I found that an MBA with a CS degree was the best for my own career. In general, I found that there are two career paths, and which one you choose depends on your personality/goals/ambitions... You can go either the technical management route or the business management route. I chose the latter for myself and found that it allowed for great flexibility. I've been through 3 recessions now and the combo business/CS made me more nimble when things changed. I have never been laid off or out of work. I ran my own company for several years, and I am now self-employed. But, those friends of mine who went the technical route have had different types of success. Generally, they have grown to be technical managers at companies of various sizes. So, overall, the major difference between folks that took the MBA route and those that took the Masters/PhD in CS/IT is that the latter work 9-5 corporate jobs. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it seems to just be that way. You easily could get an MBA and end up working in a corporate environment as well. To be honest, the two people I know with the greatest success did technical BS, then MBA, then (gag) a law degree.
Sorry for the long rant. My bottom line is... Stay in school, kids!
Carbon and sculpted foam? What the hell? I've been wasting freaking decades and tens of thousands of dollars on DeLoreans for my time machine. Guess I'll head out to Walmart in my ADD-enhanced attempt to break fundamental laws of physics.
The real threat is someone standing at the end of a runway (on a building top or in a road) and firing an RPG. Didn't the IRA do that? Seems that RPGs would be easier to get then frickin' heat-seeking missiles.
This seems like overkill given the threat level. I'm willing to live with the risk of heat-seeking missiles shooting me down in mid-flight.
I read this story earlier in the day on another site and I still don't understand one thing. Many companies offer genetic testing for specific genetic mutations for a heck of a lot more money, and they hold the "patents." For example, Myriad charges over $3,000 just for a BRCA1/2 (breast/ovarian cancer mutation) test.
So, are we really getting the full picture with these full-sequence deals? How do they get around the patents, such as Myriad's? What am I missing? Are you just getting some report of your sequence or are they listing out for you all of your known bad mutations?
Give up this crap, editors. My god. Science is science. What the fuck is going on with this human-caused global warming bullshit. This story is contrived to fit that "agenda." I call bullshit on the whole lot of you.
I think you would not disagree that gambling is a form of trade.
We allow gambling. Like, a whole lot of it too. Some states allow Internet gambling.
The government can't figure out how to make money off of Internet gambling, so under immense pressure from the gambling industry, they banned certain types of Internet gambling. This is a very clear violation of certain treaties that we have signed. So, we need to be punished. It is a pretty big no-brainer. If you don't like it, then withdraw from the WTO and unsign the treaties. Otherwise, you are a freaking moron to not be able to see the obvious here.
I bet you a million dollars that they'll never see a dime of that money.
You can pay me when we meet at the river boat gambling joint. I'll be there after I pick up some lottery tickets on my way back from the horse racing track.
The entire story by my beloved Slashdot editor, Cowboyneal, should be modded as flamebait.
My god. How freaking petty to post such dribble on the front page of Slashdot as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary.
Yeah. MS is purposefully trying to rip off freaking Ecuador. What is the implication? Rwanda is next on their "hit list?"
How embarrassing, Cowboyneal. I shall withhold my Cowboyneal vote on the next two polls in retaliation. Next time, RTFA and then look for more sources on Google News.
There are hundreds of countries in the world with thousands of oversight entities. Every single hour/minute, some company gets this sort of "parking ticket." But, feels good when you are a UPS driver and you see that parking ticket on a Fed-Ex truck when you pull up. Right?
I think that they are on to something with OLPC. But, maybe ahead of their time. I'm sort of in the Clifford Stoll school of camp regarding computers in the classroom for pre-teens.
To me, sounds like they just went with tech-jargon-BS and said that the computer is the best way to move to a better education. If all the money they spent, and want to spend, on 3rd-world education went to just.. um... BOOKS, then they would have probably accomplished twice their goal by now.
They seem simply to be wanting to make a "point" with the OLPC. The fact that 3rd world countries look at it economically/socially and reject it makes them go to the "make the 1st-world-feel-better-by-donating" attitude. Still wrong. When you have dug yourself into a hole, stop digging. The 3rd-world does not want steal-able OLPC's at a subsidized rate. They want food and books and teachers. Let's not jump ahead of frickin' simple Sociology 101.
