Well, the funny thing is that those sorts of guys fall into the "Secret Weapon" category. Make yourself absolutely indespensible. Get on the green beret projects, and then get another offer for more money, and watch the counter offers roll in. They don't pay enough? Leave. I've seen plenty of Spandex Wearing, walk on water without getting their damn socks wet, gurus get paid more on contract than the managers that employ them. Plus they get to have much more fun.
But consider Flex. 4.5 is compatible with all browsers, Desktop Installs with AIR, iOS, Android and Blackberry. This whole "code for every platform" rubbish, and an app for iOS, an app for Android, an app for blackberry et al is all just silliness.
At the end of the day, you have a finite amount of time/budget that can either be spread over 5 different market segments, or one single codebase. So yes, crap all over Flash/Flex if you want. At the end of the day, if you are a serious developer interested in developing useful and profitable applications, you simply can't rewrite and maintain your codebase over many different and often mutualy exclusive code domains, over several different languages.
Talk about a load of xenophobe/technophobe nonsense! The trouble is not the technology, but rather that the good old US of A loves importing deflation and writing bad checks. Much easier to have a dumb populace of consumers who spend money they don't have, and then import deflation to counter it and blame a random fad technology than get to the actual issue.
Two things: first, the person you're replying to is obviously wrong. We have "graduates" with quite a few issues, but our best graduates are certainly not having problems with basic arithmetic. I have no idea why someone would get that idea.
They are getting that idea because there are an unacceptable level of students "graduating" who's skill level is well below par. If everyone get's the same elephant stamp coming out of an institution, it's hard to judge from a set of "qualifications" who is talented, and who simply drank beer for a few years.
Second...I'll take academic skills over "practical" ones anytime. Who the hell cares if I don't know how to open a bank account? If I didn't, I'd walk into a bank and ask someone who works there to help me out. There are plenty of people whose job is financial advising and planning, I'll gladly pay them. Division of labor: it's the new thing!
Know everything about something, but something about everything. If you don't have a clue about a topic, how do you ensure the "expert" you delegate to has talent, and isn't just a drip under pressure?
I would certainly hire an expert to provide me with an opinion on which investments are best, how to manage risk, which loan instrument would be suitable to purchase a house for either investment or personal purposes. But opening a bank account? Surely you must have the level of skill to do this yourself to adequately function in society.
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You're a "fingers in the glass" management type, right?
Give me 1 good developer over 1000 monkeys on a typewriter anyday.
Well, the funny thing is that those sorts of guys fall into the "Secret Weapon" category. Make yourself absolutely indespensible. Get on the green beret projects, and then get another offer for more money, and watch the counter offers roll in. They don't pay enough? Leave. I've seen plenty of Spandex Wearing, walk on water without getting their damn socks wet, gurus get paid more on contract than the managers that employ them. Plus they get to have much more fun.
WAAAHHH!!!! The W3C didn't make up this standard!!! We're still debating what the dickens to define as HTML5!
No fair that the other children are running off with their ball to do their own thing...
But consider Flex. 4.5 is compatible with all browsers, Desktop Installs with AIR, iOS, Android and Blackberry. This whole "code for every platform" rubbish, and an app for iOS, an app for Android, an app for blackberry et al is all just silliness.
At the end of the day, you have a finite amount of time/budget that can either be spread over 5 different market segments, or one single codebase. So yes, crap all over Flash/Flex if you want. At the end of the day, if you are a serious developer interested in developing useful and profitable applications, you simply can't rewrite and maintain your codebase over many different and often mutualy exclusive code domains, over several different languages.
That WAS from 1987!
Fox? They do a good enough job of defacing themselves.
I think a piece of graffiti found in the mens lavatory at my university put it best.
Arts degree, please take one. (Arrow pointing to toilet paper.)
No, the devil's in the steering comittee.
Yes, but, how fast do you really need to run bejewelled deluxe?!?
(ducks)
Chinese: Throw nikes
American: Throw nukes
See? Not that different.
Well said armchair general.
Um... how much sex do you need?
Here's the bill sir. I'm afraid your reality cheque bounced.
Come on mate. Apparently he looks good in spandex with his cape fluttering in the breeze and his underwear on the outside.
Nobody will ever need more than 640 googolbytes
Because they hate vigilantees. Hurts their business.
No calls.
The lawyers had prior art on the bedbug and cockroach genetic market.
I don't know, but that amount of strawmen is surely a fire hazard!
Hashing at work is rarely a good idea.
A piece of duct tape over the camera works wonders too.
But are you for real?
Talk about a load of xenophobe/technophobe nonsense! The trouble is not the technology, but rather that the good old US of A loves importing deflation and writing bad checks. Much easier to have a dumb populace of consumers who spend money they don't have, and then import deflation to counter it and blame a random fad technology than get to the actual issue.
No, a joke is, how do you spell IBM?
b-o-a-t-space-a-n-c-h-o-r
So the chinese have invented the Frux Capacitor then?
Two things: first, the person you're replying to is obviously wrong. We have "graduates" with quite a few issues, but our best graduates are certainly not having problems with basic arithmetic. I have no idea why someone would get that idea.
They are getting that idea because there are an unacceptable level of students "graduating" who's skill level is well below par. If everyone get's the same elephant stamp coming out of an institution, it's hard to judge from a set of "qualifications" who is talented, and who simply drank beer for a few years.
Second...I'll take academic skills over "practical" ones anytime. Who the hell cares if I don't know how to open a bank account? If I didn't, I'd walk into a bank and ask someone who works there to help me out. There are plenty of people whose job is financial advising and planning, I'll gladly pay them. Division of labor: it's the new thing!
Know everything about something, but something about everything. If you don't have a clue about a topic, how do you ensure the "expert" you delegate to has talent, and isn't just a drip under pressure?
I would certainly hire an expert to provide me with an opinion on which investments are best, how to manage risk, which loan instrument would be suitable to purchase a house for either investment or personal purposes. But opening a bank account? Surely you must have the level of skill to do this yourself to adequately function in society.