Sock away your money in a government backed investment vehicle so that when you retire, you are taken care of.
Um, not really. SS was always a transfer program. Take money from the working and give to the older non-working. This works when there are more working than non-working, but with the baby-boomers starting to retire the program will begin to break down.
Maybe then, but it won't be in the future. Social security has always been a transfer program of money from the young and working to the older non-working people. This works great in the baby-boom years when there are lots of working people and less older people, but now the young working people are turning into the older non-working and there just isn't enough working people to sustain them.
Guess to each his own. I've swiched jobs for a higher paying one in the last 6 months. All my friends are also doing well in their job. My fiance just had two job offers last week and she isn't even looking (happy with her current job).
I know a AC(or anyone else for that matter) is probably going to read this but this is why I think money is not the problem. A sample below.
The District spends more per pupil than almost any state in the nation, yet its students perform far below the national average on every measure of student achievement. The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress found that one out of four D.C. eighth graders had basic math skills. Less than half could read.
I am sure there are some districts and do have funding problems(and they need to be addressed). The problem is that the districts with plenty of funds still stink at educating our nations children. The places that need funds should get it, but the problem is much bigger than just how much money we are spending on education.
IMHO, funding isn't the problem with education(before college). Discipline is the problem. Teachers are tied up the whole day dealing with kids who should be kicked out of class but aren't because it would hurt their feelings. Smart kids aren't allowed to go to more advanced classes because then the less advanced kids feel left out.
Add to the fact that parents are on the kids side and not the teachers side. When a child fails a subject the parents first blame the teacher instead of themselves or the child. I have a few family memebers who are teachers and they work entirely too much trying to help every student learn, but if the parents are not involved it becomes nearly impossible.
No, the problem today is not lack of funding, but that America as a whole doesn't care about education anymore. Sure people pay a lot of lip service to helping the children and fixing the education system, but then no one wants to do anything about it. In order to fix the system the two main things that need to happen are 1)discipline needs to be restored and 2) parents need to become part of the solution.
Heh, do you require 6 figures to live? Perhaps the artificial boom got you used to a quality of life that isn't possible with just sitting around and coding?
In my area 40-55k/year is thought of as a great a salary for the little bit of experience we were looking for. The problem was that we either got people who thought they were god and wanted much more than we were willing to offer (and for the most part they were far from being great at tech) or we got people who had heard tech was the place to be and had done some html at home.
The economy is run by Republicans. Bush Junior has been running the country, and just submitted an outrageous $2.5T budget, in a country which produces $10.5T - a feat of profligacy attempted previously only by President VP Bush Senior in the 1980s and his disastrous mask-removal in the 1990s.
Most economist that I have read agree that when Bush came to office the economy was already on a downslope. Bush walked in to a tough time, and has attempted to do his best with what he had. I am leary about the deficit, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out though.
Well said. I would like to add, that the boom made a lot of people *think* they could do technical jobs when in fact they were underqualified.
In my last job, (yes, I found a better paying job in this down economy) I interviewed countless wannabe techies trying to find someone to do rather simple stuff. Most people who came through the door were underqualified and wanted too much money.
My reason is that C++ is a very complicated language.
True, but as a starter book you don't have to go into all the crazy ways C++ can be used to get things done.
IMHO, it is crucial that when learning to program people get exposed to pointers ASAP. Now you can teach pointers using just C, but I would rather have a very structured C++ book/course where OO concepts can also be taught.
No idea as I don't have much experience with PGSQL and perl. Check the MSSQL books online under OPENXML to see how simple it is though. I tried to post a snippet, but/. is telling me to use fewer 'junk' characters.
Also, if you need advanced XML querying tools for your database, none of the open source RDBMSs can currently act as a reasonable drop-in replacement for MS SQL Server.
I have to agree here. I was using MSSQL the other day and was able to open an XML document inside a stored proc and query it like it was a table. All I could say was "Damn, that's pretty cool!"
