It is necessary to do all this when you have a management philosophy that developer performance falls into a bell curve, completely ignoring the fact that the left end of the curve should be cut off at the interview process.
Yeah, we've got that here. At the end of the year they make us all produce reports, have a bunch of meetings, and then the managers "manage" to rate the people they like highly, and let everyone else fall where they may. It isn't just a popularity contest, it is a "scientific" popularity contest.
I hope you're not suggesting that being a licensed teacher implies in any way that someone knows anything about teaching or even children. If you are, I ask that you take a momentary look at what passes for the US school system.
I often read street signs at night, making out the word before the letters are truly readable, so obviously I'm not actually "reading" in the sense that I'm recognizing individual letters. But normally is sound out the individual words in my head. I'm a slow reader, and that is a hindrance in the computer industry (plus, I miss the enjoyment of reading a lot of books, because it just takes to long).
Could I read faster if I could somehow train myself to do this word recognition thing?
I fucked up some cars. The first one I had, a 20yr old Chevy Impala, cost me $100. The first thing I learned was how to change a tire (you can be a quick study on the side of a highway.) Next, I learned to replace a starter, and then how to tune the engine.
My older son bought a $500 Saturn a couple years ago. He burnt the clutch completely out of it. It sat in the driveway for 2 months before I told him that he would either fix it or I would have it towed off. He learned how to pull and replace and engine, and how a manual transmission worked (with my help).
Having the right car is as educational as having the right computer.
Being willing to take that first step and accept that failure might be an outcome...That is something that is in your genes, your upbringing and your head.
I've met exceedingly intelligent people that do not have the balls to step out on an idea. They don't trust their intelligence or analysis of the situation. They'll never invent anything. Well, they might, but they will never make anything of it.
Union's stifling nature isn't limited to just pay and benefits. The entire cooperative work environment is obliterated by unions in my personal experience. The pay and benefits issue can be dealt with. The adversarial relationships constructed by unions is a death knell for productivity and innovation.
In other words we have not addressed the problem at all. All the work traditionally done by a woman is expected to be done in your "spare" time now. It is still unpaid and still devalued. No amount of pressing for equality while this is the case is going to work because all it does is work both parents into the grave early as they try to keep a paid full time job and a 24/7 childrearing one too.
It's actually even worse than you state. Not only are both parents working themselves into a grave, but since you've doubled the work force, wages have dipped. EVERY parent is now working themselves into a grave. How many families out there have worked themselves into being dependent on two paychecks just to get by?
Granular brass is pressed into the shape of the bearing. Oil is then forced through it, infusing all the little nooks and voids that are left by the pressing process.
The airplanes with wings large enough to walk on have systems to deal with icing, fly above icing conditions most of the time, and aren't nearly as prone to effects of icing as the plane that would benefit from such a coating. The bigger bonus would be on windshields, wing leading edges and prop leading edges to keep the bug count down. Splattered bugs can have a serious impact on small plane efficiency, and can even reduce the lift of laminar flow wings. In one study, the CAFE Foundation demonstrated a difference of 4% in the drag of a clean vs a bug splattered wing.
I don't know who said it but - It's like seeing a truck coming at you from a distance, do you start calmly taking one step at a time towards the curb, or do you wait until the last minute and then dive into the gutter?
This happens to me all the time. How about you stay in your lane and let the truck pass?
I believe in the Tea Party precepts, and my head isn't exploding. In fact, I think it is unconstitutional for the government to be using the power of imminent domain to allow these companies to put in the lines. The government should own and maintain the lines, because they are a glorified postal road. If someone's property must be taken for the public good, then that property should be continued to be controlled by the government.
"IS" an obstacle. For the first two YEARS of his presidency, his party had control of both houses of Congress. BOTH houses. The 2010 elections clearly demonstrated that the voter base wanted to put a stop to his ridiculous shenanigans.
-A corporation gets so large that it is literally able to warp the space/time continuum of political power. They are able to buy off the puppet politicians and get whatever laws they want passed.
-One of your answers to this situation is to have the puppet politicians take complete control of the corporation. The other is for the puppet politician to break his master into pieces.
Would removing the ability of the puppet politician to work on behalf of his corporate overload be an option?
Or just lock it up inside your house. They won't know that you're going someplace, and they'll either have to break down your door to get it or ask you for it.
Slashdot Mirror
It is necessary to do all this when you have a management philosophy that developer performance falls into a bell curve, completely ignoring the fact that the left end of the curve should be cut off at the interview process.
My manager is in the process of being replaced, and a big part of it is exactly that.
Yeah, we've got that here. At the end of the year they make us all produce reports, have a bunch of meetings, and then the managers "manage" to rate the people they like highly, and let everyone else fall where they may. It isn't just a popularity contest, it is a "scientific" popularity contest.
