Ted,
just because I travel does not mean that I sacrifice my life. I am talking about hitting afterburners at critical times at 12-14 hours a day, or taking a contract where it's stipulated from the start, and it will last for 6 months. What you don't realise, is that my wife and I spend more quality time together than those who work 9-5. I take time off between gigs. I'm taking 2 months off right now, having rolled off a decent 1.5 yr gig. I've earned more than perms would in 3 years.
My wife loves it. We get to go places, do things together, spend whole days together. My first child is coming soon, and that's why I'm taking the time off. It's really hard to give 100% to your family when they need it if you aren't a man of means.
What's the difference between me and the rest of the "road warriors" as you put it? I don't drive a Ferrari, don't fly anything but coach (when I have to pay for it), we don't rent a fantabulous palace, but something modest etc. etc. etc.
My wife and I DO go out to michelin star restaurants. It means something to us.
My wife and I HAVE put a substantial amount of money away for our unborn childs education. Earmarked, trust funded and ready to burl backed up by a fat life insurance policy should something happen to either or both of us. Our childs future means something to us.
At the end of the day, it's all about self control, self reliance, and self confidence. NOT confidence in some employer.
I hate it when people associate this sort of behaviour with sustainable capitalism. This man is not just raping his employees, but himself. He is obviously too stupid to understand the tragedy of commons, and that he is blighting the goodwill with his employees, the backbone of his organisation.
It is exactly this type of short term marauding that has led the country to where it is today.
I'm lucky in that I don't have to put up with this sort of crap. If it surfaces, I quit and get another job, if needed in another country. There is no need for further laws, but rather a change in culture. Perhaps the employees should call his bluff. Moving kit and kaboodle is not cheap. Of course, they would need the stomach for the risk involved.
At the end of the day though, the greatest tragedy is for the business owner. With the lack of goodwill, and the revolving door mentality, his quality of goods will suffer, as well as his profit margins etc etc. Productivity is not optimal, trenches level observations get missed, and new income streams from this information are lost. Of course, his books won't reflect this, because you shouldn't believe any statistic that you don't make up yourself.
Smart capitalists are all too aware of their social responsibility to their employees. It is a two way street. In some cases during this crisis, cutbacks are necessary, but this guy isn't even smart enough to hide his disingenuous standpoint. He will also be too stupid to run his business well.
You don't need dormitories. Over the last 6 years, I've lived in 4 different countries. I owned a home, but I sold it. I didn't live above my means, and I save my money. My wife and I have seen cities all around the world, and don't get tied to a single place.
I've worked 12 hours a day when required, and combined with a good education, and I get paid very well for it.
The fundamental thing that these guys say, is that IT is not a 9 to 5 job. Why? They deal in projects, not operations. Projects need to be agile, and hit the problems hard and fast and get the goods to market.
At the end of the day, you go contract, you hit it hard when you're off, and then you spend some time off between contracts. And before people say "oh, but everyone pays minimum wage, and outsourcing is a race to the bottom," sure, some companies do operate like that. But they can rarely boast a true modicum of success. The smart companies out there pay top dollar for their secret weapons. If they can find one.
The bottom line is that the USA used to do this. Old school Americans who still posess the American spirit do things bigger, better, faster, stronger. There is no room here for "work life balance", there is no room for a giant party at every turn. Do that on your own time, when you're not on contract, and your life is yours.
American's did not land a man on the moon from a group of employees who worked 9AM to 5PM, with a 2 hour lunch break involving beer. They did it through blood, sweat, tears and the efforts of titans.
The times where you can make a million by selling sub prime mortgages to yourself are over. The times where you can believe that you can make a million by being good at poker are over. Bring back the engineers and scientists, bring back a solid work ethic, and the USA can rise again to its former glory.
Funnily enough, modern people don't generally wnat to do that, but it is what is necessary. The world has opened up, and there is no longer a cartel of employees with a long list of stipulations are no longer the only option. We need to pay back the effort that was "borrowed" through quantative easing, establishing a new slave class overseas through outsourcing and a government that has spent $5 for each $3 that was gathered and a president who had started numerous wars for the benefit of his family's empire.
It's a highly unpalletable bitter and jagged pill to swallow, but it's time to pay for the reality check that has bounced. When it's paid back, hopefully we'll have remembered the lessons learned from these trying times, but I doubt we will.
Long live the American spirit of MAKING money, and here's to the death of the culture of theft and deception that has replaced it with insidious graduality over the last 50 years.
What interests me is that you obviously don't own your own phone according to the gospel of Jobs. This is why I moved from Apple. Unless Apple Inc. wishes to give me a free phone, I OWN THE DAMN THING.
Actually, the most important thing of all with any software, desktop or cloud, is the consideration of legacy. What formats can you export your data to? What cost will it be to take it out? etc. etc. etc.
And I would be very interested to see Word Perfect 1.0 run on any modern hardware without some very very serious hack rages going on.
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I'm just waiting for the day that they try to sue the judge and say that he has caused "irreperable harm" to their lawsuit.
The HD belongs to me. I paid for the HD with my own money. I have the right to store any file in my HD
Many have fallen foul of storing indecent images on their drives. Having the right to store any file is not quite correct.
Do as I say, not as I do. It's a standard mantra amongst religious folk, whether following J.C. and the apostles, or S.J. and the apostles.
So let me get this straight. To cure my cancer, I need to get crabs?
Thuggery, buggery and some skullduggery. Hang on a minute, who are the pirates again?
There must be quite a few Sheldon Cooper's out there who don't understand sarcasm apparently. Informative? Really?!?
Come on man, learning to code is easy:
1: Google search for code
2: Ctrl-C
3: Ctrl-V
4: Compile
5: TADA!!!