I had been using the FOR XML EXPLICIT quite a bit for output, but didn't (until recently) need to read XML back into the database.
Web interfaces work great for read-only content. Complex UI for data entry is a PITA on the web though.
If your app has a ton of content that is read-only(ie. a reporting app of some sort) and only a few people doing the updating then it makes sense to have a fat client for data entry and a web interface for everyone else.
Kicker
An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near-equivalent hands. For instance, suppose you have AK and your opponent has AQ. If the flop has an ace in it, you both have a pair of aces, but you have a king kicker. Kickers can be vitally important in hold'em.
Just think what the government could do what that sort of dough!:)
Give more handouts to people instead of teaching them to work for something?
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If you had politely said "I don't think you can control where I'm looking from a public parking lot." what could the cop actually do? Write you a ticket for "looking?"
LOL, yep I have been tech all the way. Now that I'm looking at getting a masters, I'm probably going to do something other than tech to address my weak areas(MBA possibly).
With that said, I actually have seen my writing skills decrease by playing MMOs. In order to keep typing to a minimum I find myself shortening words in every way possible(you're/your/ur).
I do triple read everything that I write for professional purposes to make sure the mistake you pointed out doesn't slip through. WTH, this is/. though:p
CS + Business is a good combo because PHBs need someone to cut through all the tech BS that their techies push at them and then dumb it down to their level. If your into Design Patterns think of yourself as a techie PHB Adapter:)
If you don't care too much for business then go for a minor in English. No matter what career path you end up going down, knowing how to read and write (and do it well) will be useful.
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Sock away your money in a government backed investment vehicle so that when you retire, you are taken care of.
Um, not really. SS was always a transfer program. Take money from the working and give to the older non-working. This works when there are more working than non-working, but with the baby-boomers starting to retire the program will begin to break down.
With freedom comes responsibility for yourself and your actions. So do you want to be free or not?
Social Security was a success.
Maybe then, but it won't be in the future. Social security has always been a transfer program of money from the young and working to the older non-working people. This works great in the baby-boom years when there are lots of working people and less older people, but now the young working people are turning into the older non-working and there just isn't enough working people to sustain them.
Guess to each his own. I've swiched jobs for a higher paying one in the last 6 months. All my friends are also doing well in their job. My fiance just had two job offers last week and she isn't even looking (happy with her current job).
At one point Piggly Wiggly was giving away bumper stickers that read, "I'm Sticking with the Pig."
People were taking those stickers and putting them on their cars as "I'm Sticking the Pig."
Even after cutting out the word they looked like valid stickers from the store which is why I guess it was so funny.
I know a AC(or anyone else for that matter) is probably going to read this but this is why I think money is not the problem. A sample below.
The District spends more per pupil than almost any state in the nation, yet its students perform far below the national average on every measure of student achievement. The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress found that one out of four D.C. eighth graders had basic math skills. Less than half could read.
I am sure there are some districts and do have funding problems(and they need to be addressed). The problem is that the districts with plenty of funds still stink at educating our nations children. The places that need funds should get it, but the problem is much bigger than just how much money we are spending on education.
IMHO, funding isn't the problem with education(before college). Discipline is the problem. Teachers are tied up the whole day dealing with kids who should be kicked out of class but aren't because it would hurt their feelings. Smart kids aren't allowed to go to more advanced classes because then the less advanced kids feel left out.
Add to the fact that parents are on the kids side and not the teachers side. When a child fails a subject the parents first blame the teacher instead of themselves or the child. I have a few family memebers who are teachers and they work entirely too much trying to help every student learn, but if the parents are not involved it becomes nearly impossible.
No, the problem today is not lack of funding, but that America as a whole doesn't care about education anymore. Sure people pay a lot of lip service to helping the children and fixing the education system, but then no one wants to do anything about it. In order to fix the system the two main things that need to happen are 1)discipline needs to be restored and 2) parents need to become part of the solution.
Heh, do you require 6 figures to live? Perhaps the artificial boom got you used to a quality of life that isn't possible with just sitting around and coding?