I don't think they banned balls with arms.
I hope you're not suggesting that being a licensed teacher implies in any way that someone knows anything about teaching or even children. If you are, I ask that you take a momentary look at what passes for the US school system.
This wouldn't happen if the administration had a set of balls.
Sir, could you please run for President so that I could have the pleasure of voting for you?
I often read street signs at night, making out the word before the letters are truly readable, so obviously I'm not actually "reading" in the sense that I'm recognizing individual letters. But normally is sound out the individual words in my head. I'm a slow reader, and that is a hindrance in the computer industry (plus, I miss the enjoyment of reading a lot of books, because it just takes to long).
Could I read faster if I could somehow train myself to do this word recognition thing?
I fucked up some cars. The first one I had, a 20yr old Chevy Impala, cost me $100. The first thing I learned was how to change a tire (you can be a quick study on the side of a highway.) Next, I learned to replace a starter, and then how to tune the engine.
My older son bought a $500 Saturn a couple years ago. He burnt the clutch completely out of it. It sat in the driveway for 2 months before I told him that he would either fix it or I would have it towed off. He learned how to pull and replace and engine, and how a manual transmission worked (with my help).
Having the right car is as educational as having the right computer.
The open secret, though, is that EVERY interest is special...except our own, of course.
Being willing to take that first step and accept that failure might be an outcome...That is something that is in your genes, your upbringing and your head.
I've met exceedingly intelligent people that do not have the balls to step out on an idea. They don't trust their intelligence or analysis of the situation. They'll never invent anything. Well, they might, but they will never make anything of it.
I saw an add for a reality TV show where they're doing exactly that.
Union's stifling nature isn't limited to just pay and benefits. The entire cooperative work environment is obliterated by unions in my personal experience. The pay and benefits issue can be dealt with. The adversarial relationships constructed by unions is a death knell for productivity and innovation.
In other words we have not addressed the problem at all. All the work traditionally done by a woman is expected to be done in your "spare" time now. It is still unpaid and still devalued. No amount of pressing for equality while this is the case is going to work because all it does is work both parents into the grave early as they try to keep a paid full time job and a 24/7 childrearing one too.
It's actually even worse than you state. Not only are both parents working themselves into a grave, but since you've doubled the work force, wages have dipped. EVERY parent is now working themselves into a grave. How many families out there have worked themselves into being dependent on two paychecks just to get by?
The rag left over from hand waxing your car will do the same thing. I go over my windshield with a used buffer pad occasionally. It is quick and easy.
Very much like oilite bearings.
Granular brass is pressed into the shape of the bearing. Oil is then forced through it, infusing all the little nooks and voids that are left by the pressing process.
I'm not seeing the downside.
The airplanes with wings large enough to walk on have systems to deal with icing, fly above icing conditions most of the time, and aren't nearly as prone to effects of icing as the plane that would benefit from such a coating. The bigger bonus would be on windshields, wing leading edges and prop leading edges to keep the bug count down. Splattered bugs can have a serious impact on small plane efficiency, and can even reduce the lift of laminar flow wings. In one study, the CAFE Foundation demonstrated a difference of 4% in the drag of a clean vs a bug splattered wing.
They shouldn't.
There's a difference between owning a store and owning the public square.
I don't know who said it but - It's like seeing a truck coming at you from a distance, do you start calmly taking one step at a time towards the curb, or do you wait until the last minute and then dive into the gutter?
This happens to me all the time. How about you stay in your lane and let the truck pass?
I believe in the Tea Party precepts, and my head isn't exploding. In fact, I think it is unconstitutional for the government to be using the power of imminent domain to allow these companies to put in the lines. The government should own and maintain the lines, because they are a glorified postal road. If someone's property must be taken for the public good, then that property should be continued to be controlled by the government.
Now, try sucking on that.
Yeah, Congress is an obstacle.
"IS" an obstacle. For the first two YEARS of his presidency, his party had control of both houses of Congress. BOTH houses. The 2010 elections clearly demonstrated that the voter base wanted to put a stop to his ridiculous shenanigans.
How can someone be rewarded for a success, if that success is later revealed to be a failure.
I've been asking the same question after all my yearly reviews over the past couple of years.
Let me get this logic straight:
-A corporation gets so large that it is literally able to warp the space/time continuum of political power. They are able to buy off the puppet politicians and get whatever laws they want passed.
-One of your answers to this situation is to have the puppet politicians take complete control of the corporation. The other is for the puppet politician to break his master into pieces.
Would removing the ability of the puppet politician to work on behalf of his corporate overload be an option?
Or just lock it up inside your house. They won't know that you're going someplace, and they'll either have to break down your door to get it or ask you for it.