Unlike football, programming involves lots of solitary mental exercise. 'The zone' is the mental state where thought happens most efficiently for the individual. Denying your programmers this out of some misconceived notion of 'team cohesion' only shoots your company in the foot.
However, I do agree that separated home/work space can help some people concentrate better.
A half hour? really? If I was interrupted every half hour for frivolous or repetitious fraternizing, I'd never get anything done. You sound like one of those managers who's always calling meetings to discuss the smallest minutiae possible just to make himself feel important. You're attacking a stereotype. Not all developers are anti-social neckbeards. Many can, and do regulate their own communications/productivity balance with the rest of the team just fine. They don't need a bell ringing every 45 minutes like they're still in highschool. YOU may prefer to walk up to someone's desk and demand 100% of their focus/time, but while they're busy trying to make you feel better, they're not getting any work done. An IM message, or email allows asynchronous loading where he can order his thoughts and give you a thoughtful reply. I can't count the number of times I've been asked on-the-spot questions that really should be given some time for thought, then been told I'm anti-social for it. It's bullshit.
While everyone is 'sparring' and 'updating', no work is getting done. Programming is not the same as planning a party. Most programmers find it difficult to focus as it is, and here you are literally driving them to distraction with your attempts at playing therapist. Perhaps you're the only INSANE person in the office, and maybe the work of those canned employee's wasn't so bad. Perhaps it just didn't jive with the politically correct consensus-makes-fact attitude you bred in the office. There are many ways to solve problems.
Just because you find others' social awkwardness entertaining doesn't make it right to tell them where they must sit or talk with during lunch. This is, again, treating them like children because they don't socialize in the way you'd like. I've worked for managers like you, and frankly, they do little but drive everybody crazy.
you might want to stream HD video from a fileserver to other devices on your network.. Actually, most of the issue isn't the printed rated speed, but the power of the cpu.. most times, routed pkt rates are far lower, with many models dropping way below the ISP caps.
I guess.. if you're targeting your game at mouthbreathing harelips.. might as well just produce your shovelware for the consoles then and not worry about multigpu PC at all.
You must be one of those fucking morons who: 1. doesn't realize real 120hz panels exist. 2. doesn't realize that even a vsync'd disabled 60hz display still allows for lower input response latency if the graphics cards allow higher framerate. 3. doesn't realize that 60hz+ isn't the only reason people do multigpu. Having twice the fillrate helps in other areas too.
People who want and can see the difference between 60hz and 120 aren't suckers for their willingness to pay up, but it is true that SLI doesn't always deliver. We are far from the 3dfx days where a second card gave an automatic 100% performance boost in every application. As someone who can easily see the difference, I always shoot for a single GPU whenever possible.
This is happening in college too. How about just testing people's skillsets in the actual interview instead of worrying so much about looks, dresscode, and a host of other irrelevant discriminators that would trigger lawsuits if they were provable in court.
Businesses are starting to recognize that a high school diploma is really a meaningless piece of paper, and that public schools are churning out young people without good work ethics, perseverence, sense of self-worth, or intrinsic motivation. Not only do I teach, but I'm a business owner as well, and see what the schools are producing on both sides.
Unfortunately these terms have increasingly slippery definitions:
1. good work ethic = used to mean a willingness to work hard, but now means "willing to work as many hours as asked, regardless of impact on health, and, in effect, long term employment viability. Most employers today think workers are disposable. 2. sense of self worth: used to mean confidence and objectivity in balancing work ethic with expectations of employer/earned reward. now it means identity with a 'team player' drone mentality, a stupid cow that chews its cud until it's time for the slaughterhouse. 3. motivation: it's hard to stay motivated when upper management expects loyalty and 110% 24/7 from a workforce it fires at whim.
Demanding irrelevant discriminators puts unfair pressure on people who would otherwise do a fine job. If such people had degrees, they wouldn't be applying for your mis-typed job listing in the first place. The only reason you're seeing over qualification at all is because of the economy. Forcing the job market into having unrealistic and irrelevant expectations for specific jobs doesn't help anyone in the long run. It's too bad HR department drones aren't held to task for the cascaded damage they cause to their companies and society.
If you've already weeded out all negative and positive RELEVANT discriminators, the fairest thing to do then would be to pick at random.. Choosing someone based on irrelevancies puts unhealthy pressure on the market. Why should janitors need college to understand how to clean toilets?
Stop answering job ads by filling out forms and sending them to HR drones. Find a way to make direct contact with people who make hiring decisions. Network. Schmooze. Volunteer at charitable events -- especially charity golf events.
I never understood this suggestion because people in this position often don't have the luxury of working for free.. transportation costs money you know. Usually this suggestion comes from the affluent: people who are used to having extra cash they can turn into free time.
..or maybe you could get off your high horse and realize that, bright or not, there's no reason a shelf-stocker needs high school, never mind college level education.
...which is unbelievably fallacious. Just because someone didn't go to, or finish, college, doesn't mean they lack the aptitude or drive to stock shelves for money.
