<I>BTW If anyone knows of a security company who is looking for someone like me, let me know.</I>
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A nameless guy on Slashdot with no email or homepage or resume? Sorry, the market is saturated with guys like that.
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Erik Z
One last thing...If I were on the Kingsport school board I'd send Shapiro packing so fast, he wouldn't have time to say "Linux".
Boy, it sounds like it's been a while since you've been in a high school. An authority that crushes ANY challenge to it's power pretty much sums up what I remember. Shapiro is probably going to get a raise and start giving lectures on 'How to ferret out dissidents and crush them for maximum psychological effectiveness'
this is disgusting. The whole Idea that someone would get that worked up over an alternative operating system on thier network is utterly disturbing.
Don't be angry. Imagine being in charge of a department wide MS network that constantly has problems from the users up to the servers. The poor souls are killing themselves trying to get things working reliably, and so when someone suggests an OS they don't know or understand, they freak. Don't be angry, pity them.
I see a lot of posts with people whining about IT.
Mod the above UP! No matter what you do in life, you'll get farther by walking the walk, instead of talking the talk.
"An American Voting for Bush is like a Chicken voting for Col.Sanders"
You mean in the way chickens can't vote?
Or that Bush will batter and deep fry us and serve us in his multinational cannibalistic fast food chain?
Would an American voting for Al Gore be like chickens voting for....what? What do chickens really want? What will it take to swing that chicken vote?
Exactly what presidential candidate is chicken friendly?
Which one is TOO chicken friendly?
Face it, all creatures either ignore chickens, or eat them. Oh, I suppose they comfort themselves at night, in their little chicken beds, that they can make a difference in the world. But all a chicken can really do is peck at things and lay eggs. So when you go to the henhouse, and move among their trusting hearts like a wolf among, er, chickens. Take a moment to reflect how a chicken fits in the great universal scheme of things.
If a portion of the code is a trade secret, hard code those specific programs to a plug-in board.
All the rest of the code is open. Your hardware doesn't have to be.
These days, you can learn the hottest technologies on your PC at home, at virtually no cost. A programmer who has been out of work and hasn't even bothered as much as to learn Perl or Java does not seem to be a very attractive candidate, simply because they don't seem very motivated or interested in the job.
Oh yeah, all those jobs I see looking for 2 years work experience, they'll be happy to grab anyone who learned how to code or sysadm from their computer at home. NOT. I'm in that position now, about to graduate from college. The offers have NOT been pouring in.
The argument that people get hired on H1B for slave labor gets dragged out again and again. Well, it's bogus. H1B's have always allowed job changes. And for the last 6-7 years, under the new immigration laws, many employers have sponsored their H1B employees immediately for a green card.
Last time I checked, the waiting time for a green card has grown beyond the time you're allowed to stay with an H1B.
The argument for keeping foreign IT workers out of the US is that that would allow US workers to take those jobs, or at least increase demand and raise wages. But that is illusory. If the foreign IT workers can't come here, they'll simply work for a subsidiary or contracting firm in Europe or Asia. The US doesn't gain any jobs from that, they merely lose the tax revenue.
Heh, one way or another, the government ALWAYS gets their tax revenue. Don't worry about the government, it can take care of itself in this regard. So you think that IT salaries here are effected by IT salaries in, say, India? I can see it now "Wow! You see how cheap labor is in India? Lets move all of our IT work to there!" Your grasp of economics is poor. Your statement that the IT industry is flourishing due to foreign IT labor is unsupported.
Saying that 'If the US were to close the door to foreign IT workers, they would go elsewhere.' is correct! I'm surprised you did not follow that to any useful conclusion. How about 'So demand for local IT workers would rise, and companies would be more willing to pay for training and retaining their staff'.
Did you ever think about WHY IT workers are mobile? Because they're paid enough to move. H1B's can move, but they're not going to. Read up on H1B to see why.
Huh?
Ok, lets say that after taxes you're making 40k a year.
You then make 3300 a month.
You expenses equal 1200 a month.
Leaving 2100 a month in play money.
Unless I'm missing something drastic, you have plenty of money. Live reasonably!?! You can support a family of four with the money you make!
Easily!
Sheesh. Me too. The other big bug I come across with slashdot is when I get moderator points. IE can't handle 300+ moderator boxes. I can only go to the new topics, and even then sometimes the mod boxes dissapear.
I know someone who got an 11 on the ACT and graduated with a 4.0 college degree.
