who doesnt want to learn any new tricks. If that's the case, then i think that career change is in order. I came to the web development industry 3 years ago from nearly 10 years as an IT/Network consultant. I was bored out of my mind in that gig, and seeing as how i was only 22 years old (yes, thats right...i was fixing computers IN A SHOP, not out of my basement, when i was 13) something needed to happen fast. College @ Drexel University gave me a great opportunity: Co-Op. Drexel's co-op program lets a student take a 6 month trial run at a career, no strings attached. a good student will make the best of those 6 months and actually try the career, not just settle for coffe-bitch. I had a buddy who worked at a local interactive agency as a developer and had him help me get my foot in the door. i knew HTML, and enough CSS to get by. Within 14 days of hire i was developing css based, xhtml compliant layouts (not hard, i just edge the learning curve as much as i can). As soon as i'd mastered that, i moved onto javascript. once i was an office DOM guru, i took up some.net technologies, and have now moved into PHP/MySQL development. All in just under 3 years. the first 6 months were a jump start for me to realize that i LOVED a career that i never thought i'd enjoy. i thrive on the constant changing technologies. something new to learn every day. If my brain went stagnant for even a few weeks, id be back where i was with IT consulting and need to find something new. Bottom line...if you cant stay bleeding edge to a)keep your clients happy and b) stay ahead of your competition, you're gonna hurt in this industry.
before i got one, i actually had dreams about killing or seriously maiming people for their ipods....
so i bought one, before my dreams had a chance ot come true
initialy, i was a happy WA->iTunes convert. Then, i found some things about iTunes that bothered me. namely, the inability to copy files and playlists from my iPod to my library. so when i used my iPod at work and at home, i was having trouble syncing in 2 places. luckily, i found an iPod plugin for winamp...which honestly, with some tweaking, is really freaking sweet. its sync functions are two way between the media library in winamp 5...the ONLY thing that i still occasionally use iTunes for is making config changes to the iPods internal software, as well as renaming large batches of ID3 tags. winamp's id3 tag editor still leaves some things to be desired...iTunes is fantastic at it.
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funny, we have about the same stats here. i wonder if we work at the same place?
when i moved into my apartment in august, my roomates and i discovered that the building exchange was 382...spelling "FUC". you can only imagine what our final decision was when we called the local telco company and requested a vanity number.
i will say this: the prank phone calls are USUALLY lame...but there have been a few worth note:
"damn...someone already has this number!"
"do you know what your number spells?"
"you're daughter come over my house, and she kick my dog"
etc.
regardless, telling girls my phone number ensures they will NEVER forget it.
i see college kids in 10 years asking members of the opposite sex if they want to "go back to their place to google", but slurping just sounds WAY too messy.
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http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2006/07/19/why-j ohn-c-dvorak-bugs-me/
woooo....he's got me fired up today.
who doesnt want to learn any new tricks. If that's the case, then i think that career change is in order. .net technologies, and have now moved into PHP/MySQL development. All in just under 3 years. the first 6 months were a jump start for me to realize that i LOVED a career that i never thought i'd enjoy. i thrive on the constant changing technologies. something new to learn every day. If my brain went stagnant for even a few weeks, id be back where i was with IT consulting and need to find something new. Bottom line...if you cant stay bleeding edge to a)keep your clients happy and b) stay ahead of your competition, you're gonna hurt in this industry.
I came to the web development industry 3 years ago from nearly 10 years as an IT/Network consultant. I was bored out of my mind in that gig, and seeing as how i was only 22 years old (yes, thats right...i was fixing computers IN A SHOP, not out of my basement, when i was 13) something needed to happen fast. College @ Drexel University gave me a great opportunity: Co-Op. Drexel's co-op program lets a student take a 6 month trial run at a career, no strings attached. a good student will make the best of those 6 months and actually try the career, not just settle for coffe-bitch. I had a buddy who worked at a local interactive agency as a developer and had him help me get my foot in the door. i knew HTML, and enough CSS to get by. Within 14 days of hire i was developing css based, xhtml compliant layouts (not hard, i just edge the learning curve as much as i can). As soon as i'd mastered that, i moved onto javascript. once i was an office DOM guru, i took up some
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all of the newgen ipods are shipping with usb2.0, right? so....why is firewire linked to iPod exclusively?
i can attest to this as well.
worked in a PC repair shop for 4 years. once a week, accidentally stumbled into a pile of nastiness.
not really ANYONE with a .08 is going to drive poorly. some of us are pretty well practiced, and can do quite well until a reasonably higher BAC.
before i got one, i actually had dreams about killing or seriously maiming people for their ipods.... so i bought one, before my dreams had a chance ot come true
initialy, i was a happy WA->iTunes convert. Then, i found some things about iTunes that bothered me. namely, the inability to copy files and playlists from my iPod to my library. so when i used my iPod at work and at home, i was having trouble syncing in 2 places. luckily, i found an iPod plugin for winamp...which honestly, with some tweaking, is really freaking sweet. its sync functions are two way between the media library in winamp 5...the ONLY thing that i still occasionally use iTunes for is making config changes to the iPods internal software, as well as renaming large batches of ID3 tags. winamp's id3 tag editor still leaves some things to be desired...iTunes is fantastic at it.
funny, we have about the same stats here. i wonder if we work at the same place?
in soviet russia...lobster freezes you!
when i moved into my apartment in august, my roomates and i discovered that the building exchange was 382...spelling "FUC". you can only imagine what our final decision was when we called the local telco company and requested a vanity number. i will say this: the prank phone calls are USUALLY lame...but there have been a few worth note: "damn...someone already has this number!" "do you know what your number spells?" "you're daughter come over my house, and she kick my dog" etc. regardless, telling girls my phone number ensures they will NEVER forget it.
i see college kids in 10 years asking members of the opposite sex if they want to "go back to their place to google", but slurping just sounds WAY too messy.