For the last two years of my bachelors and all of my MBA, when ever I studied, read, wrote papers, I always had music in the background. I went from and average GPA of 2.1 to 3.75 for that period. Many years later I would read a study that tested the effect on learning and listening to music. Consistently, students who listened to music while reading retained more then students that did not. The reasoning is that while concentrating on something technical the music engages the creative, thus making for connections in the brain and thus easier to recall.
So your programmers are in a problem solving mode, listening to music, doesn't this apply as well. Making each programmer a better problem solver, better analyst...etc? Concentrating and listening to music makes you a better programmer!
Masters is a very good idea. I got an MBA...It was a cake walk. It allowed me to job hop all the way through my career. I'm sixty now. I wouldn't change a thing.
You also learn more about how business works. That can lead to management much faster.
Its called elasticity. Monopolies are elastic, meaning that (theoretically) the price can stretch to infinity. In-elastic means the the more you lower the price the more total overall sales.
I have never signed a non-compete either, but I have been asked to. If you are in California, you may be in luck. Back in the late 80's we passed a number of laws prohibiting most terms of non-competes including that you can't sign away your right to compete with your current employer or past one. Recently one aspect of that law was upheld in court. That won't stop them from suing you if things don't work out and you go back to helping that competitive project. Where most people get into trouble is intellectual property (IP). Remember, never take any code home. You own what's in your head (experience) but nothing else. Keep all your old code from the project, so that you can show that you used that IP elsewhere first. If you are serious about the job opportunity, ask to talk an attorney first with copy of it (Beware, attorneys a notoriusly slow about this type of a turnaround).
I have never signed a non-compete either, but I have been asked to. If you are in California, you may be in luck. Back in the late 80's we passed a number of laws prohibiting most terms of non-competes including that you can't sign away your right to compete with your current employer or past one. Recently one aspect of that law was upheld in court. That won't stop them from suing you if things don't work out and you go back to helping that competitive project.
Where most people get into trouble is intellectual property (IP). Remember, never take any code home. You own what's in your head (experience) but nothing else. Keep all your old code from the project, so that you can show that you used that IP elsewhere first.
If you are serious about the job opportunity, ask to talk an attorney first with copy of it (Beware, attorneys a notoriusly slow about this type of a turnaround).
Back in the 80's California passed laws that state that a company cannot own your ideas (before or after employment). In fact, you can compete with your company on your own time and computers. What state is this happening. I don't know if you can sign that away with an IP agreement in this state.INAL but it looks shaky.
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For the last two years of my bachelors and all of my MBA, when ever I studied, read, wrote papers, I always had music in the background. I went from and average GPA of 2.1 to 3.75 for that period. Many years later I would read a study that tested the effect on learning and listening to music. Consistently, students who listened to music while reading retained more then students that did not. The reasoning is that while concentrating on something technical the music engages the creative, thus making for connections in the brain and thus easier to recall. So your programmers are in a problem solving mode, listening to music, doesn't this apply as well. Making each programmer a better problem solver, better analyst...etc? Concentrating and listening to music makes you a better programmer!
This is bad advice.
Masters is a very good idea. I got an MBA...It was a cake walk. It allowed me to job hop all the way through my career. I'm sixty now. I wouldn't change a thing. You also learn more about how business works. That can lead to management much faster.
I always wanted to get back at John for that prank!
Its called elasticity. Monopolies are elastic, meaning that (theoretically) the price can stretch to infinity. In-elastic means the the more you lower the price the more total overall sales.
I have never signed a non-compete either, but I have been asked to. If you are in California, you may be in luck. Back in the late 80's we passed a number of laws prohibiting most terms of non-competes including that you can't sign away your right to compete with your current employer or past one. Recently one aspect of that law was upheld in court. That won't stop them from suing you if things don't work out and you go back to helping that competitive project. Where most people get into trouble is intellectual property (IP). Remember, never take any code home. You own what's in your head (experience) but nothing else. Keep all your old code from the project, so that you can show that you used that IP elsewhere first. If you are serious about the job opportunity, ask to talk an attorney first with copy of it (Beware, attorneys a notoriusly slow about this type of a turnaround).
I have never signed a non-compete either, but I have been asked to. If you are in California, you may be in luck. Back in the late 80's we passed a number of laws prohibiting most terms of non-competes including that you can't sign away your right to compete with your current employer or past one. Recently one aspect of that law was upheld in court. That won't stop them from suing you if things don't work out and you go back to helping that competitive project. Where most people get into trouble is intellectual property (IP). Remember, never take any code home. You own what's in your head (experience) but nothing else. Keep all your old code from the project, so that you can show that you used that IP elsewhere first. If you are serious about the job opportunity, ask to talk an attorney first with copy of it (Beware, attorneys a notoriusly slow about this type of a turnaround).
Here ,,,here..what do woman exspect...a life...dang
In the 70's Berkeley students got a dog a bachelors degrees...thats what i think of online degress.
Back in the 80's California passed laws that state that a company cannot own your ideas (before or after employment). In fact, you can compete with your company on your own time and computers. What state is this happening. I don't know if you can sign that away with an IP agreement in this state.INAL but it looks shaky.