Perhaps if you can justify why someone needs a bachelors to ferry documents, pizzas, flip burgers, clean bathrooms, stock shelves, or run cash registers, your logic might have basis in reality. Your fallacy equating non-college degreed status with 9th grade dropout is priceless as well.
All this 'overeducation' does is water down the significance. It does not necessarily make for a more productive/happy/content workforce. Why would someone with a bachelors be happy with any of the above jobs? You speak of commitment and follow through, but where would that motivation come from if they're just there because of a bad economy?..vs someone who truly needs the job because they're simply not capable of collegiate level work? If the minimum required education to work $10/hr jobs these days creates a debt of 50k or more, it's no wonder so many are out of work with no way back in. These barriers are way outside the line of reason and are a typical symptom of an overly bureaucratic, top-heavy society that values irrelevant paperwork over actual, tested ability, attitude, and willingness.
People like you are the opposite of those who cry victimhood and are as much a part of the problem. This 'cry of the successful' is basically 'I did X so anyone who doesn't is a lazy fuck'. I'd like to see you give up your decent job and clean toilets for the rest of your life. You wouldn't, so quit demanding everyone else hit your standards just so they can have the 'privilege' of cleaning your shit for scrap wages...or is it you'd rather keep these people jobless so you can complain about their 'laziness' just to feel better about yourself?
myopic is a perfect nick for you.. It fits your position perfectly.
The fact that there's even ONE politician (yeah there are more) at a state level in this country advocating for this should be setting off alarms in everyone. What the hell are these ivy league lawschool graduates being taught that makes them think like this?
nor are the real ones.. It's a toxic, oppressively passive aggressive culture obsessed with political correctness over truth that pushes lanzas over the line. While our politicians bicker about access to methods, they conveniently (for them) ignore their own parts in it.
Except at the time, the soviets WERE a threat. The US government has been grasping around looking for a bogeyman as real and as threatening as they were since the 1960s, hence the hype over video games, SARS, terrorists, etc.
Nor, as an american, will I understand pointless passive aggressive western european ad-hominem towards the states. You sound just as bad as lieberman/dodd/toni. maybe we should drop these assholes off behind your borders. They'd fit right in with the censorious attitude there.
you're right, there is a lot of anti-male sentiment in today's western culture, and along with respect for men, FPS games and team sports are becoming the latest casualties.
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Unlike football, programming involves lots of solitary mental exercise. 'The zone' is the mental state where thought happens most efficiently for the individual. Denying your programmers this out of some misconceived notion of 'team cohesion' only shoots your company in the foot.
However, I do agree that separated home/work space can help some people concentrate better.
A half hour? really? If I was interrupted every half hour for frivolous or repetitious fraternizing, I'd never get anything done. You sound like one of those managers who's always calling meetings to discuss the smallest minutiae possible just to make himself feel important. You're attacking a stereotype. Not all developers are anti-social neckbeards. Many can, and do regulate their own communications/productivity balance with the rest of the team just fine. They don't need a bell ringing every 45 minutes like they're still in highschool. YOU may prefer to walk up to someone's desk and demand 100% of their focus/time, but while they're busy trying to make you feel better, they're not getting any work done. An IM message, or email allows asynchronous loading where he can order his thoughts and give you a thoughtful reply. I can't count the number of times I've been asked on-the-spot questions that really should be given some time for thought, then been told I'm anti-social for it. It's bullshit.
While everyone is 'sparring' and 'updating', no work is getting done. Programming is not the same as planning a party. Most programmers find it difficult to focus as it is, and here you are literally driving them to distraction with your attempts at playing therapist. Perhaps you're the only INSANE person in the office, and maybe the work of those canned employee's wasn't so bad. Perhaps it just didn't jive with the politically correct consensus-makes-fact attitude you bred in the office. There are many ways to solve problems.
Just because you find others' social awkwardness entertaining doesn't make it right to tell them where they must sit or talk with during lunch. This is, again, treating them like children because they don't socialize in the way you'd like. I've worked for managers like you, and frankly, they do little but drive everybody crazy.
Actually, no he didn't. A lack of face time does not lend itself to incorrect grammar.
you might want to stream HD video from a fileserver to other devices on your network.. Actually, most of the issue isn't the printed rated speed, but the power of the cpu.. most times, routed pkt rates are far lower, with many models dropping way below the ISP caps.
and why would anyone want this? you do realize the rather large corporate/government monkey that will come with this, right?
Oh really? As secure as not having wireless access? It's not like a car absolutely needs this gimmickry..
I guess.. if you're targeting your game at mouthbreathing harelips.. might as well just produce your shovelware for the consoles then and not worry about multigpu PC at all.
You must be one of those fucking morons who:
1. doesn't realize real 120hz panels exist.
2. doesn't realize that even a vsync'd disabled 60hz display still allows for lower input response latency if the graphics cards allow higher framerate.
3. doesn't realize that 60hz+ isn't the only reason people do multigpu. Having twice the fillrate helps in other areas too.
People who want and can see the difference between 60hz and 120 aren't suckers for their willingness to pay up, but it is true that SLI doesn't always deliver. We are far from the 3dfx days where a second card gave an automatic 100% performance boost in every application. As someone who can easily see the difference, I always shoot for a single GPU whenever possible.
