I mean.. what is an IT career if it doesn't involve coding? I literally can't think of anything..
1) Well, there is IT project management. A project manager doesn't necessarily have to code, and, if they run the project well, they shouldn't be coding.
2) There is IT Architect. The Architect draws pretty visio diagrams of hardware or, if you are into Services Oriented Architecture, they draw what amounts to process flow charts. No coding involved there.
3) There is true IT business consulting. While many consultants do code, many more simply work with the end users to help write design documents - which are then handed to coders.
And, if I thought about it, I am sure I could come up with more. Disclaimer: I have been all of the above. I have a Master's Degree (in Public Administration - non-technical). And, I have coded in a past life.
GET THE DEGREE. A degree, especially a graduate-level degree, gives you an advantage over all of your non-degreed co-workers. Trust me. It's like being given a 5-lap head start on a 500 lap car race. Does a degree guarantee a win? No. But it gives you a strong advantage.
You know, NASA sometimes has a hard time figuring out the difference between Meters and Miles. Now, you are asking them to figure out the difference between Metres and Meters.
Needing to be connected to the web sucks for those who travel
Depends. Back in the day (when the bartenders at the US Air Club knew my name AND what my preferred drink was), I rarely did work on an airplane. Why? Not because I didn't have work to do, but because I viewed the couple of hours of quiet time as a chance to relax and read a good book.
I have seen dozens of people pounding away on their keyboards on different flights and I have always wondered how is those people were so unproductive that they couldn't get their work done during normal work hours. Then, I turned to the flight attendant and asked him/her to re-fill my scotch.
Dammit. I put in the 'less than' sign and screwed up the HTML. I meant to say, an office of less than 100 people, Corporate IM is not a useful tool. But, if you co-worker is 300 miles away and you need them to jump on a conference call or you need them to answer a quick question, then corporate IM can be very helpful.
Forgive my ignorance, but I thought that everyone except Google believes GChat to be a great time-waster, not something you'd offer to your corporate clients to increase productivity at work...?
I was about to moderate this discussion, but I had to respond to you. Instant Messaging, despite rumors to the contrary, can actually be a very productive tool at work. My company uses Lotus Sametime, and I have found it to be a very useful way to get responses to quick questions. No, you cannot hold major discussions over Instant Messaging. And, if you work in a small (
IMHO, the productivity that is gained by Corporate IM easily outshines to potential pitfalls.
Sounds like they're buying them as fast as Nintendo makes them. And its lost the thrill?
Obviously, you don't understand. Take the late, great Sega Dreamcast. Thousands of Dreamcast consoles were left sitting on shelves for months on end. It was such a magical time, that Sega went out of the console business. But, hell, they made up for the millions in financial losses with volume. Shenmue became such a must-have game that Sega just announced the release of Shenmue Balboa. In this, the seventeenth volume of the game series, Ryo Hazuki is a 65 year old hack boxer that fights a latter-day Mike Tyson.
There's no magic in the Wii anymore. There is too much demand. I'm waiting for the next system, the Nintendo Uus.
Due to the way our (broken) ancestral time system works, there are corrections: there are minutes that have 59 seconds or 61 seconds...Then there are DST, where there are days that have 23 or 25 hours.
Joanna: So, where do you work, Peter?
Peter: Initech.
Joanna: In... yeah, what do you do there?
Peter: I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the Daylight Savings Time switch.
I'm not american and I've never been to the USA, but isn't Kansas City in the state of Missouri while the article says about the state of Kansas?
Actually, there is a local municipality in BOTH Kansas and Missouri called "Kansas City". Go to Google Maps and type in "Kansas City, MO" and then type in "Kansas City, KS". The two towns are located right across the river (I believe that is the Missouri River) from each other. The Missouri city is larger in population.
You may not like them, but I'd say Apple has been pretty on the mark over the last 5 years or so...
Of course, the 10 years prior to that, they saw their desktop computer market share shrink to almost nothing. Not trying to be a troll, but "Past performance should not be used as an indicator of Future performance".
What, all 100 of them are millionaires and set for life? I doubt that.
I hope you are being sarcastic. If you aren't, you obviously have no understanding of the financial markets. In that case, I have a friend in Nigeria that I'd like for you to meet.
In other words, by exporting our manufacturing, we are exporting everything that depends on it as well.
Are we really exporting all of our manufacturing? I just saw this story on the Couric Broadcasting System the other night. (Note that I have trouble viewing this video with Firefox. IE seems to work better for me.) While many jobs ARE going to China and India, there are plenty of jobs (and job growth) here in the United States.
