If you'd rather take essay tests than multiple-guess, then you might be a technical writer. People who can write clearly and understand technology at the same time are rare. Pay is maybe 80% of developer, but stress is 10%, so to me it's a big, big win
In my experience the number-one determinant of whether a person gets a job or not is who they know in the organization. A personal recommendation goes a long, long way to getting someone hired. So if you're happy and you're learning where you are, STAY! But while you're there, fill up your rolodex (or Palm) with as many contacts as you can and KEEP UP WITH THESE PEOPLE. Some of them will end up in good organizations and you can follow them in. Since the dot-com collapse, this is the ONLY way I've been able to find work, and I'm a pretty good candidate.
Think of it this way: Globalism is an antonym for Nationalism.
All throughout human history, it's been "us" against "them." Different nations clash in competition for resources and idealogical supremacy. Until recently, the sides of this conflict have been peers, and the outcome uncertain. But since about WWII, one faction: the "western world" has gained the upper hand and all other opposition has withered.
The Western way, characterized by individual liberties, lazzes faire capitalism, and government by the consent of the people, is slowly becoming the consensus on how people should live their lives. And as this level of agreement grows, westerners find far more of "us" and far less of "them." Such commonalities promote global trade and global connections. In time, we will all be "us" and there will be no "them." Then there will be a global nation state with no enemy to oppose.
I've just proposed a rather rosy view of this Globalism thing. Why do others view it as a great evil? I suggest that it is a remnant of the competitive "us" versus "them" thinking. It makes sense, then, that anti-globalists lean towards Marx. Their side has crumbled with the fall of the Soviet Union and if the rest of the world unites in following the the Western way then their ideaology will be crushed forever.
Nice monitor. I'm sure we'll all have them in our houses someday. In the meantime, I'm really happy with my RCA 52" projection TV/monitor. It only does 600x800, but that's usually good enough when you're sitting on the couch. And of course DirectTV and DVDs look fantastic too. Upgradeable to HDTV.
"Informing" is required behavior under most student honor codes. I.e., if you see anotherh student do something wrong and you *don't* rat him out, you're in trouble yourself. Of course this rule is not often enforced, but the point is that schools have always favored the collective over the individual. So there's really nothing new here except bigger stakes.
Instead of having one million people asking for funding from about 260 million other people to go to mars, how about those one million people each put up ten, one hundred, or a thousand dollars each and fund a Mars mission? Signing a web page won't get anybody to Mars, but hard work (done in exchange for hard cash) will.
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So then I guess it really is the "Jesus Phone."
If you'd rather take essay tests than multiple-guess, then you might be a technical writer. People who can write clearly and understand technology at the same time are rare. Pay is maybe 80% of developer, but stress is 10%, so to me it's a big, big win
The question is, if the money is a motivation, then when you get your first multi-million dollar project bonus, you retire.
Alternately, you're in it for the love of the game and no amount of money will make you quit. But then what's the motivation?
...will never learn to read a proper sundial.
In my experience the number-one determinant of whether a person gets a job or not is who they know in the organization. A personal recommendation goes a long, long way to getting someone hired. So if you're happy and you're learning where you are, STAY! But while you're there, fill up your rolodex (or Palm) with as many contacts as you can and KEEP UP WITH THESE PEOPLE. Some of them will end up in good organizations and you can follow them in. Since the dot-com collapse, this is the ONLY way I've been able to find work, and I'm a pretty good candidate.
So get networking! (and I don't mean TCP/IP)
Think of it this way: Globalism is an antonym for Nationalism.
All throughout human history, it's been "us" against "them." Different nations clash in competition for resources and idealogical supremacy. Until recently, the sides of this conflict have been peers, and the outcome uncertain. But since about WWII, one faction: the "western world" has gained the upper hand and all other opposition has withered.
The Western way, characterized by individual liberties, lazzes faire capitalism, and government by the consent of the people, is slowly becoming the consensus on how people should live their lives. And as this level of agreement grows, westerners find far more of "us" and far less of "them." Such commonalities promote global trade and global connections. In time, we will all be "us" and there will be no "them." Then there will be a global nation state with no enemy to oppose.
I've just proposed a rather rosy view of this Globalism thing. Why do others view it as a great evil? I suggest that it is a remnant of the competitive "us" versus "them" thinking. It makes sense, then, that anti-globalists lean towards Marx. Their side has crumbled with the fall of the Soviet Union and if the rest of the world unites in following the the Western way then their ideaology will be crushed forever.
Nice monitor. I'm sure we'll all have them in our houses someday. In the meantime, I'm really happy with my RCA 52" projection TV/monitor. It only does 600x800, but that's usually good enough when you're sitting on the couch. And of course DirectTV and DVDs look fantastic too. Upgradeable to HDTV.
"Informing" is required behavior under most student honor codes. I.e., if you see anotherh student do something wrong and you *don't* rat him out, you're in trouble yourself. Of course this rule is not often enforced, but the point is that schools have always favored the collective over the individual. So there's really nothing new here except bigger stakes.
Godling.
Instead of having one million people asking for funding from about 260 million other people to go to mars, how about those one million people each put up ten, one hundred, or a thousand dollars each and fund a Mars mission? Signing a web page won't get anybody to Mars, but hard work (done in exchange for hard cash) will.