In my area 40-55k/year is thought of as a great a salary for the little bit of experience we were looking for. The problem was that we either got people who thought they were god and wanted much more than we were willing to offer (and for the most part they were far from being great at tech) or we got people who had heard tech was the place to be and had done some html at home.
The economy is run by Republicans. Bush Junior has been running the country, and just submitted an outrageous $2.5T budget, in a country which produces $10.5T - a feat of profligacy attempted previously only by President VP Bush Senior in the 1980s and his disastrous mask-removal in the 1990s.
Most economist that I have read agree that when Bush came to office the economy was already on a downslope. Bush walked in to a tough time, and has attempted to do his best with what he had. I am leary about the deficit, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out though.
Well said. I would like to add, that the boom made a lot of people *think* they could do technical jobs when in fact they were underqualified.
In my last job, (yes, I found a better paying job in this down economy) I interviewed countless wannabe techies trying to find someone to do rather simple stuff. Most people who came through the door were underqualified and wanted too much money.
My reason is that C++ is a very complicated language.
True, but as a starter book you don't have to go into all the crazy ways C++ can be used to get things done.
IMHO, it is crucial that when learning to program people get exposed to pointers ASAP. Now you can teach pointers using just C, but I would rather have a very structured C++ book/course where OO concepts can also be taught.
No idea as I don't have much experience with PGSQL and perl. Check the MSSQL books online under OPENXML to see how simple it is though. I tried to post a snippet, but /. is telling me to use fewer 'junk' characters.
Also, if you need advanced XML querying tools for your database, none of the open source RDBMSs can currently act as a reasonable drop-in replacement for MS SQL Server.
I have to agree here. I was using MSSQL the other day and was able to open an XML document inside a stored proc and query it like it was a table. All I could say was "Damn, that's pretty cool!"
I had been using the FOR XML EXPLICIT quite a bit for output, but didn't (until recently) need to read XML back into the database.
Web interfaces work great for read-only content. Complex UI for data entry is a PITA on the web though.
If your app has a ton of content that is read-only(ie. a reporting app of some sort) and only a few people doing the updating then it makes sense to have a fat client for data entry and a web interface for everyone else.
From poker:
Kicker
An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near-equivalent hands. For instance, suppose you have AK and your opponent has AQ. If the flop has an ace in it, you both have a pair of aces, but you have a king kicker. Kickers can be vitally important in hold'em.
You will lose the signal when it rains hard.
Exactly. The same crap I put up with using Comcast cable.
I find those commercials about satellite losing its signal easily ammusing b/c in all the situations it is the users fault.
Just think what the government could do what that sort of dough! :)
Give more handouts to people instead of teaching them to work for something?
If you had politely said "I don't think you can control where I'm looking from a public parking lot." what could the cop actually do? Write you a ticket for "looking?"
Actually, there are a bunch of jobs the fed *can't* outsource for national security reasons.
OMG, that site has me rolling with laughter.
nobody can stay a drone level coder
Indians or not, it's obvious these types of jobs were not going to last anyways. Either they were going to be outsourced or automated.
LOL, yep I have been tech all the way. Now that I'm looking at getting a masters, I'm probably going to do something other than tech to address my weak areas(MBA possibly).
/. though :p
With that said, I actually have seen my writing skills decrease by playing MMOs. In order to keep typing to a minimum I find myself shortening words in every way possible(you're/your/ur).
I do triple read everything that I write for professional purposes to make sure the mistake you pointed out doesn't slip through. WTH, this is
Business or English.
:)
CS + Business is a good combo because PHBs need someone to cut through all the tech BS that their techies push at them and then dumb it down to their level. If your into Design Patterns think of yourself as a techie PHB Adapter
If you don't care too much for business then go for a minor in English. No matter what career path you end up going down, knowing how to read and write (and do it well) will be useful.
I love that stuff. Would be funny to see someone sifting through sewage looking for gold though :p