Well, according to a manager I had once anyway.
No, they weren't actually ninjas, they were pirates DISGUISED as ninjas. I mean, who would expect a ninja to be a pirate? Fooled you now, didn't it?
Ted, just because I travel does not mean that I sacrifice my life. I am talking about hitting afterburners at critical times at 12-14 hours a day, or taking a contract where it's stipulated from the start, and it will last for 6 months. What you don't realise, is that my wife and I spend more quality time together than those who work 9-5. I take time off between gigs. I'm taking 2 months off right now, having rolled off a decent 1.5 yr gig. I've earned more than perms would in 3 years.
My wife loves it. We get to go places, do things together, spend whole days together. My first child is coming soon, and that's why I'm taking the time off. It's really hard to give 100% to your family when they need it if you aren't a man of means.
What's the difference between me and the rest of the "road warriors" as you put it? I don't drive a Ferrari, don't fly anything but coach (when I have to pay for it), we don't rent a fantabulous palace, but something modest etc. etc. etc.
My wife and I DO go out to michelin star restaurants. It means something to us.
My wife and I HAVE put a substantial amount of money away for our unborn childs education. Earmarked, trust funded and ready to burl backed up by a fat life insurance policy should something happen to either or both of us. Our childs future means something to us.
At the end of the day, it's all about self control, self reliance, and self confidence. NOT confidence in some employer.
I hate it when people associate this sort of behaviour with sustainable capitalism. This man is not just raping his employees, but himself. He is obviously too stupid to understand the tragedy of commons, and that he is blighting the goodwill with his employees, the backbone of his organisation.
It is exactly this type of short term marauding that has led the country to where it is today.
I'm lucky in that I don't have to put up with this sort of crap. If it surfaces, I quit and get another job, if needed in another country. There is no need for further laws, but rather a change in culture. Perhaps the employees should call his bluff. Moving kit and kaboodle is not cheap. Of course, they would need the stomach for the risk involved.
At the end of the day though, the greatest tragedy is for the business owner. With the lack of goodwill, and the revolving door mentality, his quality of goods will suffer, as well as his profit margins etc etc. Productivity is not optimal, trenches level observations get missed, and new income streams from this information are lost. Of course, his books won't reflect this, because you shouldn't believe any statistic that you don't make up yourself.
Smart capitalists are all too aware of their social responsibility to their employees. It is a two way street. In some cases during this crisis, cutbacks are necessary, but this guy isn't even smart enough to hide his disingenuous standpoint. He will also be too stupid to run his business well.
Kill the meat, save the metal eh?
And in other news, BP is now moving to Amsterdam.
But will someone think of the sushi!?!
His computer is pedal powered you insensitive clod!
Nice strawman there mate. I see what you did there.
You don't need dormitories. Over the last 6 years, I've lived in 4 different countries. I owned a home, but I sold it. I didn't live above my means, and I save my money. My wife and I have seen cities all around the world, and don't get tied to a single place.
I've worked 12 hours a day when required, and combined with a good education, and I get paid very well for it.
The fundamental thing that these guys say, is that IT is not a 9 to 5 job. Why? They deal in projects, not operations. Projects need to be agile, and hit the problems hard and fast and get the goods to market.
At the end of the day, you go contract, you hit it hard when you're off, and then you spend some time off between contracts. And before people say "oh, but everyone pays minimum wage, and outsourcing is a race to the bottom," sure, some companies do operate like that. But they can rarely boast a true modicum of success. The smart companies out there pay top dollar for their secret weapons. If they can find one.
The bottom line is that the USA used to do this. Old school Americans who still posess the American spirit do things bigger, better, faster, stronger. There is no room here for "work life balance", there is no room for a giant party at every turn. Do that on your own time, when you're not on contract, and your life is yours.
American's did not land a man on the moon from a group of employees who worked 9AM to 5PM, with a 2 hour lunch break involving beer. They did it through blood, sweat, tears and the efforts of titans.
The times where you can make a million by selling sub prime mortgages to yourself are over. The times where you can believe that you can make a million by being good at poker are over. Bring back the engineers and scientists, bring back a solid work ethic, and the USA can rise again to its former glory.
Funnily enough, modern people don't generally wnat to do that, but it is what is necessary. The world has opened up, and there is no longer a cartel of employees with a long list of stipulations are no longer the only option. We need to pay back the effort that was "borrowed" through quantative easing, establishing a new slave class overseas through outsourcing and a government that has spent $5 for each $3 that was gathered and a president who had started numerous wars for the benefit of his family's empire.
It's a highly unpalletable bitter and jagged pill to swallow, but it's time to pay for the reality check that has bounced. When it's paid back, hopefully we'll have remembered the lessons learned from these trying times, but I doubt we will.
Long live the American spirit of MAKING money, and here's to the death of the culture of theft and deception that has replaced it with insidious graduality over the last 50 years.
Would you be prosecuted by the manufacturer for altering it? Put the strawman down buddy.
It's not a bug, it's a feature. Defect closed.
Not to mention if you nuke the country, what happens to the oil?
Iranian tax dollars at work?
The worst I'll tolerate whizzing around my head is mosquitos, not bullets. And even then, the mosquitos can't have malaria.
What interests me is that you obviously don't own your own phone according to the gospel of Jobs. This is why I moved from Apple. Unless Apple Inc. wishes to give me a free phone, I OWN THE DAMN THING.
Actually, the most important thing of all with any software, desktop or cloud, is the consideration of legacy. What formats can you export your data to? What cost will it be to take it out? etc. etc. etc.
And I would be very interested to see Word Perfect 1.0 run on any modern hardware without some very very serious hack rages going on.
What an appropriate place to say this. What happens when the police get a false positive?
But seriously.
To get stoned.