I agree. I've worked with a couple of people who believed more in their cause and its evangelism than doing their job. This sort of behavior isn't appropriate at work, especially in a manager position.
I like the Wiki idea, but it could be expanded. You can really learn something when you teach it. As you provide bits of support to the new person, make them add the info to the Wiki. Then the question shouldn't come up again.
I ended up in test engineering at a small manufacturer due to the former person getting seriously ill. When I finally moved back to design, I kept getting calls from the new test engineer and from test operators (who knew which person had the answer). One day I was out. I came back to a pile of messages, started digging through them. Lo and behold, most of them had been solved in my absence! Be helpful and give support, but don't make it too easy.
I was interested in this too. Not that I read the actual paper, but why do they think telomerase is the cause of longer life in the asexual worms? Aren't the sexual worms a counterexample?
If you think they're dim, buy a brighter bulb. Dim isn't the fault of the bulb technology. You can even get different color temperatures. The 5000K ones are pretty nice.
LibreOffice, by default, installs (Windows) on your desktop. What the install instructions have to say about this: "Save the installer to a directory of your choosing. Your desktop is a perfectly-acceptable place, for example."
Your desktop is a perfectly stupid place, reprise.
Right. I wasn't clear on the point I was making. If the apartment had a point source 20' away, moving an additional 20' to the other side of the apartment would decrease intensity 4x. Instead, take the situation as an equivalent point source 100' away--the intensity drops off much more slowly, about 2x decrease.
Boston Museum of Science is pretty good, we've gone several times a year since moving to New England. Denver Museum of Nature and Science has some excellent natural science displays. Great dinosaur exhibit, watch out for that giant pig, a really scary animal. Yale's Peabody museum has the Zalinger murals, Age of Reptiles and Age of Mammals, which I've always wanted to see in person. I don't know about the rest of the museum, but I bet it's pretty good. Monterey Bay Aquarium blows the competitors away. There are *lots* of Indian ruins in New Mexico/Utah area. Drawings on rock walls, cliff dwellings, etc. Have a reliable car and carry some water. Monument Valley is in northern Arizona, lots of weird rock locations in Utah.
Leaving college is a major change in your life. It is likely all you really know about in any detail and change is a bit scary. I saw this influence several people I knew to stay in school. Think on this and be sure to understand your motivations.
Many of the posts I skimmed were addressing the effect of having a master's degree in a large company. Do you *want* to work in a large company? Small companies are going to be much more interested in who you are than what letters you sport after your name.
I've worked for 30 years at tech companies ranging from 5 people to 5000. I prefer small companies. I've participated in two startups, been at a company that was bought twice.
The two companies that were bought both had the same thing done, which I haven't seen anyone (here or elsewhere) talk about. Say they buy you for $10M. This charge shows up on your part of the mega-corp's books. The purchase price is charged back against you. This is a big lump to swallow. Be forewarned. A year later, they ask you why you aren't profitable (as a group) yet....
Other details--you didn't give much detail, but I'm guessing you don't have a skilled business person on board. Mainly I'm talking about a professional negotiator--not one of you who thinks they are 'pretty good' at negotiating. I guarantee that if you don't have a pro, the money you're being offered is *far* below what they would consider. If you're having doubts, counter with an offer so high you'll be very happy if they accept.
Take the money regardless. Jack up the offer, live through the bit where they make you pay it back, put up with the large corporation. Then leave, do another start up. They're lots of fun, you'll have a chunk of money... Don't get tied down by a contract for more than 6 months to a year.
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You clearly aren't familiar with how dry this area of Colorado is. The fires are a lot more extreme than you are imagining.
Just assume you've used Google to read about software defined radio and aren't interested.
It's hard to get rid of the people, unfortunately.
Does one give a baby sharp knives to play with?
I don't think the engineer is working with musicians.
I agree. I've worked with a couple of people who believed more in their cause and its evangelism than doing their job. This sort of behavior isn't appropriate at work, especially in a manager position.
I like the Wiki idea, but it could be expanded. You can really learn something when you teach it. As you provide bits of support to the new person, make them add the info to the Wiki. Then the question shouldn't come up again.