I knew a guy with serious mental problems, who graduated with a 4.0 degree.
A 4.0 degree doesn't mean you're smarter. It means you know how to study.
And a BANK? Good lord! A bank is the EASIEST thing in the world to run in the US.
We are always looking for skilled C programmers and System Engineers for HPUX and Solaris and soon Linux. While I will NOT speak for my company I will say that it is HARD to find people willing to do UNIX internships.
Maybe it's because you're asking for SKILLED people? How about this: Looking for students who want to program in C and learn UNIX.
The reason they're doing the internship is because they want to pick UP the skills. I've taken 2 semesters of C, I've been playing with Linux for years, but I couldn't apply to your internship in good faith because I don't consider myself 'Skilled' in either.
From talking to a friend of mine who worked for a telemarketing office that got zinged by this.
"We never kept a 'Do not call' list. We only had one guy actually do this to us. He got the 500$. He recorded the conversation and in Illinois that was legal."
Later
Erik Z
Heh, ok. Once you get to Mars, you're free. Exactly what is the goverment of China going to do when their Astronaut land on Mars and radios back 'Hey! Kiss my ass!'
Hey dude.. not to offend you or anything, but how hardcore can you possibly be if you use a MAC???
A "Hardcore IT" person can learn to use any platform, anywhere, anytime to meet his/her goal(s). They know that the computer is just a tool, and that some things are easier to use than others, but all of IT was built by humans to be used by humans.
The McDonalds, Burgerking and Taco Bell around here are hiring for 7 to 8 dollars an hour.
And they pay overtime.
So if you get paid 8 dollars an hour with overtime you make the same money. Not bad for a position that only requires the ability to read.
2) Lucas would have to be a MORON not to learn from all the criticism the first movie got (and deserved). <P>
Lucas was reported as saying "What Criticism? Episode I did GREAT! And Episode II will have even MORE of the stuff that made Episode I such an incredible movie.
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Big deal, make all students pay 20$ and make lab passes 20$ cheaper.
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Erik Z
Why don't they just microwave the power up there?
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Erik Z
<I>BTW If anyone knows of a security company who is looking for someone like me, let me know.</I>
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A nameless guy on Slashdot with no email or homepage or resume? Sorry, the market is saturated with guys like that.
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Erik Z
Something as strong as accusing some members of the armed forces of being traitors to their country requires SOME sort of link.
Erik Z
Huh?
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I looked though the web page. White LEDs <b>are</b> blue LEDs with some sort of chemical coating.
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Erik Z
Boy, it sounds like it's been a while since you've been in a high school. An authority that crushes ANY challenge to it's power pretty much sums up what I remember. Shapiro is probably going to get a raise and start giving lectures on 'How to ferret out dissidents and crush them for maximum psychological effectiveness'
Erik Z
Don't be angry. Imagine being in charge of a department wide MS network that constantly has problems from the users up to the servers. The poor souls are killing themselves trying to get things working reliably, and so when someone suggests an OS they don't know or understand, they freak. Don't be angry, pity them.
I see a lot of posts with people whining about IT.
Mod the above UP! No matter what you do in life, you'll get farther by walking the walk, instead of talking the talk.
Later
Erik Z
"An American Voting for Bush is like a Chicken voting for Col.Sanders"
You mean in the way chickens can't vote?
Or that Bush will batter and deep fry us and serve us in his multinational cannibalistic fast food chain?
Would an American voting for Al Gore be like chickens voting for....what? What do chickens really want? What will it take to swing that chicken vote?
Exactly what presidential candidate is chicken friendly?
Which one is TOO chicken friendly?
Face it, all creatures either ignore chickens, or eat them. Oh, I suppose they comfort themselves at night, in their little chicken beds, that they can make a difference in the world. But all a chicken can really do is peck at things and lay eggs. So when you go to the henhouse, and move among their trusting hearts like a wolf among, er, chickens. Take a moment to reflect how a chicken fits in the great universal scheme of things.
As your dinner.
Later
Erik Z
If a portion of the code is a trade secret, hard code those specific programs to a plug-in board.
All the rest of the code is open. Your hardware doesn't have to be.
Later
Erik Z
Oh yeah, all those jobs I see looking for 2 years work experience, they'll be happy to grab anyone who learned how to code or sysadm from their computer at home. NOT. I'm in that position now, about to graduate from college. The offers have NOT been pouring in.
