some agile teams use the waterfall model on a small scale, repeating the entire waterfall cycle in every iteration.
And then you say:
Before this discussion would even start you would have to point out that "waterfall" only covers the design, coding and testing portion of development.
You clearly don't know your development methodologies. Have you actually ever read Royces paper on the waterfall method? How about many of the papers since then describing the waterfall method and comparing it to many other methods? I suggest you first read "Managing the Development of Large Software Systems" by Dr. Winston Royce and then get back to me. Here's a hint, 'waterfall' only describes the order (and the lack of ability to return farther back than the previous step) of the steps taken and not the actual steps. In the original paper he makes notes of all the steps of creating software: system requirements, software requirements, analysis, program design, coding, testing, and operations. No where are the steps limited.
Each iteration is worked on by a team through a full software development cycle, including planning, requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, and acceptance testing when a working product is demonstrated to stakeholders.
This sounds like a more complicated way of saying "iterative waterfall."
You are not the first person I have heard say this and I dare say you wont be the last...
Because that's is exactly what the Agile development method is!
I understand that there are exceptions to every rule, and it sounds like you found one. I just didn't want other new college grad/.ers to think that making a resume like the one you received would allow them to get a job.:)
Unless you have had an employer who works in those fields, your experience will be considered "hobby" and won't count for much, if anything. Every other applicant claims that they run linux servers and advanced networking at home, and have done so for a long time, but very few of them tell the truth.
Writing an app that has sold/is selling on a popular online store is much more than saying you run linux at home. While it may be a hobby, it is real verifiable experience.
And yes, these days, interviewers/will/ call your references and check.
They will call and all that will be said is that yes you worked there. Short of getting fired and charged with a crime a previous employer will say very little during a reference check.
Later I wondered why I had selected this person and realised that he had the worst formatted resume of the lot. This guy can't format a word document. He is a terrible typist. In fact he didn't seem to care how it looked.
I hope you aren't relying on this hire to manage your backups or do anything else that you deem critical. If his attention to detail is that lax on something that is presumably important to him, imagine how lax it'll be on something that's important to you.
eems like by preventing jobs from leaving the country, the company itself may not earn as much, but you've saved jobs within your own country. That's in my eyes, and anyone who is not a shareholder in said company and selfish, more important. Assuming that the company is going to use the money it saves to reinvest in your home country is not a sure thing to me.
Here's the problem. Assume a company employes 50 people making widget X. It costs the company Y$ so they sell it for Y$ + % profit. Widget X is used by the whole country.
Now, it's suddenly cheaper to make widget X in another country, so the company moves its operations. By doing this the 50 people lose their jobs, but now the entire country gains the use of widget X for a lower price than before. For a short time it sucks for those 50 people, but in aggregate society is paying less for an item which frees up more money for investing that one hopes would lead to jobs that would hire back those 50 people + more.
If you don't let the making of widget X move (or tax it so it's like it didn't move) you continue to support an inefficiency. The entire economy now supports this inefficiency for the perceived benefit of 50 people, when in the long run it's better for the whole economy and probably for those 50 people to lower the price of widget X.
It can be argued that this cycle is not one that can go on indefinitely, but it's a cycle that has risen the standard of living around the world for quite a long time.
And in your scenario who exactly sets the cost of living adjustment? I agree that countries with lax environmental and labor protection laws should be brought up to par, but paying people the same wage as here in the US is dumb.
For the most part companies in these poor countries pay competitive wages for the area. I don't have a problem with the wages, only with the labor abuse (working 20 hour days) and environmental wrecking they do.
You're forgetting cost of living. I don't know about the exact specifics of Ireland and Poland, but he cost of living somewhere is one of the main drivers of salary. We have some large differences among states in the US. It's hard to imagine how large a differences between the US and other countries might be.
Anyways, I work in a smallish town now. If someone wanted me to move and work in NYC I would expect $current+COLA. I don't see why it also wouldn't be expected in the opposite direction.
This is why everyone was wanting an updated mini. It makes a better ATV than ATV does because it can easily do all the things you're describing. If they had updated the mini (and kept a reasonable to Apple price) I was going to get one as a HTPC.
even the Wii will probably fall short unless it gets real games.
People keep saying this while the Wiis market share keeps growing. I know 3 families that got Wiis for Christmas. All of these families were in the anti-video game crowd. Everyone one of them seems to enjoy their Wii. One friend of mine was excited about it because his wife goes..."it's great we can download the old nintendo games, because new games are too complicated to play."
I have played games since I was a kid and it's easy to miss just how appealing the Wii and its lack of 'real games' is to an apparently large majority of people.
Consoles are a tricky thing. If they sold every PS3 at a decent profit margin then very few would sell and that in turn would lead to less games being developed. My guess is that they have a curve of cost vs. sales price. Originally they sell them at a loss to get them out there with the understanding that over time their input costs will drop and they'll eventually be on the positive side of the curve. Look at the PS2. They sell for $100 now I think. I'd be curious to see how much one of those actually costs to make now. At this point their profit margin on a single PS2 is probably pretty high.
