it's easy to understand why it might be desirable.
This study wasn't about the difference in performance for those who take notes on a laptop versus by hand. It was about people who surf the 'net while in class. Unsurprisingly, people weren't able to focus on the class as much when they did that. Derp.
I can't imagine your lack of experience with actual addiction makes your condescending advice useful for people struggling with substance abuse problems.
This article makes a HUGE - assumption - that 12-steps programs, and AA, work, and work specifically better than other programs. That is highly questionable and I don't believe there's been any conclusive evidence either way.
Of course, there's the question of whether AA works versus just going to some sort of social program... the article doesn't differentiate much, but it's a big question.
Our knowledge of addictions and ability to treat them is in its infancy and is sadly not a priority for many... this article just proves that.
I think they probably put a lot of thought into exactly this when they implemented their system. I have no doubt that the NSA has the ability to search the e-mails of their own employees. But, I also agree that they most likely built their system so that they could fend off open records requests in a way that at least seems feasible to outsiders. They may have implemented additional "security features" or add-ons that make it difficult/impossible.
But, I just don't see an intelligence agency NOT having the ability to search their employee's e-mails (both individually and system-wide)... I think that internal monitoring is probably very heavy. They don't want any more Snowden incidents, after all.
Okay, it might not be malice, but I'm sure we can all agree it's evil, i.e. harming others (e.g. takedown notices) to benefit oneself (e.g. stockholders).
Never made a judgment call on if it was good or not.
Just that it was not Malice.
Just so long as we're focused on what's important.
Not standing up to them doesn't really cover it. That top percent exists because our government props them up substantially and removes a lot of their personal risk.
I'm all for people keeping the money they earn, but we provide a seemingly endless supply of tax breaks, subsidies and shelters for corporations, which isn't quite in the spirit of a free market.
I'm female and am not overtly offended by vendors using women as allure to sell their products. What's tiresome about the situation is that it's old school and it doesn't reflect reality anymore... and it probably isn't even effective, but sometimes people keep doing the old things that used to work without really thinking it through.
I think the assumption that men will buy a product because there's a scantily clad woman being paid to flirt with him near said product is very demeaning to that gender. I'm tired of this whole "men can only think with one of their heads at a time HAR HAR" stereotype. Yes, men do like looking at attractive things, obviously, but most of the ones I know do actually have a brain and even the nerdy ones are not deprived basement dwellers who melt at the sight of boobies.
The times have changed, we're somewhat more enlightened, and E3 needs to get on the ball.
Apparently you're right. I'm aghast that anyone is still making the "Honda can build a reliable car but my developers can't build reliable software" argument. I thought everyone started figuring out that cars are not like software (in about a million different ways) in the 90's.
A lot of people are pretty intimidated by jargon and feel shut out if we go into it, and I think that's the cause of the reaction you're seeing.
In my experience people can be self defeatist about it because they're afraid of looking stupid, or being made to feel stupid. If we're talking about the same type of situation, they aren't mocking your knowledge or the area of expertise, but they're dismissing their ability to understand it due to hearing jargon or concepts that they aren't familiar with.
Just my two cents (and worth the paper it's printed on).
People change careers mid-life all the time and make the leap to something new.
There's nothing magical about programming or coding that means people can't learn it; but at any age, if you don't have a familiarity/comfort with computers, and if you don't "get" them, it will be an uphill climb.
There are people who will discriminate against you, but the reality is that almost everyone gets judged unfairly for something at one point in their lives or another. And, while there's a lot of ignorant comments to your post, most of those people aren't hiring managers.
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I have no problem with the quote from the course materials. I imagine that this article is simply worded to make the course seem more controversial than it is.... like most news items.
Very much company culture, in my opinion. If you are a warm body, working from home means screwing off. If your performance is measured by results, you have to make sure things are taken care of no matter where you work out of.
An extremely long commute is just a fact of life in some parts of the country, and in some very large cities.
In Houston, owning a house generally means you have an hour commute (not always - but the vast majority of the time - especially if you aren't rich).
Lots of people on this site will have an opinion, but most of them are worthless.
A better way to find out would be to scan the ads for your area and see how many people are asking for various certifications, and to ask reasonably reputable headhunters and/or hiring managers (whoever you have available) in your area to see what's in demand (assuming you want to stay in that geographical area).
Best of luck to you.
I wanted to be a ballerina when I was 4. I even wanted to be a ballerina when I was 8. Now I'm a grown woman in a technology career.
I think we're drawing a few too many conclusions from the desires of 4 year olds.
The point of your post seems to be to prove your intellectual superiority, and yet you completely failed to grok that they're giving up teaching CURSIVE, not writing.
They aren't giving up teaching "handwriting". They are giving up teaching CURSIVE.
Half of the comments are from people who don't realize that.
That being clarified, teaching cursive in a school is no longer a good use of time, any more than teaching shorthand is a necessity. Schools can't (or at least shouldn't) choose their curriculum based on people's fear or tradition, they have a very limited amount of time to teach a huge number of skills, and many competing interests.
I think this decision is a good one - MANY U.S. schools have already removed cursive from their curriculum. It's simply not used anymore.
The fact that incredibly old history books are written in cursive has no bearing. Have you ever tried to read that crap? It's illegible - not because of bad handwriting, but because the way people spoke and wrote then was completely different.
