this probably isn't the place for it but I hate this "code monkey" idea. what better way to kick your own industry when it's down than to suggest that people with animal intelligence levels can do some portion of it. people get the idea that what they're doing is difficult but what they did two months ago is easy. compare it to auto mechanics or engineering, or lab chemistry, some of those occupations involve repititious routine work, but probably large numbers of the workers in those fields don't go around, within boss's earshot, talking about the monkey workers doing the monkey jobs.
there needs to be professional organizations for programmers, along the lines of certified engineers, with standards, testing, and strict admissions. then you wouldn't get a bunch of fools doing programming work straight out of high school, bringing the whole field down with their negative propaganda bullshit.
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I would honestly prefer nearby jet engines, and having then to wear earplugs etc, over the office conversations I've had to put up with. Not inappropriate topics, just so interesting that it was impossible to ever focus on writing software.
You would have to be freaking insane to pay money for torture on that scale. And I don't mean insane in the good Metallica way. I mean it in the bad loony bin way.
Apparently it shocks the common sense that there could be people involved in the process who are not politically motivated but are looking at the law behind the matter.
Well either that or there are some hard liberals in Washington. Na, couldn't be.
you slashdot people have so much raw power right now in terms of the amount of affluent attention you can direct. the subscription could put an end to that.
... someone create a new product that will keep people unemployed. Or how about the government and wall street do their jobs and take care of the u.s. economy?
Seems to me like this has really similar footing to the claim that a manager might make that she is responsible for the company's product because she had the idea for it in the first place. Could be totally reasonable, I'm not arguing it's an invalid claim.
Similarly, if you were to get to a place (the moon?) first and stake the ground, then when others get there and implement the infrastructure (deep core mines?) then you can take all the credit. Why not? See, the Oklahoma Sooners.
Although then again perhaps people taking these stances might just be worried about getting their fare share of the credit, certainly not *all* the credit.
Hey do they have a program like this in NYC? If so where can I sign up?:)
richard garriot is the little doggie eh?
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The guy who came up with the whole idea is the little pet doggie huh?!
And so who's the wizard--or better yet who could we compare to the screen writers, directors and producers of a film? Oh, ok, how about Electronic Arts, the publisher, ie middleman ?!!
Features to drop include link compatibility with c++, because, according to the overview, that would make the compiler have to have a c++ compiler build in.
No word as to whether or not it would be a good idea to be able to link to c++ modules, just a quick brush off that the c++ object spec is too complicated.
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just use english and don't worry about it. i guess in a worst case scenario you could use pig latin or esperanto.
this probably isn't the place for it but I hate this "code monkey" idea. what better way to kick your own industry when it's down than to suggest that people with animal intelligence levels can do some portion of it. people get the idea that what they're doing is difficult but what they did two months ago is easy. compare it to auto mechanics or engineering, or lab chemistry, some of those occupations involve repititious routine work, but probably large numbers of the workers in those fields don't go around, within boss's earshot, talking about the monkey workers doing the monkey jobs.
there needs to be professional organizations for programmers, along the lines of certified engineers, with standards, testing, and strict admissions. then you wouldn't get a bunch of fools doing programming work straight out of high school, bringing the whole field down with their negative propaganda bullshit.
this is just to agree with s20451's point of view
I thought you had to be single to play online games.
I would honestly prefer nearby jet engines, and having then to wear earplugs etc, over the office conversations I've had to put up with. Not inappropriate topics, just so interesting that it was impossible to ever focus on writing software.
Please, give me a job with nearby jet engines.
An inalienable right to one last email message to all your soon-to-be-former coworkers and work-friends before they boot you out the door...
And don't forget the thinly veiled criticisms of the management practices that caused you to be laid off..
well, tarnation!
that sounds suspicious to me.
You would have to be freaking insane to pay money for torture on that scale. And I don't mean insane in the good Metallica way. I mean it in the bad loony bin way.
Apparently it shocks the common sense that there could be people involved in the process who are not politically motivated but are looking at the law behind the matter.
Well either that or there are some hard liberals in Washington. Na, couldn't be.
Sweet! I actually got moderated!
where did that come from?
ok sulu take that new dvd to warp 9
you slashdot people have so much raw power right now in terms of the amount of affluent attention you can direct. the subscription could put an end to that.
As they say, Yale Law web pages are born, live and get slashdotted.
this programmer I used to work with would eat dry special k right out of the box.
probably extremely healthy althought not necessarily a "real meal."
Teoma is pretty good, as far as my searches have gone, and is still ad-free.
northern lights ; cia
That's a funny connection of ideas...
hey, wait a second, that sounds familiar
I guess if we want a private conversation, we'll have to remember to rotate the pod around so Hal can't see in through the window...
now there's a sinister title! ar ar ar
Sorry, I meant to say, "that will keep people _employed_."
Obviously what I said wouldn't be too difficult given the current economic climate.
... someone create a new product that will keep people unemployed. Or how about the government and wall street do their jobs and take care of the u.s. economy?
Sorry just my retarded ramblings...
Or some such latin quote.
Seems to me like this has really similar footing to the claim that a manager might make that she is responsible for the company's product because she had the idea for it in the first place. Could be totally reasonable, I'm not arguing it's an invalid claim.
Similarly, if you were to get to a place (the moon?) first and stake the ground, then when others get there and implement the infrastructure (deep core mines?) then you can take all the credit. Why not? See, the Oklahoma Sooners.
Although then again perhaps people taking these stances might just be worried about getting their fare share of the credit, certainly not *all* the credit.
Hey do they have a program like this in NYC? If so where can I sign up?
The guy who came up with the whole idea is the little pet doggie huh?!
And so who's the wizard--or better yet who could we compare to the screen writers, directors and producers of a film? Oh, ok, how about Electronic Arts, the publisher, ie middleman ?!!
What a bunch of B.S.
I agree totally. The GNU tools make up part of the core, and are not user applications like the other things people mention.
No word as to whether or not it would be a good idea to be able to link to c++ modules, just a quick brush off that the c++ object spec is too complicated.