I'd rather focus on the companies which don't discriminate.
I would too, but there's not enough of them; companies not ruthless enough to discriminate aren't ruthless enough to survive against companies who are.
The most important thing about the Protestant work ethic is not that Protestants think being busy is a virtue, it's that they use that so-called ethic to put people who don't fit their idea of "busy" down. It's there to ostracize people who don't fit into their mold. If they don't like you, you can't be busy or productive enough - they will find or invent a justification and persecute you with that.
Within a reasonable time, I predict that we will be able to print "ghost" anything, at least in macro scales. The people panicking will be the mass-producers of cheap bullshit items, as local small-office fabs (who don't summarily have to pay shipping costs for over-packaged end-user items) and open-source designs will eat their lunch.
No company seems to be willing to be realistic about how changing times should be changing their business model and customers are very much being caught in between.
They don't have to be "realistic" - they have the power to force reality to change for them. If that means bashing in their customers' faces with rifle butts they won't think twice, as long as they can loot their pockets afterwards.
Long story short - don't assume that everything in a whiteboard interview should be taken literally.
Let me get this straight: You want people who deal with machines that require exacting precision in the statement of command for the machine to work at all to not take the interview literally?
Are you out of your fscking mind?
What kind of people do you think get attracted to computer programming in the first place? If these people were so comfortable assuming you're effectively lying during the interview, what makes you think they'd become programmers?
Get out of the industry. I think you would be more comfortable somewhere else - and you would definitely do less damage to the industry elsewhere.
...but instead of needing to because of technology and cost constraints, Microsoft is doing it as a method of control. Once Microsoft has the O.S. and your data on their servers, they have you by the curlies. You'll pay what they tell you to pay to access your own data or they pull the trigger.
I largely agree with you here, but there is one important difference: The Plague killed most of its victims, limiting how it spread. The MemePlague not only doesn't kill its carriers, it enriches them like a breeder reactor - they get more extreme AND more communicative over time. In fact, I would say this phenomenon also shares traits with radioactivity - and we're nearing supercriticality...
The problem with your sentiment is that whether someone is "trivially replaceable" has nothing to do with skill. The only bar for replacement is whether the replacement is cheaper or not. Mr. Niel is betting that flooding the market with programmers who don't know their worth is going to save him enough money it's worth "educating" them for free.
Americans don't have a choice - they either work the hours their masters tell them to, or they get blacklisted and don't work at all, become homeless, and die of exposure.
The NRA will never "return to its roots as a promoter of firearms education and safety" - it is the purchase enforcement arm of the weapon manufacturer industry. What the "liberals" do has nothing to do with their behavior. They will stop at nothing to use guns to take money out of the hands of Americans - the only difference between the weapon industry and muggers is that the industry is willing to give you the whole gun in exchange instead of just the bullets.
Mind you, this is coming from a gun *owner*, but let's call a flintlock a flintlock, okay?
Automation is a very important discussion point. Its disingenuous to tie it to the current debate over moving the minimum wage back up to a living wage.
The reason they're tying it to the current debate is so they can blame the victim; victim-blaming is practically mandatory these days.
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We are now programming AI to think critically more than we are teaching our children to do the same.
I welcome our robotic AI overlords.
"So long, and thanks for the sweet ride!"
So, basically, don't do anything.
Those who did not succeed with those challenges probably died.
...which is why they're constantly begging for H1B visas because no U.S. citizen with the skills will tolerate that crap.
I'd rather focus on the companies which don't discriminate.
I would too, but there's not enough of them; companies not ruthless enough to discriminate aren't ruthless enough to survive against companies who are.
Fuck. That explains tons of recruiters and employers "looking at my profile" but not contacting me.
But don't you need to put those years on your resume? Won't places throw out your resume if specific years worked aren't on them?
The most important thing about the Protestant work ethic is not that Protestants think being busy is a virtue, it's that they use that so-called ethic to put people who don't fit their idea of "busy" down. It's there to ostracize people who don't fit into their mold. If they don't like you, you can't be busy or productive enough - they will find or invent a justification and persecute you with that.
I translated this as: "We give up - every person for themselves!"
Consumers can push all they want - the companies will shove back with effectively infinite force.
Within a reasonable time, I predict that we will be able to print "ghost" anything, at least in macro scales. The people panicking will be the mass-producers of cheap bullshit items, as local small-office fabs (who don't summarily have to pay shipping costs for over-packaged end-user items) and open-source designs will eat their lunch.
The law prohibits the government from enslaving its people.
The law practically enables and encourages powerful private organizations to take up that role instead.
No company seems to be willing to be realistic about how changing times should be changing their business model and customers are very much being caught in between.
They don't have to be "realistic" - they have the power to force reality to change for them. If that means bashing in their customers' faces with rifle butts they won't think twice, as long as they can loot their pockets afterwards.
FTA:
People started feeling the pain of high-cost labor
"High-cost labor" is corporate-speak for people who want to eat. Heaven forbid they get enough money to feed themselves.
It's called Wall Street.
Long story short - don't assume that everything in a whiteboard interview should be taken literally.
Let me get this straight: You want people who deal with machines that require exacting precision in the statement of command for the machine to work at all to not take the interview literally?
Are you out of your fscking mind?
What kind of people do you think get attracted to computer programming in the first place? If these people were so comfortable assuming you're effectively lying during the interview, what makes you think they'd become programmers?
Get out of the industry. I think you would be more comfortable somewhere else - and you would definitely do less damage to the industry elsewhere.
...but instead of needing to because of technology and cost constraints, Microsoft is doing it as a method of control. Once Microsoft has the O.S. and your data on their servers, they have you by the curlies. You'll pay what they tell you to pay to access your own data or they pull the trigger.
I largely agree with you here, but there is one important difference: The Plague killed most of its victims, limiting how it spread. The MemePlague not only doesn't kill its carriers, it enriches them like a breeder reactor - they get more extreme AND more communicative over time. In fact, I would say this phenomenon also shares traits with radioactivity - and we're nearing supercriticality...
The problem with your sentiment is that whether someone is "trivially replaceable" has nothing to do with skill. The only bar for replacement is whether the replacement is cheaper or not. Mr. Niel is betting that flooding the market with programmers who don't know their worth is going to save him enough money it's worth "educating" them for free.
Americans don't have a choice - they either work the hours their masters tell them to, or they get blacklisted and don't work at all, become homeless, and die of exposure.
Except for the millions of "us" who can't afford to retire - for whom investment means not being able to pay rent.
Next time, speak for yourself Mr. Tenth-Percenter.
Yeah, because they're just handing them out. There's not thousands of applicants per job, or anything.
The NRA will never "return to its roots as a promoter of firearms education and safety" - it is the purchase enforcement arm of the weapon manufacturer industry. What the "liberals" do has nothing to do with their behavior. They will stop at nothing to use guns to take money out of the hands of Americans - the only difference between the weapon industry and muggers is that the industry is willing to give you the whole gun in exchange instead of just the bullets.
Mind you, this is coming from a gun *owner*, but let's call a flintlock a flintlock, okay?
It is why the micro computer revolution destroyed IBM.
Ironic, considering IBM's role in creating a massively popular microcomputing platform.
Automation is a very important discussion point. Its disingenuous to tie it to the current debate over moving the minimum wage back up to a living wage.
The reason they're tying it to the current debate is so they can blame the victim; victim-blaming is practically mandatory these days.