Also nice how they have decided to endorse the format with 20GB less per disc - If anything this seems like a massive selling point, at least from my perspective. 40-50GB vs 30GB is not a small difference.
It's a toss-up between Michael and Timothy for worst stories/ads/dupes. I think Timothy gets the nod for his under-24-hours dupes, although Michael posted this one.
It may seem cliche, but managers are incredibly overpaid. Working with the HR database system we used, I saw anyone's information that I was working on. The LOWEST paid manager was HIGHER than the HIGHEST paid I.T. employee. Even managers who only had 2 or 3 people under them made more than I.T. employees who were absolutely critical to the company. Managers salaries ranged from $85,000 to $130,000 for middle management; upper management was anywhere from $150,000 to $600,000. Yes, Six hundred thousand dollars. IT topped off at $80,000 for "high-priced veterans". It was honestly a bit nauseating.
It sounds like you've had some rough luck - keep it up. You're worth more than they're paying you.
Any employer is only going to pay you what you insist on. There are people at my old company that utterly astonished me when they told me how much they were making. Some of them I would have guessed they were making twice what the actual figure turned out to be. Managers, however, ALWAYS seem to make at least $85,000.
I especially liked JobSniper.com for searching, but DICE was the site most of the recruiters mentioned as having seen my resume on. I used Monster, too, but I get the feeling it's massively saturated.
You should start looking and see what can find. Don't let your current employer know, just yet. But 10 years experience in development should net you a very big salary increase. Where are you located ?
You need to change jobs. Now. You should be making at least $75,000. You're not alone, though. The company I work with (for the next 3 days) has the same type of IT salaries - people who have been here for a long time are RIDICULOUSLY underpaid. Sometimes you need to jump around to get more money. Make sure you tell your next employer you were making around $67,000. They won't give you a $30,000 raise if they know what you were making before.
I graduated college 4 years ago, so I was right in the midst of the classes with all those "dude computers, mad money! Rock!" people. You could talk with these guys for 5 minutes and realize they were going to make some desperate IT company very unhappy with an utter lack of knowledge concerning basic systems concepts. They all have C.S. degrees now, though. But somehow I'm pretty sure this has worked itself out - I doubt they have jobs anymore and are likely working a low-wage manual labor deal. It's probably better for everyone.
This is an excellent point. It seems the only way to get more money is to change jobs. In the last 3 years in IT, I don't think a single employee I've worked with actually got an increase in salary in the same position (across 2 companies). Often "poor financial performance" is blamed for the lack of funds for raises.
A year ago, getting an IT job was hard as hell. Countless resumes, postings and searchings EVENTUALLY netted me a DBA position.
In the last few months, I've started getting emails randomly from recruiters who've seen my resumes posted. I haven't been looking, haven't updated it. One of the opportunities struck me, so I took it. No problems. I've been offered more jobs in the past month - without looking for anything - than I could even get close to a year ago.
Taco really loves his quantum computing stories. He likes to post at least six or seven a day. I think he secretly wants to be Dr. Sam Beckett.
Maybe it's not really a secret...
Modded funny, but I agree 100%. Who writes these things ?? Do they start with a list of 20 words (Paradigm, leverage, diversify) and have their managers tell them those words MUST be included ?? Yeesh !
Anyone else reminded of the Futurama episodes where Bender rebelled against technology ? And de-upgraded himself to wood ? I know you are. I really want one of those RX-1000 robot workers.
I know not of this "Claria" company, but they sound like a bunch of upstanding folks. Not like those Gator bastards... man I'd like to see them strung up. Hooray for Claria !
Seriously...
a colour-coded world map showing time zones, which showed the disputed Jammu-Kashmir region as not being in India - an offence under Indian law.
This didn't even have anything to do with India, or this region I never heard of. Just time zones... They would need a full time department just to handle issues like this. You want someone coding a map, probably based on pure coordinates to be up to date on daily-changing Asian affairs and disputes ? Give me a break. Maybe tomorrow it will officially be not part of India.
good examples, but there were more terrorists flying planes on 9/11 alone than names you mentioned. and they all had something in common, whether you want to pull the racist card on me or not. Just because you can't stop 100% doesn't mean you should'nt try.
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Also nice how they have decided to endorse the format with 20GB less per disc - If anything this seems like a massive selling point, at least from my perspective. 40-50GB vs 30GB is not a small difference.
It actually looks like the US space shuttle - if it were made out of legos.
It's a toss-up between Michael and Timothy for worst stories/ads/dupes. I think Timothy gets the nod for his under-24-hours dupes, although Michael posted this one.