The argument that people get hired on H1B for slave labor gets dragged out again and again. Well, it's bogus. H1B's have always allowed job changes. And for the last 6-7 years, under the new immigration laws, many employers have sponsored their H1B employees immediately for a green card.
Last time I checked, the waiting time for a green card has grown beyond the time you're allowed to stay with an H1B.
The argument for keeping foreign IT workers out of the US is that that would allow US workers to take those jobs, or at least increase demand and raise wages. But that is illusory. If the foreign IT workers can't come here, they'll simply work for a subsidiary or contracting firm in Europe or Asia. The US doesn't gain any jobs from that, they merely lose the tax revenue.
Heh, one way or another, the government ALWAYS gets their tax revenue. Don't worry about the government, it can take care of itself in this regard. So you think that IT salaries here are effected by IT salaries in, say, India? I can see it now "Wow! You see how cheap labor is in India? Lets move all of our IT work to there!" Your grasp of economics is poor. Your statement that the IT industry is flourishing due to foreign IT labor is unsupported.
Saying that 'If the US were to close the door to foreign IT workers, they would go elsewhere.' is correct! I'm surprised you did not follow that to any useful conclusion. How about 'So demand for local IT workers would rise, and companies would be more willing to pay for training and retaining their staff'.
Did you ever think about WHY IT workers are mobile? Because they're paid enough to move. H1B's can move, but they're not going to. Read up on H1B to see why.
Erik Z
Huh?
Ok, lets say that after taxes you're making 40k a year.
You then make 3300 a month.
You expenses equal 1200 a month.
Leaving 2100 a month in play money.
Unless I'm missing something drastic, you have plenty of money. Live reasonably!?! You can support a family of four with the money you make!
Easily!
Sheesh,
Erik Z
Sheesh. Me too. The other big bug I come across with slashdot is when I get moderator points. IE can't handle 300+ moderator boxes. I can only go to the new topics, and even then sometimes the mod boxes dissapear.
I know someone who got an 11 on the ACT and graduated with a 4.0 college degree.
I knew a guy with serious mental problems, who graduated with a 4.0 degree.
A 4.0 degree doesn't mean you're smarter. It means you know how to study.
And a BANK? Good lord! A bank is the EASIEST thing in the world to run in the US.
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Erik Z
Hmm, nothing about internships. Let's try the yellow pages for 'Human Resources' and get a phone number.
:-)
That's interesting, there's nothing human in there.
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Erik Z
Maybe it's because you're asking for SKILLED people? How about this: Looking for students who want to program in C and learn UNIX.
The reason they're doing the internship is because they want to pick UP the skills. I've taken 2 semesters of C, I've been playing with Linux for years, but I couldn't apply to your internship in good faith because I don't consider myself 'Skilled' in either.
Later, Erik Z
From talking to a friend of mine who worked for a telemarketing office that got zinged by this. "We never kept a 'Do not call' list. We only had one guy actually do this to us. He got the 500$. He recorded the conversation and in Illinois that was legal." Later Erik Z
'All of a sudden' you notice that you're heading into a nuclear inferno too bright to look at? Come on people, don't feed the trolls.
ErikZ
Heh, ok. Once you get to Mars, you're free. Exactly what is the goverment of China going to do when their Astronaut land on Mars and radios back 'Hey! Kiss my ass!'
In Chinese of course.
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Erik Z
er, maybe it was +3 funny, and someone changed it to 'informative'
Ah well.
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Erik Z
Sorry, I'm going to see episode II, III, VII, VIII and IX. I'd sound pretty stupid saying how good/bad any episode of starwars was without seeing it.
WOAH!
You're saying those two websites have a copy of his MOVIE!?
A better analogy would be, someone who knew the artist, saw the painting, and told his friends what the painting was about.
Big freaking deal.
A "Hardcore IT" person can learn to use any platform, anywhere, anytime to meet his/her goal(s). They know that the computer is just a tool, and that some things are easier to use than others, but all of IT was built by humans to be used by humans.
The McDonalds, Burgerking and Taco Bell around here are hiring for 7 to 8 dollars an hour.
And they pay overtime.
So if you get paid 8 dollars an hour with overtime you make the same money. Not bad for a position that only requires the ability to read.
Later
Erik Z
2) Lucas would have to be a MORON not to learn from all the criticism the first movie got (and deserved).
<P>
Lucas was reported as saying "What Criticism? Episode I did GREAT! And Episode II will have even MORE of the stuff that made Episode I such an incredible movie.