Is a lousy $16 million contract news? Give me a break. Most big companies sneeze $16 million in IT expenses every day.
Cut the political and "big-brother-gonna-get-ya" crap, editors. This is a complete non-story. They are upgrading. Gosh. Nobody ever does that. And how many Slashdot stories ridiculed the FBI for spending billions on their failed IT re-alignment?
We got first post! I mean on the moon, not Slashdot.
We went there and there was nothing there. Just pride and Cold War points. Me? Loved it. Still recall watching the launches and Apollo 13 as a youngster. I was so into it as a 6-10 year-old. Definitely made a huge impact on the direction of my life.
While we Slashdotters often mock "If they can put a man on the moon...", there really is something to that. Look at the technology at that time. Look at the mission and the time frame. Amazing stuff. The politicians (mostly) kept their noses out. Even more amazing...
I don't want us to go back on tax bucks. I don't want another stupid political race, this time with China. I want the private sector to make money in space. We went there for the glory, let's go back for cash. I honestly mean it. If there is a return to be made, let's have the private sector do it, and let's give incentives for that.
OK. Sorry. I was being more flip than anything else. But, I do stand by my conclusion.
Undersea cables are notoriously difficult to fix. And hugely expensive to fix. Sometimes, the "fix" is to lay entire new cable. "Fairly" easy in the Phillipines/Australia/Indonesia area (and it happens all the time), but hard when it comes to long distances like Portland to Tokyo.
My point, if I had one, is to keep it close to land. Especially when laying long stretches in the ring-o-fire. "I was modded down, down, down, and the flaming went higher..."
Thanks. Very interesting. I think I just saw something on TV regarding the anniversary of the first round-the-world telegraph link. And the Russian thing did eventually work out and was, obviously, a big part of it.
I was able to actually touch some of the fiber cable that they lay undersea these days, and it is some amazing stuff. If the Martians vaporize the planet someday, I'm convinced that this cable will be the only thing left.
I think it is great if it is true. I like the redundancy plan. But, since they don't specify the route, I am very skeptical. On the other hand, who am I to talk. I have never put a job opening on Monster looking for a "submarine cable negotiator." That is frickin' hilarious.
Me? I would go up through Alaska, through Russia via the Bering Sea. Cap'n Sig would do most of the work for me on the Northwestern. I would avoid doing a Portland-to-Tokyo route because of the ring-o-fire thingy.
I fell in to a burning ring of fire, I went down,down,down and the flames went higher. And my mod went lower.
QUIET, numbskulls. Curly and Shemp only worked together in one Stooges short. That was after Curly had his stroke. It was not a construction scene. It was on a train.
Check out my user id for proof that I know what I'm talking about. Then, pick two...
My current understanding of the Tunguska event was that there were still at least three really good potential theories and that they were still researching. Asteroid, meteorite, etc.
Anyway, glad to see the Aliens got their rock back. No tin-foil-hat-wearing clown should own Alien property. If my car parks on an ant hill, the ants suddenly don't own my car. And this guy had no right to "own" that rock. This guy has got to get a clue regarding species relations.
Sweeet. The warm-a-nazis get to blame both the death and the finding of the mammoth on Global Warming.
They will probably spin it this way, though: "Global warming killed the parents of this poor little baby mammoth, which then died of loneliness and a broken heart. Do you want the same thing to happen to your children?!"
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I found that an MBA with a CS degree was the best for my own career. In general, I found that there are two career paths, and which one you choose depends on your personality/goals/ambitions... You can go either the technical management route or the business management route. I chose the latter for myself and found that it allowed for great flexibility. I've been through 3 recessions now and the combo business/CS made me more nimble when things changed. I have never been laid off or out of work. I ran my own company for several years, and I am now self-employed. But, those friends of mine who went the technical route have had different types of success. Generally, they have grown to be technical managers at companies of various sizes. So, overall, the major difference between folks that took the MBA route and those that took the Masters/PhD in CS/IT is that the latter work 9-5 corporate jobs. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it seems to just be that way. You easily could get an MBA and end up working in a corporate environment as well. To be honest, the two people I know with the greatest success did technical BS, then MBA, then (gag) a law degree.
