Business isn't fun for inventors and creative people because it is impossible for a creative person to bring an idea to production within a bureaucracy.
This is because we allow office politics to completely absorb every single moment of every single day in "corporate" businesses.
There is absolutely no concern for a quality product or a truthful discussion of the right and wrong ways to build something in the cubicles. It's who can fuck who over so they can keep their job while simultaneously destroying someone else's career. It's who can point out the most failures. It's who can foster the most suspicion and doubt about their colleagues' competency that succeeds in the never-ending schedule of meetings.
And nobody ever talks about it. Nobody ever squarely points out the enormous amount of time and money that is wasted, man-hour to man-hour, by people building spectacular layers of redundancy to cover every possible and several impossible failure possibilities while attempting to answer the unanswerable questions posed by middle management.
These are the same people by the way, who insist on everyone being a "team player." Of course, that only applies when these people are the quarterback, not the left tackle.
Want to know where the largest source of waste in business is today? This is it: office politics. People working against each other instead of working as part of a team which actively encourages people to grow and succeed. It's a disgrace and it shouldn't be allowed to continue.
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Any article that asks that question is automatically crap. Period. End of discussion.
All markets are niches. Pursuit of the mass market is pointless. It doesn't exist. The mass market is a fiction invented to substitute for knowledgeable constructive criticism and real work.
If Carmack and whoever else think that there's a demand for simple games, then they should build them.
lol. Who's going to publish them? Developers can't just "make simple games" unless they are independent, because they can't get the funding or the distribution without a publisher.
If there really is a strong demand for such games, he/they will make a lot of money (or even more money, in the case of Mr. Carmack).
Studio executives were adamant there was no market for Star Wars, and they were right...
...up to the point where it was released.
The market for games is hardly monolithic
Sure it is. There are a handful of publishers who have decided there are a handful of marketable games, which get made and hyped over and over again, absorbing all the available development budgets (and then some), even if the current market complains, and even when other markets are ignored.
and there is plenty of room for both simple and complex games.
If you believe the publishers, there is a great shortage of shelf space, so maybe there literally isn't room for both.
No "Best Party School" crap. It's a crying shame that the title exists at all.
It says a great deal about a society that values irrational consumption of alcoholic beverages as a virtue to be sought after.
And for those of you thinking that this isn't important: how many hiring managers and HR blimps do you suppose see "Bachelor of Arts" and think "drunk every weekend?" How many of those people think a college degree matters?
I don't *WANT* to be introduced to any company via email. If I'm interested in a company's product, I'll go Google and find it. Then we can have an email exchange if necessary. But I positively never want to receive a "cold call" via email.
You're assuming that all unsolicited e-mail is advertising a product. It isn't.
A policy of "no e-mail unless you are old friends" will make business-to-business communication impossible, and bring the economy to a complete stop.
What if someone wanted to invest in your company? Would you delete that e-mail too because you don't know the person? Got to have both sides of the coin, or there won't be any coins.
How people spend so much time complaining about spam (unauthorized use of bandwidth) yet have no trouble at all making unauthorized use of someone else's data (file trading).
There shouldn't be much problem with a spam policy provided the proper definition of spam is included: bulk, unsolicited, commercial e-mail.
Defining spam as "any e-mail I don't want" is probably part of the problem with having a working anti-spam policy. It is also an incorrect definition of spam.
It also makes it impossible for people to do business, since it will be impossible for people to introduce themselves through e-mail.
Yep. Morpheus is a rouge program. It was all a dream. Trinity is an employee at Video-Rental King. Neo is still asleep at his computer with "Wake up Neo" blinking on the screen. Cypher owns a steak restaurant in the Matrix.
The first two movies were an elaborate misdirection to conceal the fact that Mouse is The One.
Personally, I think staying in school to escape "the real world" is a really weak excuse. If you've only been in school and don't have practical experience then I highly suggest getting out and getting a job.
Yeah, I'll just run out and pick one right up. I need some bread and apples too.
I realize that in this economy, a lot of really educated people are in need of work. My suggestion to those is that they do not advertise their higher degrees with jobs that they are overqualified for. If you are satisfied with menial work, then it doesn't matter if you have an advanced degree - don't show it off.
In other words, lie.
Or, if you'd prefer to be honest, hide the fact that you worked your ass off for 10 years to earn the title "Doctor of Philosophy" so you can grovel before some wire-rimmed-glasses-wearing corporate asshole until they fire you.
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lol, and people are modding this down.
Three words: Winnie the Pooh.
'nuff said.
Why either/or? Why not give the customers the option? Might make a nice feature. It will probably include a fee of some kind, however.
Its simple, you work hard, you write a perfect paper, your grade should be A. You slack off and you write a bad paper, your grade should be F.
I can write a really shitty perfect paper. What grade would that get?
Computers don't earn Master's Degrees. They shouldn't be teaching university courses in writing.
the problem with modern artists, and even composers is that nothing really new has come up. no major new changes in art or music style.
Gershwin, Basie, Scott, Davis, Goodman, Sousa, Armstrong...
as for the world of art, well, can you say there's a recent artist who has really changed things?
Dozens upon dozens of them. Read a book.
Let me guess: the sky in your world is always gray.
Oh, look, a skeptic. How original.
A single court appearance would probably cost them more.
Oh, stop it.
So basically, Myst sux. Right?
Business isn't fun for inventors and creative people because it is impossible for a creative person to bring an idea to production within a bureaucracy.
