Well, all mobile apps are local applications and young developers are supposed to do most of them.
Most apps are just local interfaces to remote applications. Quick... Name 3 on your phone or tablet right now that are totally, and only local... Lets see... FBReader... My Files... Um... Hang on...
I guess the question, then, is do I(we) double-down on our current expertise and become indispensable in a small fraction of the job market, or do we accept the pros and cons of partially re-inventing our careers (and setting back our salaries) to retool?
As someone who has been in the field for about 30 years now, and can still easily find work in spite of how everyone claims IT is ageist... I think I can answer this for you long term.
Always be learning.
Seriously, you always need to be re-inventing yourself, studying and working to stay at the edge of the curve. Whatever is being done now will turn old (and then new again and then old again...) and you better have some way of dealing with it.
However, you do not need to take a pay cut to do so. Start learning Ruby on a personal project. Then get a side gig converting some existing applications to web enabled ruby. Now you have the creds to demand a hell of a lot more than the 20 year old ruby guy because you can actually understand what the have, and fuse them together. All the new guy can do it burn it all down and start over. This has real value to a lot of businesses.
And the fact that at 40+ you have a long list of skills but have stayed current with the latest stuff as well really makes you stand out on your resume.
i'd have to argue that 95% of all programmers under the age of 28 would never consider using.Net for any web-based stuff, so in there young minds it *is* "legacy"
The really disturbing thing is that "95% of all programmers under the age of 28" never consider that some stuff is not web based... (Note that I am not defending.net in any way with this... Just bemoaning the death of local applications.)
So you'd switch from a newer technology to an older one?
I do not think it is the case with perl and java, but newer is not always better. For example, Unity, Gnome Shell, Windows 8, and so on... And I have upgraded many Windows 8 computers to Windows 7 for clients, on request. So, yes, I would "switch from a newer technology to an older one" if it was better.
I liked the "Lets fight over the tablet, but don't use your thumbs!" Actually, nothing touched the screen for the entire video except the one test ball?
I'm not sure why they would need to do that as a routine task. It's fairly broad and consumes resources. It'd be pretty funny if you mentioned it to their IT Director and he replied with "huh?"
Actually, a well configured proxy saves resources. Caching of images can save a lot, and filtering of advertising saves a huge amount of bandwidth. Then there is the filtering of content that could expose the company to lawsuits (Like porn in a harassment suit) and legal issues, and of course, job searches on company time.
And calling it an attack is a joke. There is no middle, as the company owns everything on the network. If you have private stuff to do, use your tablet.
No personal responsibility or anything... It is not like you trusted your money to an unregulated foreign business with well known and unpatched security issues. I am sorry for your loss, but it is not just one person's fault.
Hard for any SATA drive to distinguish itself on sequential transfers, given that SATA is capped around 550MB/s
Which is why every fast SSD has data rates for SATA2 and SATA3. SATA3 is a lot harder to cap. But even then, for the ultrafast are SSD cards, and no SATA involved.
The 550MB/s is for SATA3 and has been capped for a good time already.
Hard for any SATA drive to distinguish itself on sequential transfers, given that SATA is capped around 550MB/s
Which is why every fast SSD has data rates for SATA2 and SATA3. SATA3 is a lot harder to cap. But even then, for the ultrafast are SSD cards, and no SATA involved.
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Probably only in the US... ;)
Well, all mobile apps are local applications and young developers are supposed to do most of them.
Most apps are just local interfaces to remote applications. Quick... Name 3 on your phone or tablet right now that are totally, and only local... Lets see... FBReader... My Files... Um... Hang on...
There is a very broken, hazy line between marketing and lying.
I thought they were synonyms...
I guess the question, then, is do I(we) double-down on our current expertise and become indispensable in a small fraction of the job market, or do we accept the pros and cons of partially re-inventing our careers (and setting back our salaries) to retool?
As someone who has been in the field for about 30 years now, and can still easily find work in spite of how everyone claims IT is ageist... I think I can answer this for you long term.
Always be learning.
Seriously, you always need to be re-inventing yourself, studying and working to stay at the edge of the curve. Whatever is being done now will turn old (and then new again and then old again...) and you better have some way of dealing with it.
