And back in the day when companies did research, an MS / PhD was useful. Now, even at the corporate level there are so few companies doing real research, and those jobs are filled with students from A+ listed schools, what does it mean to get a PhD from a (say) good but not exceptional state university?
Yanks are pretty clueless about puns - I saw it but figured 'oh well, nobody else'll notice it. ' Good work, sir! Are you, perhaps, from the USA, or another fine nation in this world?
My observation in an office is that people are far more distracted there, looking at dancing cat videos on their computer, telling their coworkers about dancing cat videos, having useless meetings, interrupting others who are trying to work, etc.
YMMV of course.
1. People steal employer secrets in the office as much if not more than at home.
2. When you have to use lab or manufacturing equipment, yeah I can see the reason for working in an office.
3. I think we're discussing work such as programming, which shouldn't be an issue.
4. Certainly you'll need the infrastructure to work from home. If your job requires electric power and you don't have it, then you won't be able to work there.
5. This is a relationship issue, not a work from home issue. "My work hours are A to B. Do not interrupt me during these times."
I'm an older gen-xer. (BTW I can't stand the boomers either. Folks say that the boomers screwed the millennials but really they screwed we xers just as much if not more, but that's beside the point).
1. The boomers as a generation were all show and no substance. "Dress for success!" comes to mind.
2. They seem to believe that MORE time in the office was better than EFFECTIVE time in the office. "Oh, I put in 14 hours yesterday!" Yes, but you were on the 'phone with personal calls for 5 hours.
Now, let's contrast this to millennials.
1. I want to go to work to have FUN - we play foosball in the office and have nerf gun wars and...
2. I want my office as an extension of home so I bring my dog in, and etc.
This is an incredibly sweeping generalization.
Personally, I take the middle ground: work being pleasant is nice, but really, I work for money to support my life. I don't need foosball at work, and I believe in coming in getting stuff done and leaving - and I work from home 100% of the time, I don't screw off during the day any more than someone in an office, and I work.
Most people of all ages want work to be an extension of home. It isn't.
And yet most developer office I have worked in, everyone communicated via instant message even if they sat right next to them. Or they barged in your cubicle and interrupted you - just as the problem you were trying to solve was FINALLY coming to a gel in your mind, but this caused it to vanish into the wind.
Well, software engineers aren't badly paid but if our wages kept up with inflation I daresay we'd be making twice what we do. Even in this field, this is absolutely true.
Let's see, you want a low level employee to do a crapload of stuff that affects lots of users. YOu give them access to accounts. This is a surprise how?
So the US didn't give north korea a boatload of stuff, food, oil, etc.?
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10...
Excuse me but you musn't be on the same planet that I am. I don't call $4bn bribe a non issue.
And you might as well call it 'antisocial media.' How is it being social sitting and staring at a screen rather than talking to people in person? Yes, I know you can connect with folks far away - but it's all in your head, on a screen, not real.
Good luck then having folks be tech workers - given the amount of unpaid overtime we as an industry already work, well, the actual hourly wage isn't that high.
Yeah enough folks at community colleges are there trying to make their lives better the snowflake percentage is lower than at other institutions of, er, higher learning.
Interestingly enough, not in this instance.
Guess what? Before the Korean war (sorry, police action), South Korea got invaded. It got invaded because NK and SK were kept as separate countries when the USSR and USA divided up the Japanese empire.
In this instance, it isn't the United States of America that's waving the gun.
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And back in the day when companies did research, an MS / PhD was useful. Now, even at the corporate level there are so few companies doing real research, and those jobs are filled with students from A+ listed schools, what does it mean to get a PhD from a (say) good but not exceptional state university?
Indeed, I did this for an MS/CS and it's been great. However, most folks don't even care about a BS level any longer...
Yanks are pretty clueless about puns - I saw it but figured 'oh well, nobody else'll notice it. ' Good work, sir! Are you, perhaps, from the USA, or another fine nation in this world?