I agree...except for cabling. Amazon (well it's partner storefronts) have some great prices on all the cabling you could possible need. HDMI cables? $1.50, DVI->HDMI converters? $1, 50ft of cat5e $6...at those prices you can order 2 of everything in case something is busted when it arrives.:)
I stopped bring people there because many Americans hate seafood beyond basic tuna, shrimp, or lobster, et al. Sushi is definitely a no-no to many.
I'm surprised how many people have not eaten or will not eat sushi. A good piece of sushi is a treat no matter what culture you're from. You just have to get over that it's raw.
BTW (and this is more to the GP), the only time I've ever thought Japanese food was bland was AFTER I went to Tokyo and had sushi (and other food) in the fish market there. Every piece of sushi I've had back in here in the states hasn't even come close to the same flavors I had there. I'm sure part of that comes from the fact that I couldn't understand sushi chef enough to actually know what I was eating, but damn it was good:)
Exactly. When I want a song I first check if ITMS has it DRM free. If it does I usually buy it there. If not, I head to Amazon. The good thing about Amazon is that they also offer a lot of tracks at 89c and frequently offer specials for $5 song sets.
For me ease of use is a tie since the Amazon downloader takes the song and loads it into itunes just fine. Some people complain about Amazons search function, but I find it works just like it should and the service is often faster when it comes to previewing songs.
You can say that, but Japan has the longest lifespan in the world, specifically because of how they handle their health care.
Haha...um no. Japanese people live pretty healthy from what I saw when I was over there. First, very few overweight people. I remember commenting that most people I saw while I was there seemed underweight. Second their diets are a ton better than ours. Portions are smaller and food is generally fresher. Then you have odd things like green tea being sold in soda machines more often than sodas and stuff like that. So, while their healthcare may be a piece of living longer, I would argue it's more of a cultural thing.
I wonder if there is a sub-grade for Turkey for McDonalds? They get their own grade beef so they can literally feed you more shit than the FDA grades allow. Its ok, they cook it to spec-- eating a little shit won't hurt you...
I know food at McDs is crap, but how do they get around the FDA when feeding people beef the FDA won't even grade?
I've also been annoyed by this and have often wondered why. The only thing I've come up with is that maybe they figure at this time who really needs a docking station. With wireless the way it is, you only need to plug power, mouse, and monitor into the computer when you sit down. Does adding a docking station provide much more beyond that? The new crazily overpriced displays they released seem to start to address the additional power cord issue.
Not that I agree with it. I was just trying to figure out their logic.
The GP doesn't sound like a risk taker as much as he sounds like someone who has taken personal responsibility for himself. When did it become the governments job to take care of everyone? I'm applying this comment from the poor all the way to rich bankers who tanked their companies and are getting bailed out. Risk has disappeared. The government has nearly removed all risk from most of life's big decisions. When you remove the downside, people naturally assume more risk, but I'm digressing...
Here's a fact: some people are smarter than others, some are bigger, better, faster, etc... It's a nice idea to think we can reward everyone the same for just 'doing their best' but human nature doesn't allow that work. If you reward mediocrity that's all you'll get. The drive to win has gotten us to where we are, we can't let the government remove the rewards.
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IMHO, this actually helps travelers. You can find out BEFORE you fly to the US if you're going to have any problems gaining entry.
From the same wiki article:
And then you say:
You clearly don't know your development methodologies. Have you actually ever read Royces paper on the waterfall method? How about many of the papers since then describing the waterfall method and comparing it to many other methods? I suggest you first read "Managing the Development of Large Software Systems" by Dr. Winston Royce and then get back to me. Here's a hint, 'waterfall' only describes the order (and the lack of ability to return farther back than the previous step) of the steps taken and not the actual steps. In the original paper he makes notes of all the steps of creating software: system requirements, software requirements, analysis, program design, coding, testing, and operations. No where are the steps limited.
Hmm...from wiki about agile:
This sounds like a more complicated way of saying "iterative waterfall."
Because that's is exactly what the Agile development method is!
I understand that there are exceptions to every rule, and it sounds like you found one. I just didn't want other new college grad /.ers to think that making a resume like the one you received would allow them to get a job. :)
Writing an app that has sold/is selling on a popular online store is much more than saying you run linux at home. While it may be a hobby, it is real verifiable experience.
They will call and all that will be said is that yes you worked there. Short of getting fired and charged with a crime a previous employer will say very little during a reference check.
I hope you aren't relying on this hire to manage your backups or do anything else that you deem critical. If his attention to detail is that lax on something that is presumably important to him, imagine how lax it'll be on something that's important to you.
Here's the problem. Assume a company employes 50 people making widget X. It costs the company Y$ so they sell it for Y$ + % profit. Widget X is used by the whole country.
Now, it's suddenly cheaper to make widget X in another country, so the company moves its operations. By doing this the 50 people lose their jobs, but now the entire country gains the use of widget X for a lower price than before. For a short time it sucks for those 50 people, but in aggregate society is paying less for an item which frees up more money for investing that one hopes would lead to jobs that would hire back those 50 people + more.