My general advice would be to ask these questions of recruiters and hiring managers, not the mostly non-hiring community of slashdot. There's tons of really bad advice in these comments. Having switched tracks a few times, I can tell you that in my experience it generally involves choosing an area to specialize in, taking some classes and/or getting certifications, trying to get some hands on experience if possible, and then marketing yourself well.
I'm not sure I agree. If you were being filmed, would you *bank* on the fact that your corrupt officials would erase it if you acted improperly? After all, they could just as easily use you as the sacrificial lamb. I think just the knowledge that everyone they're doing is being filmed would cause you to act differently.
That really doesn't follow. To say you're reaching for that conclusion is being kind.
Considering the fact that driverless cars are also being worked on, all the drone would need to do is communicate the information to the car so that the car's computer can reroute/slow down/act accordingly. So, yeah. Seems pretty feasible.
* For younger kids: Charlotte's Web What the Witch Left The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe * Older/Young Adult/Adult: The Eye of the World (they also have an edited version for younger readers) In Defense of Anarchism (actually a very intelligent and thought provoking critique of democracy) Tao te Ching The World According to Garp The Stranger, by Camus Immortal Poems of the English Language (a great compilation) Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Neuromancer On a Pale Horse Map of the World Where the Red Fern Grows Joy Luck Club
You don't seem to have actually read the post. But, if you have and just don't understand, there are a lot of different custody situations with children that are possible, and when you throw a hostile ex-spouse in the mix, it's really pretty easy to see why having a way to communicate with your child in that way, if the other person will agree to it, could be very good for the child and parent. It could have something to do with having an opportunity to talk to the kid when he's not actively being monitored; it could have to do with the kid being able to call the other parent if they're being abused. It could just have to do with wanting to be able to stay in touch with your kid when they aren't with you, and have a video call before they go to bed at night. It's not a perfect solution, and it raises a different set of issues, but in the context of a weird custody situation it's easy to understand why it might be desirable.
This study wasn't about the difference in performance for those who take notes on a laptop versus by hand. It was about people who surf the 'net while in class. Unsurprisingly, people weren't able to focus on the class as much when they did that. Derp.
I can't imagine your lack of experience with actual addiction makes your condescending advice useful for people struggling with substance abuse problems.
This article makes a HUGE - assumption - that 12-steps programs, and AA, work, and work specifically better than other programs. That is highly questionable and I don't believe there's been any conclusive evidence either way. Of course, there's the question of whether AA works versus just going to some sort of social program... the article doesn't differentiate much, but it's a big question. Our knowledge of addictions and ability to treat them is in its infancy and is sadly not a priority for many... this article just proves that.
I think they probably put a lot of thought into exactly this when they implemented their system. I have no doubt that the NSA has the ability to search the e-mails of their own employees. But, I also agree that they most likely built their system so that they could fend off open records requests in a way that at least seems feasible to outsiders. They may have implemented additional "security features" or add-ons that make it difficult/impossible. But, I just don't see an intelligence agency NOT having the ability to search their employee's e-mails (both individually and system-wide)... I think that internal monitoring is probably very heavy. They don't want any more Snowden incidents, after all.
Okay, it might not be malice, but I'm sure we can all agree it's evil, i.e. harming others (e.g. takedown notices) to benefit oneself (e.g. stockholders).
Never made a judgment call on if it was good or not. Just that it was not Malice.
Just so long as we're focused on what's important.
Not standing up to them doesn't really cover it. That top percent exists because our government props them up substantially and removes a lot of their personal risk. I'm all for people keeping the money they earn, but we provide a seemingly endless supply of tax breaks, subsidies and shelters for corporations, which isn't quite in the spirit of a free market.
I'm female and am not overtly offended by vendors using women as allure to sell their products. What's tiresome about the situation is that it's old school and it doesn't reflect reality anymore... and it probably isn't even effective, but sometimes people keep doing the old things that used to work without really thinking it through. I think the assumption that men will buy a product because there's a scantily clad woman being paid to flirt with him near said product is very demeaning to that gender. I'm tired of this whole "men can only think with one of their heads at a time HAR HAR" stereotype. Yes, men do like looking at attractive things, obviously, but most of the ones I know do actually have a brain and even the nerdy ones are not deprived basement dwellers who melt at the sight of boobies. The times have changed, we're somewhat more enlightened, and E3 needs to get on the ball.
Apparently you're right. I'm aghast that anyone is still making the "Honda can build a reliable car but my developers can't build reliable software" argument. I thought everyone started figuring out that cars are not like software (in about a million different ways) in the 90's.
A lot of people are pretty intimidated by jargon and feel shut out if we go into it, and I think that's the cause of the reaction you're seeing. In my experience people can be self defeatist about it because they're afraid of looking stupid, or being made to feel stupid. If we're talking about the same type of situation, they aren't mocking your knowledge or the area of expertise, but they're dismissing their ability to understand it due to hearing jargon or concepts that they aren't familiar with. Just my two cents (and worth the paper it's printed on).
I agree, and seeing Microsoft flip Google off so blatantly is pretty amusing to watch.
People change careers mid-life all the time and make the leap to something new. There's nothing magical about programming or coding that means people can't learn it; but at any age, if you don't have a familiarity/comfort with computers, and if you don't "get" them, it will be an uphill climb. There are people who will discriminate against you, but the reality is that almost everyone gets judged unfairly for something at one point in their lives or another. And, while there's a lot of ignorant comments to your post, most of those people aren't hiring managers.