Sorry for the long rant. My bottom line is... Stay in school, kids!
Carbon and sculpted foam? What the hell? I've been wasting freaking decades and tens of thousands of dollars on DeLoreans for my time machine. Guess I'll head out to Walmart in my ADD-enhanced attempt to break fundamental laws of physics.
If Keyser SÃze could pull off the fake, then I'm sure bin Laden could as well.
If you have the balls, but not the penis, to ask for the refund, go for it.
Not that I ever used their products...
Isn't this pretty much the opposite of the "long-tail" theory?
I guess every stupid sociological theory deserves an equally stupid response.
The real threat is someone standing at the end of a runway (on a building top or in a road) and firing an RPG. Didn't the IRA do that? Seems that RPGs would be easier to get then frickin' heat-seeking missiles.
This seems like overkill given the threat level. I'm willing to live with the risk of heat-seeking missiles shooting me down in mid-flight.
I read this story earlier in the day on another site and I still don't understand one thing. Many companies offer genetic testing for specific genetic mutations for a heck of a lot more money, and they hold the "patents." For example, Myriad charges over $3,000 just for a BRCA1/2 (breast/ovarian cancer mutation) test.
So, are we really getting the full picture with these full-sequence deals? How do they get around the patents, such as Myriad's? What am I missing? Are you just getting some report of your sequence or are they listing out for you all of your known bad mutations?
Not news. They already engineering ones that do not fear my wife. It was only a matter of time.
Another team took the opposite approach and genetically engineered many people I know to have an irrational fear of global warming.
I'm glad their tackling this fear things from both ends.
They solved Global Warming(tm).
Give up this crap, editors. My god. Science is science. What the fuck is going on with this human-caused global warming bullshit. This story is contrived to fit that "agenda." I call bullshit on the whole lot of you.
Moe
I think you would not disagree that gambling is a form of trade.
We allow gambling. Like, a whole lot of it too. Some states allow Internet gambling.
The government can't figure out how to make money off of Internet gambling, so under immense pressure from the gambling industry, they banned certain types of Internet gambling. This is a very clear violation of certain treaties that we have signed. So, we need to be punished. It is a pretty big no-brainer. If you don't like it, then withdraw from the WTO and unsign the treaties. Otherwise, you are a freaking moron to not be able to see the obvious here.
I bet you a million dollars that they'll never see a dime of that money.
You can pay me when we meet at the river boat gambling joint. I'll be there after I pick up some lottery tickets on my way back from the horse racing track.
The entire story by my beloved Slashdot editor, Cowboyneal, should be modded as flamebait.
My god. How freaking petty to post such dribble on the front page of Slashdot as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary.
Yeah. MS is purposefully trying to rip off freaking Ecuador. What is the implication? Rwanda is next on their "hit list?"
How embarrassing, Cowboyneal. I shall withhold my Cowboyneal vote on the next two polls in retaliation. Next time, RTFA and then look for more sources on Google News.
There are hundreds of countries in the world with thousands of oversight entities. Every single hour/minute, some company gets this sort of "parking ticket." But, feels good when you are a UPS driver and you see that parking ticket on a Fed-Ex truck when you pull up. Right?
I think that they are on to something with OLPC. But, maybe ahead of their time. I'm sort of in the Clifford Stoll school of camp regarding computers in the classroom for pre-teens.
To me, sounds like they just went with tech-jargon-BS and said that the computer is the best way to move to a better education. If all the money they spent, and want to spend, on 3rd-world education went to just.. um... BOOKS, then they would have probably accomplished twice their goal by now.
They seem simply to be wanting to make a "point" with the OLPC. The fact that 3rd world countries look at it economically/socially and reject it makes them go to the "make the 1st-world-feel-better-by-donating" attitude. Still wrong. When you have dug yourself into a hole, stop digging. The 3rd-world does not want steal-able OLPC's at a subsidized rate. They want food and books and teachers. Let's not jump ahead of frickin' simple Sociology 101.
