These same companies that are shipping good-paying jobs out of their local economy are the same companies that can't figure out why people aren't buying their products.
Well, here is a free clue for you: If people don't have jobs, they are a lot less likely to buy your products.
You want a market for your product or service? Hire local workers! You want local people with no money to spend? Ship all those jobs far away.
If yours is the only company that is sending jobs overseas, it's great for you. But once every company starts doing it, it's bad for everyone.
Shop local -- your job depends on it! Hire local -- your market depends on it!
This type of weapon would be great against a large massed force, especially the type that the United States usually sends out - tanks, helicopters, aircraft...
But what will it do against a single person with an explosive belt who is determined to die and take as many people with them as they can?
Nothing!
The United States doesn't know how to fight against an idea, it only knows how to fight against a militia...
Oh, I so disagree. But, I think I'm coming from a different mindset than you are.
I've been in IT since 1982. I don't need some wiz-bang flashy "toy" to play with. Heck, I'll code COBOL if that's what is needed to get the job done.
What I want, is at the end of the day I know that my work will make a positive contribution to the company. If I put in the hours to design, code, test and impliment a change, I want to know that somewhere down the line that change will make someone's job easier.
I always said that my job is to program the computer so that it can help people do their job better - faster, easier, more accurately.
If I'm doing 'busy work', I wouldn't care if it was the most bleading-edge technology in the world, I wouldn't be happy with it. Give me something productive to do, something that will
help my company compete better.
If I want to 'play' with a "toy", I can do that at home on my own time...
And actually the old boss didn't leave, he was transfered to a different area. I actually asked to be transfered to work for him, he went and asked the nbfh (new boss from hell) if I could come work for him.
She said "No", because I was "too valuable". Two months later she fired me.
So the next time you see a consumer electronics store with the logo of a big yellow price tag - think of me...
Don't try this at work, kids...
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At my former job I decided to go for a 32-hour workweek. I had simply decided that "my free time is more important than money." Talked it over with then boss, he thought it was a great idea. Took the 20% pay cut, worked Monday - Thursday, had every Friday off.
Life was great!!
Then, I get a new boss. Classic 'Type A' personality. Worked 60+ hours a week, claimed it took her 40 hours a week to read her email.
Long story short, she fired me. Claimed I couldn't do the job that I had been doing for over nine years.
Former coworkers basically said she couldn't handle the fact that she worked 60+ hours a week, and I worked 32 to 36 hours a week...
Lawyers love all caps and they use them frequently on most legal documents. For some reason the law seems to think that being all caps makes the document even more binding than if they used lower case.
All caps is also used whenever you want to make something more difficult to read. Check out the 'disclaimer' on a pack of cigarettes sometime - it's puposely written in sans-serif narrow spaced ALL CAPS in order to make it more difficult to read.
Best of luck to you! Parris Island? Stay away from those pesky hurricanes. I went through San Diego & Camp Pendleton, it rained twice. *grin*
My best advice: Recognize there will be times you know more about what you're doing than your "boss" ever will. But, they're the boss, there will be times you have to do what they say, even if you think it's rediculous. Try your best to get them to understand why you think your idea is better. Who knows? You might teach 'em a thing or two! But occassionally you just have to bite your tongue and do it their way...:-(
My best advice, part II: Find someone (military or civilian) who knows more than you do, and pick their brain whenever you get the chance. I learned FAR more from my coworkers than I ever learned in my 'intro to programming' class.
And OS/360 JCL! Of course, that was 22 years ago... *grin*
I still remember the 'intro to programming COBOL' course, it was three weeks of self-paced (and basically self-taught) learning. But it gave me a very good background into what is really happening inside computers, knowledge that I still use every day. I also had a System 370 Assembler course, that has come in handy many times while trying to debug abends.
The hardest part was after I had been in the Corps for two years (and having been programming for seven years), and getting a new boss that was a "lateral move" into Information Systems. Her former Marine Corps job was playing in a Marine Band, but since she had six weeks of I.S. experience -- and a higher rank! -- she was my "boss". It was pretty funny, I could code circles around her, but she wanted to code-check my work.