However, you do not need to take a pay cut to do so. Start learning Ruby on a personal project. Then get a side gig converting some existing applications to web enabled ruby. Now you have the creds to demand a hell of a lot more than the 20 year old ruby guy because you can actually understand what the have, and fuse them together. All the new guy can do it burn it all down and start over. This has real value to a lot of businesses.
And the fact that at 40+ you have a long list of skills but have stayed current with the latest stuff as well really makes you stand out on your resume.
i'd have to argue that 95% of all programmers under the age of 28 would never consider using .Net for any web-based stuff, so in there young minds it *is* "legacy"
The really disturbing thing is that "95% of all programmers under the age of 28" never consider that some stuff is not web based... (Note that I am not defending .net in any way with this... Just bemoaning the death of local applications.)
So you'd switch from a newer technology to an older one?
I do not think it is the case with perl and java, but newer is not always better. For example, Unity, Gnome Shell, Windows 8, and so on... And I have upgraded many Windows 8 computers to Windows 7 for clients, on request. So, yes, I would "switch from a newer technology to an older one" if it was better.
But a tablet will fix everything! Especially those poor children with level two lookalike firearms! (Fingers...) http://www.dispatch.com/conten...
Seriosly, technology is not the problem...
I liked the "Lets fight over the tablet, but don't use your thumbs!" Actually, nothing touched the screen for the entire video except the one test ball?
If they do decrypt personal traffic, would they be responsible for any medical data they intercept, thus triggering HIPAA?
Not if they tell you not to use the corporate network for personal business.
Setting a company policy does not relieve them of following the law if it applies.
By your standards, my writing my medical data on the side your house puts you at risk. Sorry, but that is not how it works.
If they do decrypt personal traffic, would they be responsible for any medical data they intercept, thus triggering HIPAA?
Not if they tell you not to use the corporate network for personal business.
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Don't expect privacy on a work PC.
The fact that people still do not get this amazes me!
trusted proxy
Trusted by whom? I certainly don't trust a MiTM proxy, even when it has the word "trusted" in its name.
Trusted by the people who own the computer.
This is a Man-in-the-Middle if the end-user is not notified of it.
But he was notified. He got the broken cert. And employees probably got notice in that packet they did not read.
If you jump on your bank website from a system you don't own, you are already way into the risky category here... Use your smart phone for that stuff.
I'm not sure why they would need to do that as a routine task. It's fairly broad and consumes resources. It'd be pretty funny if you mentioned it to their IT Director and he replied with "huh?"
Actually, a well configured proxy saves resources. Caching of images can save a lot, and filtering of advertising saves a huge amount of bandwidth. Then there is the filtering of content that could expose the company to lawsuits (Like porn in a harassment suit) and legal issues, and of course, job searches on company time.
And calling it an attack is a joke. There is no middle, as the company owns everything on the network. If you have private stuff to do, use your tablet.
When you wrote "How to ask questions" did you have any idea how big it would be? Or how long it would be relevent?
:)
And how do you feel that your most referenced piece of work is a howto for the clueless?
No personal responsibility or anything... It is not like you trusted your money to an unregulated foreign business with well known and unpatched security issues. I am sorry for your loss, but it is not just one person's fault.
It has been ridiculous for a long time. It is just now that more people are noticing that it is getting embarrassing... :)
I agree. In today's law enforcement climate, I don't think I would be trying that stuff.
Hard for any SATA drive to distinguish itself on sequential transfers, given that SATA is capped around 550MB/s
Which is why every fast SSD has data rates for SATA2 and SATA3. SATA3 is a lot harder to cap. But even then, for the ultrafast are SSD cards, and no SATA involved.
The 550MB/s is for SATA3 and has been capped for a good time already.
Did you miss a part of my post?
Hard for any SATA drive to distinguish itself on sequential transfers, given that SATA is capped around 550MB/s
Which is why every fast SSD has data rates for SATA2 and SATA3. SATA3 is a lot harder to cap. But even then, for the ultrafast are SSD cards, and no SATA involved.
Hopefully, in several years his call will be remembered and he will be shown the door
Hell... People here can't even remember several DAYS ago!
Better question... why haven't they banned the missunderstood tax code?
Only if intended to. You have have a polar orbit going around the earth at the sunset line and it will never be in shadow.
Shhh... You are interrupting the distraction!