"The American dram"... you mean 1/8 fl. oz.?
In all seriousness, mod parent up. The US and its general direction is most definitely skewed by these entitlements for property owners. Why else would people have gotten stuck in interest-only loans and bit off more house than they could reasonably chew? Something had to make people want to essentially rent from the bank instead of renting from a landlord. At least the landlord sends someone over to fix your drain.
Honestly, I am a liberal arts educated computer technician, currently unemployed in that field (I make furniture for a famous furniture company at 8 bucks an hour). Everywhere I see, resumes would much rather have associate's degrees vaguely associated with IT than a guy who has several higher level CS classes but chose to complete a different major first.
I know, duh! I should've finished CS instead of Music, but I was further along in music and wanted out in 4 years comfortably, can you blame me?
on the other hand, I did work with a guy interning to work in IT getting his associate's degree who had no hands on experience and was about to walk out with a piece of paper a month later. Does ANYBODY teach hands on experience in schools anymore? Ever?? Other than Home Ec in high school?
Especially since this race is in Charlottesville, VA, a town I know incredibly well being that I live very close and used to work there, you are going to have little luck with the public incorporating open source issues into your race. I wish it weren't the case, but in most towns, and especially yours, the stigma against digital issues is very great. People don't feel like the issue is of real concern because they don't see the tangible effects in the same way as, say, a transportation law or a tax bill. Humans are naturally selfish, and if they don't see things affecting them they don't care. It's truly unfortunate, but that's the way it is.
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"The American dram"... you mean 1/8 fl. oz.? In all seriousness, mod parent up. The US and its general direction is most definitely skewed by these entitlements for property owners. Why else would people have gotten stuck in interest-only loans and bit off more house than they could reasonably chew? Something had to make people want to essentially rent from the bank instead of renting from a landlord. At least the landlord sends someone over to fix your drain.
Yeah, where might I post my resume?
Honestly, I am a liberal arts educated computer technician, currently unemployed in that field (I make furniture for a famous furniture company at 8 bucks an hour). Everywhere I see, resumes would much rather have associate's degrees vaguely associated with IT than a guy who has several higher level CS classes but chose to complete a different major first.
I know, duh! I should've finished CS instead of Music, but I was further along in music and wanted out in 4 years comfortably, can you blame me?
on the other hand, I did work with a guy interning to work in IT getting his associate's degree who had no hands on experience and was about to walk out with a piece of paper a month later. Does ANYBODY teach hands on experience in schools anymore? Ever?? Other than Home Ec in high school?
That's not a new element, that's an old Intel chip!
Especially since this race is in Charlottesville, VA, a town I know incredibly well being that I live very close and used to work there, you are going to have little luck with the public incorporating open source issues into your race. I wish it weren't the case, but in most towns, and especially yours, the stigma against digital issues is very great. People don't feel like the issue is of real concern because they don't see the tangible effects in the same way as, say, a transportation law or a tax bill. Humans are naturally selfish, and if they don't see things affecting them they don't care. It's truly unfortunate, but that's the way it is.