One counter-example does not make a problem disappear. Low-wages, H1B abuses, and concentration of capital are all real problems that we should be working to fix. I've personally seen wages stagnate and benefits disappear. Anyone who entered the workforce after the 90's can probably tell you the same stories. BTW, I'm a sysadmin/network guy, not a developer.
I don't think I can change the world. I don't get the impression girlintraining does either. I'm just trying to open some eyes. I have been very fortunate to have the ability to leverage my skills to have a great career that pays the bills and allows me to take care of my family. My guess is you are a single guy, or your kids have grown up and you don't see the way the world has changed. Good luck in your future endeavors.
35 employees is more like a once a week IT guy, not an on staff guy. Unless your company has special needs, or a really poor setup with some Cert monkey.
Nice to see there are still people out there who base everyone's situation on their own experience. Thanks for keeping it real.
I don't deal with recruiters and I have interviewed at many places and both rejected offers and not received offers. Usually HR just looks at resumes and interviews are with technical managers. Undoubtedly, the wages being offered are lower then they should be. Many companies are interviewing for jobs that don't exist, but might exist if they can fill the spot cheaply enough. Most of these are bad companies that I wouldn't want to work for, but it takes a bit of research to suss that out. Don't worry about me though, my career path is still on a steady upward trajectory. However, I don't use that fact to assume that everyone who's career is stalled or sliding is personally to blame and some sort of incompetent.
Self training is not recognized by alot of organizations. If I go into an interview and say I read a book and set up my own test lab, it should look good and it does to a minority subset of managers. Unfortunately, it never looks good to HR and when you are stacked up against, I took some classes on that, you will lose every time.
There are also vast gulfs between what I can setup in a test lab and what an experienced instructor can create. Not to mention the vast difference between the test lab and the working environment that an instructor should be knowledgeable about.
In his world, rounding up fat people and force marching them daily would be a better solution...
Can you imagine a way to do this that would be less harmful to our rights then asking us to buy something from our choice of vendors, or pay a penalty to help cover the costs of our freeloading?
I'll bet most of that non-standard crap would disappear from the network if someone (you) wasn't willing to go above and beyond and support it. Stick to the script, it's not supported, sorry...
If they want you to support it, have them make it official, unless you are enjoying the tinkering.
I've been in a similar position. Very few employers seem to seek out or retain people that have a love of learning and an ability to make things work. They love to find someone like that an burn them out, but mostly they are full of people who can mostly follow directions, but can't adapt things on the fly.
I am trying to make a move to a more intellectually stimulating environment, with at team that appreciates curiosity. You should consider making a move yourself.
Calm down Chicken Little. People will always find things to do. We need to make sure they have constructive opportunities. Long before unemployment reaches 75% there will be a revolution that wipes out 100 years of progress, nobody wants that.
Sounds like someone more educated in the "science" of economics. I'm not sure if economics is a drain on our brightest minds, or a place to catch the ones that think they're our brightest minds.
If you have to play those sort of games, it's time to look for greener pastures. Let the CEO reap what he sows and find a place where your services are valued.
Farmers, Miners, Auto Workers,and Artists are all taking a raw product and converting it to something people can use. I don't see the difference. At least an artist creates without destroying. Every time someone "creates" a barrel of oil or lump of coal there are costs to uncompensated second parties.
I had a bucket handle miniscus tear when I was around 17. I don't remember the exact timeframe, but it took months with US insurance. I couldn't fully straighten my knee and I was on crutches told to not use my leg for some time. Kind of miserable because there was no obvious problem to the minds of my school peers, "Why do you need crutches..?"
I think that was around the earlier 12 versions. Those did have some problems, but those were addressed pretty quickly. I can't wait to see how 13.1 stacks up on my x2go server.
Yes, YaST maintains extensive logs. You can look through them and figure out alot of problems. It's funny that as a Linux/MS guy I always go to the logs when there is a problem with a Linux or WIndows servers. That doesn't appear to be the first instinct for many WIndows Admins and that is probably because the logs are so much less useful.
Same boat... I have a laptop running Mint. I find myself switching between OpenSuSE and Mint. In my experience, OpenSUSE generally provides better hardware support and is more stable overall. Mint and Ubuntu have more packages, but OpenSuSE is really catching up. I enjoy having access to YAST, which give an identical interface through the console or the GUI. OpenSuSE also doesn't try to dictate the user interface, you can use XFCE, Gnome, KDE, or several other options.
That depends on where you live. $1M/year goes pretty far in some parts of the country. You might not want to live there, but you could be a big fish in a little pond.
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This article reminded me of you: http://io9.com/why-you-think-youre-better-than-everyone-else-1479390165
One counter-example does not make a problem disappear. Low-wages, H1B abuses, and concentration of capital are all real problems that we should be working to fix. I've personally seen wages stagnate and benefits disappear. Anyone who entered the workforce after the 90's can probably tell you the same stories. BTW, I'm a sysadmin/network guy, not a developer.
