I have a just completed my college degree, and I can not stand college grads. They are very naive and inexperienced. I had already had a few years of IT experience before college. I have also worked in the field during school. I fought the boredom of school, just so I could say I have done it. I ended up teaching most of my IT instructors more than they taught me and also tested out of more that half my computer related classes.
I believe a college degree is a great achievement, but it will not be what will get you hired by me. I would rather hire someone based on their experience, motivation and self achievement than someone with just a college degree. The unfortunate thing is that most recruiters and hiring managers are looking for the paper and not the good employee.
People like you make me angry. Just because a person chooses a different path than the boring college route doesn't make them less of a professional. I believe programming is already a very respected profession.
Re:Fiber or UTP for Gigabit Ethernet
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Wiring A New House?
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This is true.
I just did my own wiring in the house that I just bought a month ago. I ran Cat5e, because it much more inexpensive and I design and install LAN/WAN equipment, and deal with fiber everyday. I hate fiber. The Transceivers along will run you $900 per end, that's a minimum $1800 per drop. Plus you will need to by the switches.
Why do that when you can buy a four port Gigabit UTP switch for less than $300 and Gigabit nic's for $44.
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I have a just completed my college degree, and I can not stand college grads. They are very naive and inexperienced. I had already had a few years of IT experience before college. I have also worked in the field during school. I fought the boredom of school, just so I could say I have done it. I ended up teaching most of my IT instructors more than they taught me and also tested out of more that half my computer related classes.
I believe a college degree is a great achievement, but it will not be what will get you hired by me. I would rather hire someone based on their experience, motivation and self achievement than someone with just a college degree. The unfortunate thing is that most recruiters and hiring managers are looking for the paper and not the good employee.
People like you make me angry. Just because a person chooses a different path than the boring college route doesn't make them less of a professional. I believe programming is already a very respected profession.
Knowledge is Power, no matter were it is learned.
The device you are looking for is called a line doubler.
TVone make one called the cheese video box.$69
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This is true.
I just did my own wiring in the house that I just bought a month ago. I ran Cat5e, because it much more inexpensive and I design and install LAN/WAN equipment, and deal with fiber everyday. I hate fiber. The Transceivers along will run you $900 per end, that's a minimum $1800 per drop. Plus you will need to by the switches.
Why do that when you can buy a four port Gigabit UTP switch for less than $300 and Gigabit nic's for $44.