This is because we allow office politics to completely absorb every single moment of every single day in "corporate" businesses.
There is absolutely no concern for a quality product or a truthful discussion of the right and wrong ways to build something in the cubicles. It's who can fuck who over so they can keep their job while simultaneously destroying someone else's career. It's who can point out the most failures. It's who can foster the most suspicion and doubt about their colleagues' competency that succeeds in the never-ending schedule of meetings.
And nobody ever talks about it. Nobody ever squarely points out the enormous amount of time and money that is wasted, man-hour to man-hour, by people building spectacular layers of redundancy to cover every possible and several impossible failure possibilities while attempting to answer the unanswerable questions posed by middle management.
These are the same people by the way, who insist on everyone being a "team player." Of course, that only applies when these people are the quarterback, not the left tackle.
Want to know where the largest source of waste in business is today? This is it: office politics. People working against each other instead of working as part of a team which actively encourages people to grow and succeed. It's a disgrace and it shouldn't be allowed to continue.
Any article that asks that question is automatically crap. Period. End of discussion.
Repeat after me:
There is no such thing as the mass market.
All markets are niches. Pursuit of the mass market is pointless. It doesn't exist. The mass market is a fiction invented to substitute for knowledgeable constructive criticism and real work.
but none of them can make a profit.
Bullshit.
Been to a convention lately? Some companies made their annual profit before lunch.
If Carmack and whoever else think that there's a demand for simple games, then they should build them.
...up to the point where it was released.
lol. Who's going to publish them? Developers can't just "make simple games" unless they are independent, because they can't get the funding or the distribution without a publisher.
If there really is a strong demand for such games, he/they will make a lot of money (or even more money, in the case of Mr. Carmack).
Studio executives were adamant there was no market for Star Wars, and they were right...
The market for games is hardly monolithic
Sure it is. There are a handful of publishers who have decided there are a handful of marketable games, which get made and hyped over and over again, absorbing all the available development budgets (and then some), even if the current market complains, and even when other markets are ignored.
and there is plenty of room for both simple and complex games.
If you believe the publishers, there is a great shortage of shelf space, so maybe there literally isn't room for both.
No "Best Party School" crap. It's a crying shame that the title exists at all.
It says a great deal about a society that values irrational consumption of alcoholic beverages as a virtue to be sought after.
And for those of you thinking that this isn't important: how many hiring managers and HR blimps do you suppose see "Bachelor of Arts" and think "drunk every weekend?" How many of those people think a college degree matters?
So yeah, it's important.
I believe there is a benevolent community of very tiny people living in the branches of the trees. What's your point?
Whoa. So before email, it was "impossible for people to do business"?
Red herring. That's not what I said or meant.
I don't *WANT* to be introduced to any company via email. If I'm interested in a company's product, I'll go Google and find it. Then we can have an email exchange if necessary. But I positively never want to receive a "cold call" via email.
You're assuming that all unsolicited e-mail is advertising a product. It isn't.
A policy of "no e-mail unless you are old friends" will make business-to-business communication impossible, and bring the economy to a complete stop.
What if someone wanted to invest in your company? Would you delete that e-mail too because you don't know the person? Got to have both sides of the coin, or there won't be any coins.
How people spend so much time complaining about spam (unauthorized use of bandwidth) yet have no trouble at all making unauthorized use of someone else's data (file trading).
There shouldn't be much problem with a spam policy provided the proper definition of spam is included: bulk, unsolicited, commercial e-mail.
Defining spam as "any e-mail I don't want" is probably part of the problem with having a working anti-spam policy. It is also an incorrect definition of spam.
It also makes it impossible for people to do business, since it will be impossible for people to introduce themselves through e-mail.
Yep. Morpheus is a rouge program. It was all a dream. Trinity is an employee at Video-Rental King. Neo is still asleep at his computer with "Wake up Neo" blinking on the screen. Cypher owns a steak restaurant in the Matrix.
The first two movies were an elaborate misdirection to conceal the fact that Mouse is The One.
Oh, bullshit.
Personally, I think staying in school to escape "the real world" is a really weak excuse. If you've only been in school and don't have practical experience then I highly suggest getting out and getting a job.
Yeah, I'll just run out and pick one right up. I need some bread and apples too.
Once you get that 1st job kid... its all how hard you work/what you put into it from that point on that matters.
Right up until you get fired.
I've seen people with advanced degrees not considered for entry-level positions.
That's funny. I've never seen an entry-level position.
The premise was that these people wanted a career (and higher pay) than people with less education,
The horror! Long-term thinking??? Can't have any of that in the modern workplace. Fire 'em all. Quarterlies are comin' up.
I realize that in this economy, a lot of really educated people are in need of work. My suggestion to those is that they do not advertise their higher degrees with jobs that they are overqualified for. If you are satisfied with menial work, then it doesn't matter if you have an advanced degree - don't show it off.
In other words, lie.
Or, if you'd prefer to be honest, hide the fact that you worked your ass off for 10 years to earn the title "Doctor of Philosophy" so you can grovel before some wire-rimmed-glasses-wearing corporate asshole until they fire you.
Sounds great.
It's not being over educated that stops you from being employable, it's too much thinking.
For those of you watching at home, if you've ever wondered why business is so totally fucked, well, there you go.
In engineering education doesn't amount to squat.
No shit? So I can start building a suspension bridge across the bay tomorrow and nobody will mind?