Fraud can be notoriously difficult to litigate. For instance, a bunch of antivirus apps on iOS would allow you to open an attachment in the app (say, a PDF), and it would scan the file. While it couldn't do more than that, it would likely survive a fraud accusation unless the vendor description was extravagantly inaccurate.
Apple hasn't historically checked if an application was fit for the purpose - they didn't evaluate if a product was a good one. They were interested in things like:
- Does it replicate built-in functions? - Is it buggy? - Does it contain malware? - Does it conform to application UI design standards?
The criteria by which they review an application mostly closes the door on the question of fraud. This is in the grey area, and so they're finally addressing it.
That only matters if you're in the business of difficult truths and avoiding the lowest common denominator. I don't know that's Medium's business, is it? I wouldn't judge Mad Magazine against that criteria.
It has been nearly 20 years but shrooms turned me into the best possible movie audience member. I totally got whatever a director intended emotionally. Don'the ask me to put a caveat on it - shrooms were universally awesome for me. I absolutely understand why they would have therapeutic value.
Well, the actual paper was published very recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, which is reputable. They don't seem to be selling anything.
Hmmm... that's weird. I've got my budget open and there's this line item for "Training and Conferences". I hope I didn't make a mistake when I used that to pay for training some staffers in mobile development this year...
Interviews, downselection, possible second interviews, verbal offer with requirement of passing background and reference checks, checks performed, written offer. Then start date set, usually two weeks or more out.
Brought on three software developers in the last four months. Once the verbal offer is accepted it's about a month for our company. Background checks, references verifications, etc make it a lengthy process indeed. I just agreed to bring on a contractor who already has a background check, and he won't land for three weeks even though he's on the bench.
I'm going to make the case that your obsolence argument is invalid.
iOS 8.3 still supports the iPhone 4s, which was released in 2011, 4 years ago. (I know there are locked-in android models where manufacturers have denied devices updates, though.) A two year old phone isn't even obsolete by capability anymore either. Nearly any app will work on a model made in 2013.
Ditching your phone just because the battery doesn't hold a charge is a bit shortsighted... the batteries are cheap, and service can be had every hundred feet in a lot of malls. If my iPhone 5 battery needs replacement it'll cost me all of $20, installed. The most expensive service you can buy in a local repair shop for my phone is $89, parts and labour included. That's a full screen replacement without having to send the thing away.
So I question the idea that a phone has a 2 year lifespan.
In order for there to be a union, you need specific job descriptions that are uniform across an industry. You need to define performance in a way that makes it very clear if somebody is fulfilling their job.Remember, performance analysis must be agreed on by all parties. The business, the employees, the unions... and there's no way in hell they would ever all get on board. As long as there's some "art" involved in judging that, it will never fly - and there's loads of art.
For instance, you have one guy who wrote a highly elegant, important application component in 5000 lines of code while somebody else created 50 thousand lines, most of it fragile auto-generated xml he neither understands, nor can troubleshoot. Assuming their profiles are essentially identical, who is performing, and who is not? If you just state that both are performing, and they are compensated in a close known band, it will eventually drive the talented one out the door. The exodus of the gifted will leave an ocean of mediocrity.
Software development as a profession just isn't in a state of maturation where unions could operate. Everything is just too damn fuzzy.
I could turn around and create a post with identical vitriol describing every last developer as cowboys trying in vain to defend their commoditized skillsets and high salaries, and who know nothing of how to run a business.
It would be as dismissive as yours and equally wrong. I've been a developer 17 years, and I do not have an MBA. But I know plenty of talented business types who move the wheels of organizations to make it possible for development to happen.
One has already landed - she's in her forties. Strong, diverse skillset, Already proving herself to be the right choice after only a couple of weeks. I'm also offering to a specific contractor a conversion to employee. He's also in his forties, and has proven himself over and over in a very long project with us. These people aren't cheap, by any means. My budget is straining, but was able to make the case to my leadership.
I just interviewed three people for my last posting, A junior developer. Looking at three years in the industry with some operational support background. I had a huge number of resumes from people far further along in their careers, but I'm not considering them. Mine is a small team - just six people, soon to be 7. I need a less... developed... developer.
It would be rather ridiculous for some fully formed adult to have arrived at completely divesting themselves of any computer, and adopting an tablet, only to be surprised at the limitations. And if they manage that, they deserve to have sticker shock.
Most people would go the path of finding their computer used less and less. Only the ones who can truly get by with a tablet would go the final step.