Moe
Is a lousy $16 million contract news? Give me a break. Most big companies sneeze $16 million in IT expenses every day.
Cut the political and "big-brother-gonna-get-ya" crap, editors. This is a complete non-story. They are upgrading. Gosh. Nobody ever does that. And how many Slashdot stories ridiculed the FBI for spending billions on their failed IT re-alignment?
Stop the Boogey-Man stories and let's talk Nerd.
Moe
We got first post! I mean on the moon, not Slashdot.
We went there and there was nothing there. Just pride and Cold War points. Me? Loved it. Still recall watching the launches and Apollo 13 as a youngster. I was so into it as a 6-10 year-old. Definitely made a huge impact on the direction of my life.
While we Slashdotters often mock "If they can put a man on the moon...", there really is something to that. Look at the technology at that time. Look at the mission and the time frame. Amazing stuff. The politicians (mostly) kept their noses out. Even more amazing...
I don't want us to go back on tax bucks. I don't want another stupid political race, this time with China. I want the private sector to make money in space. We went there for the glory, let's go back for cash. I honestly mean it. If there is a return to be made, let's have the private sector do it, and let's give incentives for that.
OK. Sorry. I was being more flip than anything else. But, I do stand by my conclusion.
Undersea cables are notoriously difficult to fix. And hugely expensive to fix. Sometimes, the "fix" is to lay entire new cable. "Fairly" easy in the Phillipines/Australia/Indonesia area (and it happens all the time), but hard when it comes to long distances like Portland to Tokyo.
My point, if I had one, is to keep it close to land. Especially when laying long stretches in the ring-o-fire. "I was modded down, down, down, and the flaming went higher..."
Thanks. Very interesting. I think I just saw something on TV regarding the anniversary of the first round-the-world telegraph link. And the Russian thing did eventually work out and was, obviously, a big part of it.
I was able to actually touch some of the fiber cable that they lay undersea these days, and it is some amazing stuff. If the Martians vaporize the planet someday, I'm convinced that this cable will be the only thing left.
I think it is great if it is true. I like the redundancy plan. But, since they don't specify the route, I am very skeptical. On the other hand, who am I to talk. I have never put a job opening on Monster looking for a "submarine cable negotiator." That is frickin' hilarious.
Me? I would go up through Alaska, through Russia via the Bering Sea. Cap'n Sig would do most of the work for me on the Northwestern. I would avoid doing a Portland-to-Tokyo route because of the ring-o-fire thingy.
I fell in to a burning ring of fire, I went down,down,down and the flames went higher. And my mod went lower.
QUIET, numbskulls. Curly and Shemp only worked together in one Stooges short. That was after Curly had his stroke. It was not a construction scene. It was on a train.
Check out my user id for proof that I know what I'm talking about. Then, pick two...
A bunch of geeks build a robot to "play doctor" instead of doing it themselves. When will it end?
So where is all that cash going that they are "winning" in settlements??
Oh, that's right! Straight to the artists' pockets. Sorry for the stupid question. I was wondering how Fiddy Cent's new gold tooth was financed.
My current understanding of the Tunguska event was that there were still at least three really good potential theories and that they were still researching. Asteroid, meteorite, etc.
Anyway, glad to see the Aliens got their rock back. No tin-foil-hat-wearing clown should own Alien property. If my car parks on an ant hill, the ants suddenly don't own my car. And this guy had no right to "own" that rock. This guy has got to get a clue regarding species relations.
Sweeet. The warm-a-nazis get to blame both the death and the finding of the mammoth on Global Warming.
They will probably spin it this way, though: "Global warming killed the parents of this poor little baby mammoth, which then died of loneliness and a broken heart. Do you want the same thing to happen to your children?!"
Can't wait for the Disney movie!
From the sounds of TFA, these things will be able to power my Flying Car(tm).
The mystery ninth team is a group of Mexicans and their landing craft involves a famous Killer Whale. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/south-park/top-10- best-tv-moments-of-2006-2718.aspx