I never said it wasn't. I said it shouldn't and that it is part of the problem.
This is happening in college too. How about just testing people's skillsets in the actual interview instead of worrying so much about looks, dresscode, and a host of other irrelevant discriminators that would trigger lawsuits if they were provable in court.
Businesses are starting to recognize that a high school diploma is really a meaningless piece of paper, and that public schools are churning out young people without good work ethics, perseverence, sense of self-worth, or intrinsic motivation. Not only do I teach, but I'm a business owner as well, and see what the schools are producing on both sides.
Unfortunately these terms have increasingly slippery definitions:
1. good work ethic = used to mean a willingness to work hard, but now means "willing to work as many hours as asked, regardless of impact on health, and, in effect, long term employment viability. Most employers today think workers are disposable.
2. sense of self worth: used to mean confidence and objectivity in balancing work ethic with expectations of employer/earned reward. now it means identity with a 'team player' drone mentality, a stupid cow that chews its cud until it's time for the slaughterhouse.
3. motivation: it's hard to stay motivated when upper management expects loyalty and 110% 24/7 from a workforce it fires at whim.
Demanding irrelevant discriminators puts unfair pressure on people who would otherwise do a fine job. If such people had degrees, they wouldn't be applying for your mis-typed job listing in the first place. The only reason you're seeing over qualification at all is because of the economy. Forcing the job market into having unrealistic and irrelevant expectations for specific jobs doesn't help anyone in the long run. It's too bad HR department drones aren't held to task for the cascaded damage they cause to their companies and society.
If you've already weeded out all negative and positive RELEVANT discriminators, the fairest thing to do then would be to pick at random.. Choosing someone based on irrelevancies puts unhealthy pressure on the market. Why should janitors need college to understand how to clean toilets?
Stop answering job ads by filling out forms and sending them to HR drones. Find a way to make direct contact with people who make hiring decisions. Network. Schmooze. Volunteer at charitable events -- especially charity golf events.
I never understood this suggestion because people in this position often don't have the luxury of working for free.. transportation costs money you know. Usually this suggestion comes from the affluent: people who are used to having extra cash they can turn into free time.
..or maybe you could get off your high horse and realize that, bright or not, there's no reason a shelf-stocker needs high school, never mind college level education.
Try being less of a bigoted ass.
...which is unbelievably fallacious. Just because someone didn't go to, or finish, college, doesn't mean they lack the aptitude or drive to stock shelves for money.
Perhaps if you can justify why someone needs a bachelors to ferry documents, pizzas, flip burgers, clean bathrooms, stock shelves, or run cash registers, your logic might have basis in reality. Your fallacy equating non-college degreed status with 9th grade dropout is priceless as well.
All this 'overeducation' does is water down the significance. It does not necessarily make for a more productive/happy/content workforce. Why would someone with a bachelors be happy with any of the above jobs? You speak of commitment and follow through, but where would that motivation come from if they're just there because of a bad economy? ..vs someone who truly needs the job because they're simply not capable of collegiate level work? If the minimum required education to work $10/hr jobs these days creates a debt of 50k or more, it's no wonder so many are out of work with no way back in. These barriers are way outside the line of reason and are a typical symptom of an overly bureaucratic, top-heavy society that values irrelevant paperwork over actual, tested ability, attitude, and willingness.
People like you are the opposite of those who cry victimhood and are as much a part of the problem. This 'cry of the successful' is basically 'I did X so anyone who doesn't is a lazy fuck'. I'd like to see you give up your decent job and clean toilets for the rest of your life. You wouldn't, so quit demanding everyone else hit your standards just so they can have the 'privilege' of cleaning your shit for scrap wages...or is it you'd rather keep these people jobless so you can complain about their 'laziness' just to feel better about yourself?
myopic is a perfect nick for you.. It fits your position perfectly.
Are you always so fallacious in your reasoning?
I think there's more being taught than mechanics of law.
The fact that there's even ONE politician (yeah there are more) at a state level in this country advocating for this should be setting off alarms in everyone. What the hell are these ivy league lawschool graduates being taught that makes them think like this?
Driverless cars give an already kneejerk prone leadership even more power over the movements of individuals.. Is that really what you want?
Toni is hardly a gun advocate.
nor are the real ones.. It's a toxic, oppressively passive aggressive culture obsessed with political correctness over truth that pushes lanzas over the line. While our politicians bicker about access to methods, they conveniently (for them) ignore their own parts in it.
Except at the time, the soviets WERE a threat. The US government has been grasping around looking for a bogeyman as real and as threatening as they were since the 1960s, hence the hype over video games, SARS, terrorists, etc.
Nor, as an american, will I understand pointless passive aggressive western european ad-hominem towards the states. You sound just as bad as lieberman/dodd/toni. maybe we should drop these assholes off behind your borders. They'd fit right in with the censorious attitude there.
you're right, there is a lot of anti-male sentiment in today's western culture, and along with respect for men, FPS games and team sports are becoming the latest casualties.