I skip each second generation. My mom has my last one, my nephew has my original one. I'm on a three and a half hour bus ride two days a week as I work with teams in two cities, and I love having my iPad. On Sunday night I watched "Princess Mononoke", played scrabble, briefed myself on project materials, laid out some slides for the CIO, and listened to Quirks and Quarks. When I got to the hotel I hijacked HDMI from the back of the hotel tv box, and watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Then I used Microsoft's excellent IOS RDP client to do some work I needed Windows for. I use the RSA software fob and Cisco AnyConnect to get on the corporate network. In short, my iPad meets nearly all of my regular needs. The only thing I wish is that iOS browsers were better supported by Confluence.
Leave that person their construct that allows them to believe as they like - you know, the cartoon-like image of big business lighting cigars with $100 bills while Uncle Sam pats them on the back. All of the companies must be incompetent. I mean, it couldn't be because running airlines in America is actually difficult, could it? Or that flights in America tend to be longer and therefore costlier?
I was a developer for 15 years. My talent is in G2, making me tough to replace. I made the switch to leadership 3 years ago. I've watched the company undergo a disastrous reorganization and outsourcing attempt this past year. I saw my very best programmers opt out and seek employment elsewhere.
And somehow, some way, business is still getting done. Even with the relatively mediocre staff who remain, we're meeting the clients' needs. We're struggling with the 2 percent of our applications that need strong logistics and optimization people, but we'll get it under control.
Very few businesses need great programmers, and they only need them for very narrow slices of their organizational needs. For most things, average is sufficient, especially if your business is not producing software.
"What it does do is raise the question of where the intelligent designer came from and how it evolved."
Just define away the problem. The designer doesn't exist in the framework of the universe. It has no need of an origin because time and space are meaningless to it.
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Fraud can be notoriously difficult to litigate. For instance, a bunch of antivirus apps on iOS would allow you to open an attachment in the app (say, a PDF), and it would scan the file. While it couldn't do more than that, it would likely survive a fraud accusation unless the vendor description was extravagantly inaccurate.
Apple hasn't historically checked if an application was fit for the purpose - they didn't evaluate if a product was a good one. They were interested in things like:
- Does it replicate built-in functions?
- Is it buggy?
- Does it contain malware?
- Does it conform to application UI design standards?
The criteria by which they review an application mostly closes the door on the question of fraud. This is in the grey area, and so they're finally addressing it.
That only matters if you're in the business of difficult truths and avoiding the lowest common denominator. I don't know that's Medium's business, is it? I wouldn't judge Mad Magazine against that criteria.
It has been nearly 20 years but shrooms turned me into the best possible movie audience member. I totally got whatever a director intended emotionally. Don'the ask me to put a caveat on it - shrooms were universally awesome for me. I absolutely understand why they would have therapeutic value.
Well, the actual paper was published very recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, which is reputable. They don't seem to be selling anything.
http://www.pnas.org/content/ea...
When the towers fell, I'm pretty sure Superman was in a wheelchair. Give him a break.
...what was never in place.
"Feingold's opponent attempted to reschedule the ads until a later date, but was unable to stop them from airing on at least three stations"
Like I try to reach for the elevator's "open" button when somebody's running. Half-heartedly.
Hmmm... that's weird. I've got my budget open and there's this line item for "Training and Conferences". I hope I didn't make a mistake when I used that to pay for training some staffers in mobile development this year...
That Camaro - it's junk if it won't haul gravel! It's useless.
Interviews, downselection, possible second interviews, verbal offer with requirement of passing background and reference checks, checks performed, written offer. Then start date set, usually two weeks or more out.
That's why it takes so much time.
Yes, but the verbal offer is explicitly contingent on passing the background check.
Brought on three software developers in the last four months. Once the verbal offer is accepted it's about a month for our company. Background checks, references verifications, etc make it a lengthy process indeed. I just agreed to bring on a contractor who already has a background check, and he won't land for three weeks even though he's on the bench.
I'm going to make the case that your obsolence argument is invalid.
iOS 8.3 still supports the iPhone 4s, which was released in 2011, 4 years ago. (I know there are locked-in android models where manufacturers have denied devices updates, though.) A two year old phone isn't even obsolete by capability anymore either. Nearly any app will work on a model made in 2013.
Ditching your phone just because the battery doesn't hold a charge is a bit shortsighted... the batteries are cheap, and service can be had every hundred feet in a lot of malls. If my iPhone 5 battery needs replacement it'll cost me all of $20, installed. The most expensive service you can buy in a local repair shop for my phone is $89, parts and labour included. That's a full screen replacement without having to send the thing away.
So I question the idea that a phone has a 2 year lifespan.