Looking back, I'd recommend that you at least look into the idea of military service IT training - just remember that you're making a committment to your country, and that isn't something to be taken lightly nowdays. You could easily be sent "in harm's way" at short notice. You're not just signing up for the IT training, you're signing up for the whole package, the good and the not so good.
To get a work visa, you must have an employer who has applied to get you in, and has demonstrated that there isn't local talent who could do the job you're being hired for.
Tell me about the "demonstrated that there isn't local talent who could do the job" part, again?
Because that certainly doesn't seem to be how the H-1B program is working here in the U.S.!
Companies are laying off long-time skilled workers, because they can save some money by bringing people from overseas. Of course, none of these companies seem to realize that if they all lay off workers, they're not just losing workers, they're losing customers, because a large portion of those wages leaves the local economy.
Here's a tip for all those executives: You cannot lay off enough people to dig your way out of a recession. You get out of a recession by HIRING people, so they have money to spend.
Please point me to any "scientific" evidence that tubes are superior.
What about EMP? Digging deep into the cobwebbed recesses of my brain I think I'm digging up a story about a defecter that flew a MIG-twentysomething and turned it over to the U.S.
When it was opened up, many of the key systems were using tubes, and all the U.S. engineers laughed, until one of them pointed out that an EMP wouldn't affect tubes...
How's this for a pie-in-the-sky solution: Microsoft mails out cdroms of updates to the registered owners that request it. Or, Microsoft pays for the broadband required to download their freakin' patches. (presuming that broadband is even available to them...)
Think those additional expenses might help convince Microsoft to build software that isn't full of security holes? Or more likely, they'd just pass the costs on to us consumers...
Stand there at the bookstore and read reviews in magazines, free of charge.
Reviews? What gaming magazines actually publish reviews? Every article I see is previews of games that won't be released for six months or more. If you can find reviews, they're 4 column-inches stuck in the back, and about games no one has ever heard of...
Which, of course, leads to exactly the type of problem this thread is all about...
Tracking "guests"? Does that bring to mind someone sitting at a big-ass flat screen playing a real life version of Sim Theme Park?
I wonder if a red flag would go up if mickey (lowercase on purpose) just went back and forth between two points for a couple of hours? Security 'cast member' shows up: "Sir, you've been wandering between the food court and the restrooms for the last two hours, are you OK?"
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Well, here is a free clue for you: If people don't have jobs, they are a lot less likely to buy your products.
You want a market for your product or service? Hire local workers! You want local people with no money to spend? Ship all those jobs far away.
If yours is the only company that is sending jobs overseas, it's great for you. But once every company starts doing it, it's bad for everyone.
Shop local -- your job depends on it!
Hire local -- your market depends on it!
Unless it gets /.ed - then its lifespan might be measured in minutes!
But what will it do against a single person with an explosive belt who is determined to die and take as many people with them as they can?
Nothing!
The United States doesn't know how to fight against an idea, it only knows how to fight against a militia...
I've been in IT since 1982. I don't need some wiz-bang flashy "toy" to play with. Heck, I'll code COBOL if that's what is needed to get the job done.
What I want, is at the end of the day I know that my work will make a positive contribution to the company. If I put in the hours to design, code, test and impliment a change, I want to know that somewhere down the line that change will make someone's job easier.
I always said that my job is to program the computer so that it can help people do their job better - faster, easier, more accurately.
If I'm doing 'busy work', I wouldn't care if it was the most bleading-edge technology in the world, I wouldn't be happy with it. Give me something productive to do, something that will help my company compete better.
If I want to 'play' with a "toy", I can do that at home on my own time...
Heck, if it gets me a job I'd be happy to debug Visual COBOL...
And with 20+ years of COBOL experience and 7 years of Visual Basic (versions 3.0, 5.0 & 6.0) I'm sure I could do it.
Sometimes, smaller isn't better...
I still notice it now, 20 years later.
Think carefully before choosing a game to become addicted to!
Nobody!!
And actually the old boss didn't leave, he was transfered to a different area. I actually asked to be transfered to work for him, he went and asked the nbfh (new boss from hell) if I could come work for him.
She said "No", because I was "too valuable". Two months later she fired me.
So the next time you see a consumer electronics store with the logo of a big yellow price tag - think of me...
Life was great!!
Then, I get a new boss. Classic 'Type A' personality. Worked 60+ hours a week, claimed it took her 40 hours a week to read her email.