I ended up in test engineering at a small manufacturer due to the former person getting seriously ill. When I finally moved back to design, I kept getting calls from the new test engineer and from test operators (who knew which person had the answer). One day I was out. I came back to a pile of messages, started digging through them. Lo and behold, most of them had been solved in my absence! Be helpful and give support, but don't make it too easy.
I was interested in this too. Not that I read the actual paper, but why do they think telomerase is the cause of longer life in the asexual worms? Aren't the sexual worms a counterexample?
If you think they're dim, buy a brighter bulb. Dim isn't the fault of the bulb technology.
You can even get different color temperatures. The 5000K ones are pretty nice.
No wonder he doesn't think college is useful with degrees like that!
goddamn gods
So that's why they don't use their library...
Hey, it works for the banks.
LibreOffice, by default, installs (Windows) on your desktop. What the install instructions have to say about this:
"Save the installer to a directory of your choosing. Your desktop is a perfectly-acceptable place, for example."
Your desktop is a perfectly stupid place, reprise.
Even more existentially, one of the desks has windows on it.
Right. I wasn't clear on the point I was making.
If the apartment had a point source 20' away, moving an additional 20' to the other side of the apartment would decrease intensity 4x.
Instead, take the situation as an equivalent point source 100' away--the intensity drops off much more slowly, about 2x decrease.
Steve
Square of the distance assumes a point source.
I think in this case the signal won't be dropping off nearly that fast.
Steve
There is a town in northern Maine, Calais, on the Canadian border. Mainers pronounce it exactly like the word 'callous'.
Not MIT, but that small liberal arts college just down the river...
While energy is equivalent to mass, that does not imply mass conversion is the only source of energy.
Batteries do not lose mass as they discharge.
Steve
Boston Museum of Science is pretty good, we've gone several times a year since moving to New England.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science has some excellent natural science displays. Great dinosaur exhibit, watch out for that giant pig, a really scary animal.
Yale's Peabody museum has the Zalinger murals, Age of Reptiles and Age of Mammals, which I've always wanted to see in person. I don't know about the rest of the museum, but I bet it's pretty good.
Monterey Bay Aquarium blows the competitors away.
There are *lots* of Indian ruins in New Mexico/Utah area. Drawings on rock walls, cliff dwellings, etc. Have a reliable car and carry some water.
Monument Valley is in northern Arizona, lots of weird rock locations in Utah.
Steve
University of Mass Destruction
"Bigger audiences finishing more games is certainly a worthy goal"
"Most of the BPL vendors the FCC was presumably working for have since moved on to promote smart electrical grid functionality."
So much for an improved grid.
Steve
Leaving college is a major change in your life. It is likely all you really know about in any detail and change is a bit scary. I saw this influence several people I knew to stay in school. Think on this and be sure to understand your motivations.
Many of the posts I skimmed were addressing the effect of having a master's degree in a large company. Do you *want* to work in a large company? Small companies are going to be much more interested in who you are than what letters you sport after your name.
Steve
I've worked for 30 years at tech companies ranging from 5 people to 5000. I prefer small companies. I've participated in two startups, been at a company that was bought twice.
The two companies that were bought both had the same thing done, which I haven't seen anyone (here or elsewhere) talk about. Say they buy you for $10M. This charge shows up on your part of the mega-corp's books. The purchase price is charged back against you. This is a big lump to swallow. Be forewarned. A year later, they ask you why you aren't profitable (as a group) yet....
Other details--you didn't give much detail, but I'm guessing you don't have a skilled business person on board. Mainly I'm talking about a professional negotiator--not one of you who thinks they are 'pretty good' at negotiating. I guarantee that if you don't have a pro, the money you're being offered is *far* below what they would consider. If you're having doubts, counter with an offer so high you'll be very happy if they accept.
Take the money regardless. Jack up the offer, live through the bit where they make you pay it back, put up with the large corporation. Then leave, do another start up. They're lots of fun, you'll have a chunk of money... Don't get tied down by a contract for more than 6 months to a year.
Steve