My observation in an office is that people are far more distracted there, looking at dancing cat videos on their computer, telling their coworkers about dancing cat videos, having useless meetings, interrupting others who are trying to work, etc. YMMV of course.
1. People steal employer secrets in the office as much if not more than at home. 2. When you have to use lab or manufacturing equipment, yeah I can see the reason for working in an office. 3. I think we're discussing work such as programming, which shouldn't be an issue. 4. Certainly you'll need the infrastructure to work from home. If your job requires electric power and you don't have it, then you won't be able to work there. 5. This is a relationship issue, not a work from home issue. "My work hours are A to B. Do not interrupt me during these times."
I'm an older gen-xer. (BTW I can't stand the boomers either. Folks say that the boomers screwed the millennials but really they screwed we xers just as much if not more, but that's beside the point). 1. The boomers as a generation were all show and no substance. "Dress for success!" comes to mind. 2. They seem to believe that MORE time in the office was better than EFFECTIVE time in the office. "Oh, I put in 14 hours yesterday!" Yes, but you were on the 'phone with personal calls for 5 hours. Now, let's contrast this to millennials. 1. I want to go to work to have FUN - we play foosball in the office and have nerf gun wars and... 2. I want my office as an extension of home so I bring my dog in, and etc. This is an incredibly sweeping generalization. Personally, I take the middle ground: work being pleasant is nice, but really, I work for money to support my life. I don't need foosball at work, and I believe in coming in getting stuff done and leaving - and I work from home 100% of the time, I don't screw off during the day any more than someone in an office, and I work. Most people of all ages want work to be an extension of home. It isn't.
And yet most developer office I have worked in, everyone communicated via instant message even if they sat right next to them. Or they barged in your cubicle and interrupted you - just as the problem you were trying to solve was FINALLY coming to a gel in your mind, but this caused it to vanish into the wind.
Well, software engineers aren't badly paid but if our wages kept up with inflation I daresay we'd be making twice what we do. Even in this field, this is absolutely true.
Let's see, you want a low level employee to do a crapload of stuff that affects lots of users. YOu give them access to accounts. This is a surprise how?
Also, clothing: my wife will order 4 outfits and return 3 of them. Why not? In a store you try on different things.
That's a disgusting comment.
How many times can it be 1929? Of course, it's more like 1937 right now.
So the US didn't give north korea a boatload of stuff, food, oil, etc.? http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10... Excuse me but you musn't be on the same planet that I am. I don't call $4bn bribe a non issue.
And you might as well call it 'antisocial media.' How is it being social sitting and staring at a screen rather than talking to people in person? Yes, I know you can connect with folks far away - but it's all in your head, on a screen, not real.
If this is the case, then, the second Amazon has to be in New York City, the closest thing in the USA to Trantor :)
Good luck then having folks be tech workers - given the amount of unpaid overtime we as an industry already work, well, the actual hourly wage isn't that high.
Undoubtedly a plain and simple lie spread by a leftist.
And 'privacy and civil liberties experts are concerned!' ooohhh, I feel so much better.
EVERY country works to advance their interests and usually this involves bullying. Sheesh, you must be ivy league snowflake educated.
Sorry, some of us were alive, and adults, when Clinton and Bush attempted to bribe NK. It is quite true.
Yeah enough folks at community colleges are there trying to make their lives better the snowflake percentage is lower than at other institutions of, er, higher learning.
Interestingly enough, not in this instance. Guess what? Before the Korean war (sorry, police action), South Korea got invaded. It got invaded because NK and SK were kept as separate countries when the USSR and USA divided up the Japanese empire. In this instance, it isn't the United States of America that's waving the gun.
So you're saying Trump is nuts and WILL nuke NK but "Dear Leader" (who has said over and over he will nuke the US and Japan) is sane? That's insane.
Actually, didn't the new HK airport built shortly before HK returning to China use reclaimed land?
Even lefties talk about Gore and his famous carbon footprint. My observation is that the left is nihilistic.