Long story short, she fired me. Claimed I couldn't do the job that I had been doing for over nine years.
Former coworkers basically said she couldn't handle the fact that she worked 60+ hours a week, and I worked 32 to 36 hours a week...
So, try this at your own risk!
Great band, great song. Life is good!
I predict a new meaning to the AT&T commercial slogan -- "Reach out and touch someone!"
Unfortunately, the CDs were copy protected, and won't work in their computers, car stereos, or portable cd players...
All caps is also used whenever you want to make something more difficult to read. Check out the 'disclaimer' on a pack of cigarettes sometime - it's puposely written in sans-serif narrow spaced ALL CAPS in order to make it more difficult to read.
Legalize through obfuscation!
I'm waiting for an XML document that exploits a buffer overflow in Windows somehow. Come on, you know it will happen someday!
My best advice: Recognize there will be times you know more about what you're doing than your "boss" ever will. But, they're the boss, there will be times you have to do what they say, even if you think it's rediculous. Try your best to get them to understand why you think your idea is better. Who knows? You might teach 'em a thing or two! But occassionally you just have to bite your tongue and do it their way... :-(
My best advice, part II: Find someone (military or civilian) who knows more than you do, and pick their brain whenever you get the chance. I learned FAR more from my coworkers than I ever learned in my 'intro to programming' class.
Best of luck!
I still remember the 'intro to programming COBOL' course, it was three weeks of self-paced (and basically self-taught) learning. But it gave me a very good background into what is really happening inside computers, knowledge that I still use every day. I also had a System 370 Assembler course, that has come in handy many times while trying to debug abends.
The hardest part was after I had been in the Corps for two years (and having been programming for seven years), and getting a new boss that was a "lateral move" into Information Systems. Her former Marine Corps job was playing in a Marine Band, but since she had six weeks of I.S. experience -- and a higher rank! -- she was my "boss". It was pretty funny, I could code circles around her, but she wanted to code-check my work.
Looking back, I'd recommend that you at least look into the idea of military service IT training - just remember that you're making a committment to your country, and that isn't something to be taken lightly nowdays. You could easily be sent "in harm's way" at short notice. You're not just signing up for the IT training, you're signing up for the whole package, the good and the not so good.
Semper Fi!!
Tell me about the "demonstrated that there isn't local talent who could do the job" part, again?
Because that certainly doesn't seem to be how the H-1B program is working here in the U.S.!
Companies are laying off long-time skilled workers, because they can save some money by bringing people from overseas. Of course, none of these companies seem to realize that if they all lay off workers, they're not just losing workers, they're losing customers, because a large portion of those wages leaves the local economy.
Here's a tip for all those executives: You cannot lay off enough people to dig your way out of a recession. You get out of a recession by HIRING people, so they have money to spend.
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There comes to a point where you just can't patch things anymore, and it's time to start over new. And, hopefully get it right this time!
Didn't you ever see Swordfish? ;-)
And of course he was using that special MovieMonitor that projects the words onto his face so people could read them from across the room...
What about EMP? Digging deep into the cobwebbed recesses of my brain I think I'm digging up a story about a defecter that flew a MIG-twentysomething and turned it over to the U.S.
When it was opened up, many of the key systems were using tubes, and all the U.S. engineers laughed, until one of them pointed out that an EMP wouldn't affect tubes...
!Sig
How's this for a pie-in-the-sky solution: Microsoft mails out cdroms of updates to the registered owners that request it. Or, Microsoft pays for the broadband required to download their freakin' patches. (presuming that broadband is even available to them...)
Think those additional expenses might help convince Microsoft to build software that isn't full of security holes? Or more likely, they'd just pass the costs on to us consumers...
Reviews? What gaming magazines actually publish reviews? Every article I see is previews of games that won't be released for six months or more. If you can find reviews, they're 4 column-inches stuck in the back, and about games no one has ever heard of...
Which, of course, leads to exactly the type of problem this thread is all about...
Can I please mod this to "+6 Informative"??
I wonder if a red flag would go up if mickey (lowercase on purpose) just went back and forth between two points for a couple of hours? Security 'cast member' shows up: "Sir, you've been wandering between the food court and the restrooms for the last two hours, are you OK?"