If you don't let the making of widget X move (or tax it so it's like it didn't move) you continue to support an inefficiency. The entire economy now supports this inefficiency for the perceived benefit of 50 people, when in the long run it's better for the whole economy and probably for those 50 people to lower the price of widget X.
It can be argued that this cycle is not one that can go on indefinitely, but it's a cycle that has risen the standard of living around the world for quite a long time.
And in your scenario who exactly sets the cost of living adjustment? I agree that countries with lax environmental and labor protection laws should be brought up to par, but paying people the same wage as here in the US is dumb.
For the most part companies in these poor countries pay competitive wages for the area. I don't have a problem with the wages, only with the labor abuse (working 20 hour days) and environmental wrecking they do.
You're forgetting cost of living. I don't know about the exact specifics of Ireland and Poland, but he cost of living somewhere is one of the main drivers of salary. We have some large differences among states in the US. It's hard to imagine how large a differences between the US and other countries might be.
Anyways, I work in a smallish town now. If someone wanted me to move and work in NYC I would expect $current+COLA. I don't see why it also wouldn't be expected in the opposite direction.
Let you trade it in for a mini ;)
This is why everyone was wanting an updated mini. It makes a better ATV than ATV does because it can easily do all the things you're describing. If they had updated the mini (and kept a reasonable to Apple price) I was going to get one as a HTPC.
People keep saying this while the Wiis market share keeps growing. I know 3 families that got Wiis for Christmas. All of these families were in the anti-video game crowd. Everyone one of them seems to enjoy their Wii. One friend of mine was excited about it because his wife goes..."it's great we can download the old nintendo games, because new games are too complicated to play."
I have played games since I was a kid and it's easy to miss just how appealing the Wii and its lack of 'real games' is to an apparently large majority of people.
Consoles are a tricky thing. If they sold every PS3 at a decent profit margin then very few would sell and that in turn would lead to less games being developed. My guess is that they have a curve of cost vs. sales price. Originally they sell them at a loss to get them out there with the understanding that over time their input costs will drop and they'll eventually be on the positive side of the curve. Look at the PS2. They sell for $100 now I think. I'd be curious to see how much one of those actually costs to make now. At this point their profit margin on a single PS2 is probably pretty high.
I agree...except for cabling. Amazon (well it's partner storefronts) have some great prices on all the cabling you could possible need. HDMI cables? $1.50, DVI->HDMI converters? $1, 50ft of cat5e $6...at those prices you can order 2 of everything in case something is busted when it arrives. :)
I'm surprised how many people have not eaten or will not eat sushi. A good piece of sushi is a treat no matter what culture you're from. You just have to get over that it's raw.
BTW (and this is more to the GP), the only time I've ever thought Japanese food was bland was AFTER I went to Tokyo and had sushi (and other food) in the fish market there. Every piece of sushi I've had back in here in the states hasn't even come close to the same flavors I had there. I'm sure part of that comes from the fact that I couldn't understand sushi chef enough to actually know what I was eating, but damn it was good :)
Interesting since I think any sane judge would say that the installation copy falls squarely within 'fair use.'
And this is different from the many people who use linux for the image of being an uber geek how?
Not true. They originally sold for more, but all songs, AFAIK, are now 99c.
Exactly. When I want a song I first check if ITMS has it DRM free. If it does I usually buy it there. If not, I head to Amazon. The good thing about Amazon is that they also offer a lot of tracks at 89c and frequently offer specials for $5 song sets.
For me ease of use is a tie since the Amazon downloader takes the song and loads it into itunes just fine. Some people complain about Amazons search function, but I find it works just like it should and the service is often faster when it comes to previewing songs.
Haha...the free market with respect to mortgages died the day FNM was created by the government.
Haha...um no. Japanese people live pretty healthy from what I saw when I was over there. First, very few overweight people. I remember commenting that most people I saw while I was there seemed underweight. Second their diets are a ton better than ours. Portions are smaller and food is generally fresher. Then you have odd things like green tea being sold in soda machines more often than sodas and stuff like that. So, while their healthcare may be a piece of living longer, I would argue it's more of a cultural thing.
I know food at McDs is crap, but how do they get around the FDA when feeding people beef the FDA won't even grade?
I've also been annoyed by this and have often wondered why. The only thing I've come up with is that maybe they figure at this time who really needs a docking station. With wireless the way it is, you only need to plug power, mouse, and monitor into the computer when you sit down. Does adding a docking station provide much more beyond that? The new crazily overpriced displays they released seem to start to address the additional power cord issue.
Not that I agree with it. I was just trying to figure out their logic.
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The GP doesn't sound like a risk taker as much as he sounds like someone who has taken personal responsibility for himself. When did it become the governments job to take care of everyone? I'm applying this comment from the poor all the way to rich bankers who tanked their companies and are getting bailed out. Risk has disappeared. The government has nearly removed all risk from most of life's big decisions. When you remove the downside, people naturally assume more risk, but I'm digressing...
Here's a fact: some people are smarter than others, some are bigger, better, faster, etc... It's a nice idea to think we can reward everyone the same for just 'doing their best' but human nature doesn't allow that work. If you reward mediocrity that's all you'll get. The drive to win has gotten us to where we are, we can't let the government remove the rewards.