This should have been under 'Slashdot - advertisements'. Next article - Get $40 off the newest Linux ISO !
It may seem cliche, but managers are incredibly overpaid. Working with the HR database system we used, I saw anyone's information that I was working on. The LOWEST paid manager was HIGHER than the HIGHEST paid I.T. employee. Even managers who only had 2 or 3 people under them made more than I.T. employees who were absolutely critical to the company. Managers salaries ranged from $85,000 to $130,000 for middle management; upper management was anywhere from $150,000 to $600,000. Yes, Six hundred thousand dollars. IT topped off at $80,000 for "high-priced veterans". It was honestly a bit nauseating.
It sounds like you've had some rough luck - keep it up. You're worth more than they're paying you.
Any employer is only going to pay you what you insist on. There are people at my old company that utterly astonished me when they told me how much they were making. Some of them I would have guessed they were making twice what the actual figure turned out to be. Managers, however, ALWAYS seem to make at least $85,000.
Knowing them, they'll use the competitor - I think it was Philips' version. Here we go again, DVD-R vs DVD+R.
how badly a small scratch will affect these ? How much data redundancy is there ?
I especially liked JobSniper.com for searching, but DICE was the site most of the recruiters mentioned as having seen my resume on. I used Monster, too, but I get the feeling it's massively saturated.
You should start looking and see what can find. Don't let your current employer know, just yet. But 10 years experience in development should net you a very big salary increase. Where are you located ?
You need to change jobs. Now. You should be making at least $75,000. You're not alone, though. The company I work with (for the next 3 days) has the same type of IT salaries - people who have been here for a long time are RIDICULOUSLY underpaid. Sometimes you need to jump around to get more money. Make sure you tell your next employer you were making around $67,000. They won't give you a $30,000 raise if they know what you were making before.
neo-con ? is that some soft of keanu-reeves-in-the-matrix convention ?
I graduated college 4 years ago, so I was right in the midst of the classes with all those "dude computers, mad money! Rock!" people. You could talk with these guys for 5 minutes and realize they were going to make some desperate IT company very unhappy with an utter lack of knowledge concerning basic systems concepts. They all have C.S. degrees now, though. But somehow I'm pretty sure this has worked itself out - I doubt they have jobs anymore and are likely working a low-wage manual labor deal. It's probably better for everyone.
Right, because salaries of recently graduated IT people have nothing to do with salaries of veteran IT people.
This is an excellent point. It seems the only way to get more money is to change jobs. In the last 3 years in IT, I don't think a single employee I've worked with actually got an increase in salary in the same position (across 2 companies). Often "poor financial performance" is blamed for the lack of funds for raises.
A year ago, getting an IT job was hard as hell. Countless resumes, postings and searchings EVENTUALLY netted me a DBA position.
In the last few months, I've started getting emails randomly from recruiters who've seen my resumes posted. I haven't been looking, haven't updated it. One of the opportunities struck me, so I took it. No problems. I've been offered more jobs in the past month - without looking for anything - than I could even get close to a year ago.
Taco really loves his quantum computing stories. He likes to post at least six or seven a day.
I think he secretly wants to be Dr. Sam Beckett.
Maybe it's not really a secret...
Modded funny, but I agree 100%. Who writes these things ?? Do they start with a list of 20 words (Paradigm, leverage, diversify) and have their managers tell them those words MUST be included ?? Yeesh !
usher back a time they experienced only barely, if at all
It should say briefly, not barely. Learn grammar.
pwned?
Anyone else reminded of the Futurama episodes where Bender rebelled against technology ? And de-upgraded himself to wood ? I know you are. I really want one of those RX-1000 robot workers.
I know not of this "Claria" company, but they sound like a bunch of upstanding folks. Not like those Gator bastards... man I'd like to see them strung up. Hooray for Claria !
You could blugeon someone to death with your camera
So, uh... I guess that film career didn't work out for you ?
I don't think most IT folks follow Pakistani-Indian relations closely, unless their jobs are going there.
Seriously... a colour-coded world map showing time zones, which showed the disputed Jammu-Kashmir region as not being in India - an offence under Indian law.
This didn't even have anything to do with India, or this region I never heard of. Just time zones... They would need a full time department just to handle issues like this. You want someone coding a map, probably based on pure coordinates to be up to date on daily-changing Asian affairs and disputes ? Give me a break. Maybe tomorrow it will officially be not part of India.
good examples, but there were more terrorists flying planes on 9/11 alone than names you mentioned. and they all had something in common, whether you want to pull the racist card on me or not. Just because you can't stop 100% doesn't mean you should'nt try.