In order for there to be a union, you need specific job descriptions that are uniform across an industry. You need to define performance in a way that makes it very clear if somebody is fulfilling their job .Remember, performance analysis must be agreed on by all parties. The business, the employees, the unions... and there's no way in hell they would ever all get on board. As long as there's some "art" involved in judging that, it will never fly - and there's loads of art.
For instance, you have one guy who wrote a highly elegant, important application component in 5000 lines of code while somebody else created 50 thousand lines, most of it fragile auto-generated xml he neither understands, nor can troubleshoot. Assuming their profiles are essentially identical, who is performing, and who is not? If you just state that both are performing, and they are compensated in a close known band, it will eventually drive the talented one out the door. The exodus of the gifted will leave an ocean of mediocrity.
Software development as a profession just isn't in a state of maturation where unions could operate. Everything is just too damn fuzzy.
I could turn around and create a post with identical vitriol describing every last developer as cowboys trying in vain to defend their commoditized skillsets and high salaries, and who know nothing of how to run a business.
It would be as dismissive as yours and equally wrong. I've been a developer 17 years, and I do not have an MBA. But I know plenty of talented business types who move the wheels of organizations to make it possible for development to happen.
One has already landed - she's in her forties. Strong, diverse skillset, Already proving herself to be the right choice after only a couple of weeks. I'm also offering to a specific contractor a conversion to employee. He's also in his forties, and has proven himself over and over in a very long project with us. These people aren't cheap, by any means. My budget is straining, but was able to make the case to my leadership.
I just interviewed three people for my last posting, A junior developer. Looking at three years in the industry with some operational support background. I had a huge number of resumes from people far further along in their careers, but I'm not considering them. Mine is a small team - just six people, soon to be 7. I need a less... developed... developer.
I like to think we're on the right track.
It would be rather ridiculous for some fully formed adult to have arrived at completely divesting themselves of any computer, and adopting an tablet, only to be surprised at the limitations. And if they manage that, they deserve to have sticker shock.
Most people would go the path of finding their computer used less and less. Only the ones who can truly get by with a tablet would go the final step.
I skip each second generation. My mom has my last one, my nephew has my original one. I'm on a three and a half hour bus ride two days a week as I work with teams in two cities, and I love having my iPad. On Sunday night I watched "Princess Mononoke", played scrabble, briefed myself on project materials, laid out some slides for the CIO, and listened to Quirks and Quarks. When I got to the hotel I hijacked HDMI from the back of the hotel tv box, and watched Guardians of the Galaxy. Then I used Microsoft's excellent IOS RDP client to do some work I needed Windows for. I use the RSA software fob and Cisco AnyConnect to get on the corporate network. In short, my iPad meets nearly all of my regular needs. The only thing I wish is that iOS browsers were better supported by Confluence.
It's how most people insure themselves in the short term in case the airline loses their main luggage.
Leave that person their construct that allows them to believe as they like - you know, the cartoon-like image of big business lighting cigars with $100 bills while Uncle Sam pats them on the back. All of the companies must be incompetent. I mean, it couldn't be because running airlines in America is actually difficult, could it? Or that flights in America tend to be longer and therefore costlier?
No, no. Corporate greed must be it!
I was a developer for 15 years. My talent is in G2, making me tough to replace. I made the switch to leadership 3 years ago. I've watched the company undergo a disastrous reorganization and outsourcing attempt this past year. I saw my very best programmers opt out and seek employment elsewhere.
And somehow, some way, business is still getting done. Even with the relatively mediocre staff who remain, we're meeting the clients' needs. We're struggling with the 2 percent of our applications that need strong logistics and optimization people, but we'll get it under control.
Very few businesses need great programmers, and they only need them for very narrow slices of their organizational needs. For most things, average is sufficient, especially if your business is not producing software.
You just need to start with a need and a purpose, rather than blindly scanning the horizon for some reason to justify the cost of your phone.
I need an for X reason... I google "best app for X of 2014", pick a reasonable site, and usually I do just fine.
Seriously? You just browse categories at random?
It doesn't mean the whole Web Dev "Ecosystem" is broken. It's working fine. People just have unreasonable expectations of it.
It has changed, and may no longer support the way you want to engage it... if you don't adapt, it's you that's broken.
"One Hundred BILLION dollars!"
It just occurred to me that when the movie came out a hundred billion was a lot of dollars.
How quaint.
"What it does do is raise the question of where the intelligent designer came from and how it evolved."
Just define away the problem. The designer doesn't exist in the framework of the universe. It has no need of an origin because time and space are meaningless to it.
Problem solved.