I don't think I can change the world. I don't get the impression girlintraining does either. I'm just trying to open some eyes. I have been very fortunate to have the ability to leverage my skills to have a great career that pays the bills and allows me to take care of my family. My guess is you are a single guy, or your kids have grown up and you don't see the way the world has changed. Good luck in your future endeavors.
35 employees is more like a once a week IT guy, not an on staff guy. Unless your company has special needs, or a really poor setup with some Cert monkey.
Nice to see there are still people out there who base everyone's situation on their own experience. Thanks for keeping it real.
I don't deal with recruiters and I have interviewed at many places and both rejected offers and not received offers. Usually HR just looks at resumes and interviews are with technical managers.
Undoubtedly, the wages being offered are lower then they should be. Many companies are interviewing for jobs that don't exist, but might exist if they can fill the spot cheaply enough. Most of these are bad companies that I wouldn't want to work for, but it takes a bit of research to suss that out. Don't worry about me though, my career path is still on a steady upward trajectory. However, I don't use that fact to assume that everyone who's career is stalled or sliding is personally to blame and some sort of incompetent.
Self training is not recognized by alot of organizations. If I go into an interview and say I read a book and set up my own test lab, it should look good and it does to a minority subset of managers. Unfortunately, it never looks good to HR and when you are stacked up against, I took some classes on that, you will lose every time.
There are also vast gulfs between what I can setup in a test lab and what an experienced instructor can create. Not to mention the vast difference between the test lab and the working environment that an instructor should be knowledgeable about.
Training yourself is great. Having the opportunity to buy books or attend organized training classes is also great. One does not preclude the other.
In his world, rounding up fat people and force marching them daily would be a better solution...
Can you imagine a way to do this that would be less harmful to our rights then asking us to buy something from our choice of vendors, or pay a penalty to help cover the costs of our freeloading?
I'll bet most of that non-standard crap would disappear from the network if someone (you) wasn't willing to go above and beyond and support it. Stick to the script, it's not supported, sorry...
If they want you to support it, have them make it official, unless you are enjoying the tinkering.
I've been in a similar position. Very few employers seem to seek out or retain people that have a love of learning and an ability to make things work. They love to find someone like that an burn them out, but mostly they are full of people who can mostly follow directions, but can't adapt things on the fly.
I am trying to make a move to a more intellectually stimulating environment, with at team that appreciates curiosity. You should consider making a move yourself.
$2.96 on my way to work this morning.
Not sure if your a troll, woefully ignorant (maybe because of your age?), or just a happy consumer of lies. Figure it out and let me know, thanks!
As long as they get to be in charge...
Calm down Chicken Little. People will always find things to do. We need to make sure they have constructive opportunities. Long before unemployment reaches 75% there will be a revolution that wipes out 100 years of progress, nobody wants that.
Sounds like someone more educated in the "science" of economics. I'm not sure if economics is a drain on our brightest minds, or a place to catch the ones that think they're our brightest minds.
try backspacing, auto word deletion sucks when you are using a keyboard...
If you have to play those sort of games, it's time to look for greener pastures. Let the CEO reap what he sows and find a place where your services are valued.
That wouldn't be true if there were more women judges. Women bring the hammer when they are judging other women.
Farmers, Miners, Auto Workers,and Artists are all taking a raw product and converting it to something people can use. I don't see the difference. At least an artist creates without destroying. Every time someone "creates" a barrel of oil or lump of coal there are costs to uncompensated second parties.
Left untreated would be better. In prison the mistreatment is what exacerbates the mental problem.
I had a bucket handle miniscus tear when I was around 17. I don't remember the exact timeframe, but it took months with US insurance. I couldn't fully straighten my knee and I was on crutches told to not use my leg for some time. Kind of miserable because there was no obvious problem to the minds of my school peers, "Why do you need crutches..?"
I think that was around the earlier 12 versions. Those did have some problems, but those were addressed pretty quickly. I can't wait to see how 13.1 stacks up on my x2go server.
I'm also pretty sure that if YaST clobbers your changes it creates a .bak file that contains your old config.
Yes, YaST maintains extensive logs. You can look through them and figure out alot of problems. It's funny that as a Linux/MS guy I always go to the logs when there is a problem with a Linux or WIndows servers. That doesn't appear to be the first instinct for many WIndows Admins and that is probably because the logs are so much less useful.
You can also pop over to opensuse.org and search for software packages. It's once click to install the repository and the package.
Same boat... I have a laptop running Mint. I find myself switching between OpenSuSE and Mint. In my experience, OpenSUSE generally provides better hardware support and is more stable overall. Mint and Ubuntu have more packages, but OpenSuSE is really catching up.
I enjoy having access to YAST, which give an identical interface through the console or the GUI. OpenSuSE also doesn't try to dictate the user interface, you can use XFCE, Gnome, KDE, or several other options.
That depends on where you live. $1M/year goes pretty far in some parts of the country. You might not want to live there, but you could be a big fish in a little pond.