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1) Well, there is IT project management. A project manager doesn't necessarily have to code, and, if they run the project well, they shouldn't be coding.
2) There is IT Architect. The Architect draws pretty visio diagrams of hardware or, if you are into Services Oriented Architecture, they draw what amounts to process flow charts. No coding involved there.
3) There is true IT business consulting. While many consultants do code, many more simply work with the end users to help write design documents - which are then handed to coders.
And, if I thought about it, I am sure I could come up with more. Disclaimer: I have been all of the above. I have a Master's Degree (in Public Administration - non-technical). And, I have coded in a past life.
GET THE DEGREE. A degree, especially a graduate-level degree, gives you an advantage over all of your non-degreed co-workers. Trust me. It's like being given a 5-lap head start on a 500 lap car race. Does a degree guarantee a win? No. But it gives you a strong advantage.
It's time we stop putting up with their crap, people! It's time to Boycott Organized 'Advocate mobs'!
You know, NASA sometimes has a hard time figuring out the difference between Meters and Miles. Now, you are asking them to figure out the difference between Metres and Meters.
You work in a marketing department, don't you?
Depends. Back in the day (when the bartenders at the US Air Club knew my name AND what my preferred drink was), I rarely did work on an airplane. Why? Not because I didn't have work to do, but because I viewed the couple of hours of quiet time as a chance to relax and read a good book.
I have seen dozens of people pounding away on their keyboards on different flights and I have always wondered how is those people were so unproductive that they couldn't get their work done during normal work hours. Then, I turned to the flight attendant and asked him/her to re-fill my scotch.
Dammit. I put in the 'less than' sign and screwed up the HTML. I meant to say, an office of less than 100 people, Corporate IM is not a useful tool. But, if you co-worker is 300 miles away and you need them to jump on a conference call or you need them to answer a quick question, then corporate IM can be very helpful.
I was about to moderate this discussion, but I had to respond to you. Instant Messaging, despite rumors to the contrary, can actually be a very productive tool at work. My company uses Lotus Sametime, and I have found it to be a very useful way to get responses to quick questions. No, you cannot hold major discussions over Instant Messaging. And, if you work in a small (
IMHO, the productivity that is gained by Corporate IM easily outshines to potential pitfalls.
Obviously, you don't understand. Take the late, great Sega Dreamcast. Thousands of Dreamcast consoles were left sitting on shelves for months on end. It was such a magical time, that Sega went out of the console business. But, hell, they made up for the millions in financial losses with volume. Shenmue became such a must-have game that Sega just announced the release of Shenmue Balboa. In this, the seventeenth volume of the game series, Ryo Hazuki is a 65 year old hack boxer that fights a latter-day Mike Tyson.
There's no magic in the Wii anymore. There is too much demand. I'm waiting for the next system, the Nintendo Uus.
Everything is fine in Australia? Remember folks, this announcement is coming from the country that gave us The Wiggles.
And there's Nature's simultaneous Four Day Rotation in One Earth Rotation. And don't you DARE try to match it!
Check your calendar. Around these parts, it's 1907.
Must....remember....to....preview....first
Joanna: So, where do you work, Peter? Peter: Initech. Joanna: In... yeah, what do you do there? Peter: I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the Daylight Savings Time switch.
Actually, there is a local municipality in BOTH Kansas and Missouri called "Kansas City". Go to Google Maps and type in "Kansas City, MO" and then type in "Kansas City, KS". The two towns are located right across the river (I believe that is the Missouri River) from each other. The Missouri city is larger in population.
Your living room is like three female cat burglars fighting a Chinese crime syndicate?
Of course, the 10 years prior to that, they saw their desktop computer market share shrink to almost nothing. Not trying to be a troll, but "Past performance should not be used as an indicator of Future performance".
Well, the type of women that'd double up on a dude like me.
Thanks for the correction. I knew that I should have looked the quote up on IMDB first.
I would sleep with two women at the same time.
You must be new here. All you have to do is submit a story, ANY story, that mentions Google and the Slashdot editors start salivating....
I hope you are being sarcastic. If you aren't, you obviously have no understanding of the financial markets. In that case, I have a friend in Nigeria that I'd like for you to meet.
End users?
You appear to be having trouble with crossing your fingers. Would you like some assistance?
I agree. They should have called him "Captain Peter Quincy Taggart"
Now, be careful there, Chachi. If you do that, you'll overload the Genesis device.
Are we really exporting all of our manufacturing? I just saw this story on the Couric Broadcasting System the other night. (Note that I have trouble viewing this video with Firefox. IE seems to work better for me.) While many jobs ARE going to China and India, there are plenty of jobs (and job growth) here in the United States.