You started the discussion, claiming IT was recently a low paid, 'lord of the flies' environment...I don't buy it, then or now. Called (shenanigans/pushing a narrative), I stand by it, I was there at the time. It's always been well paid. The first computer 'gold rush' was in the early to mid 80s. It wasn't all that different from now.
Does 'lord of the flies' simply mean you didn't get enough 'validation'? Am I being mean to you? Toughen up. Hint: The non-apology: 'I'm sorry you feel that way' is itself a veiled insult. From a male perspective, that's not a phrase you'd use on someone you have any respect for. It's formulaic trope to calm hysterical women.
That nobody competent would work IT in any major city for 26k in about 95 is just history. It's a nice training wage, but if you knew what you were doing, you didn't know how to negotiate salary.
I _am_ entitled to every penny I can squeeze out of the bastards. Let me quess...'lord or the flies'? I hope you never have to work outside IT, you'll be shocked.
Big old industrial chimneys perhaps. A flue big enough for kid to go up would suck all the heat out of the house. You realize that most chimneys have multiple flues? Have you ever actually looked at one? That was even more true in Marx's day, when coal and wood heat was the standard.
The boy would also fuck up the flue lining climbing it. Chimney brushes are still mostly hand operated. I'll take your word that electric ones exist, but none of the chimney sweeps I've known would use them as, again the flue linings are relatively fragile. I bet the electric ones are liabilities.
Turn the machine on? I don't even know where to start with a statement so clueless. The work starts by sealing the fireplace, to prevent carpet cleaning bills in excess of the chimney cleaning fee. The work moves onto climbing to the top of the chimney, removing the cap, pushing brushes down the flues and inspecting. Spinning the brush isn't 'the work'.
Most people that actually do brain work (as opposed to 'face time' or sitting meetings) for 60+ hours/week end up being net negative workers in a couple of months. It's why when you're walking into a death march you triple your rate, you're going to need time to recover and it isn't free.
Savings are also put back into the economy. You might be operating under the 'Scrooge McDuck, pool of money' misconception. At this point most consumption is 'conspicuous' anyhow. Hours worked doesn't effect need to impress neighbors, you either have that curse or you don't.
'Work ethic' doesn't imply 60 hour weeks, just preferring work to handouts and actually working, at least between/. posts.
Hispanics are either white or not. Depending on what statistical lie is being told that day and by who. Non-hispanic white is just removing the ambiguity.
Not all smokers are alcoholics, but not long ago, virtually all alcoholics were smokers. The demonizing of cigs has changed that, a little.
It's one of the best arguments for not hiring smokers. Smoking won't kill them until you're done with them, but keeping the drunks off staff makes it worth it.
Target Canada's failure is well documented. Software/bad data (SAS) was the proximal cause, _incompetent_ senior management was the root. When you've got your pecker in your sites, you need to admit the problem, not pull the trigger. Making those kind of decisions is supposed to be why they 'make the big bucks'.
I've consulted into many businesses. Many more than you can possibly have worked for. 'Lord of the Flies' is very very uncommon. Sure indication that the boss is a psycho and the business is doomed. I love to find them when publicly traded, but still more uncommon than dysfunctional small businesses.
First jobs pay for shit. In the 90s, 26K implies working in east bumfuck with a very low cost of living. I made 100k+ in the mid 90s. I know I couldn't have hired anyone competent for that price at that time. I made 50K inside my first year, in the mid/late 80s. But I had to admin Netmare and code Dataflex (spit), so they were getting their monies worth.
So what? Someone still had to go up on the roof. Someone still has to do the work. There are still no machines to 'wipe chimneys' as the OP/Marx claimed.
At least half of PhDs are unqualified for anything but teaching the subject they got a PhD in. They're already pushing mops. Even technical PhDs often end up slinging code.
I'd ask the sexy genie to give them all a work ethic instead.
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Some people are fool enough to check luggage. They don't know how to travel light.
And funnier than a Jimmy Carr comedy bit.
A few of you will 'get it'.
Neither Burns or Ricardo were 'fat lazy slobs'. What TV have you been watching?
Back then it was the woman who was childish and the man who had to supervise...remember 'you've got some explaining to do'?
Only appear in films shot in total darkness.
And that's a misleading number. The 'or less' people are tipped employees, many of who take home very nice, largely tax free incomes.
You started the discussion, claiming IT was recently a low paid, 'lord of the flies' environment...I don't buy it, then or now. Called (shenanigans/pushing a narrative), I stand by it, I was there at the time. It's always been well paid. The first computer 'gold rush' was in the early to mid 80s. It wasn't all that different from now.
Does 'lord of the flies' simply mean you didn't get enough 'validation'? Am I being mean to you? Toughen up. Hint: The non-apology: 'I'm sorry you feel that way' is itself a veiled insult. From a male perspective, that's not a phrase you'd use on someone you have any respect for. It's formulaic trope to calm hysterical women.
That nobody competent would work IT in any major city for 26k in about 95 is just history. It's a nice training wage, but if you knew what you were doing, you didn't know how to negotiate salary.
I _am_ entitled to every penny I can squeeze out of the bastards. Let me quess...'lord or the flies'? I hope you never have to work outside IT, you'll be shocked.
Tax write offs reduce losses by the marginal tax rate. No harm done?
Bet the parent company is incorporated in Monaco or someplace equally crooked.
What a Roku does....an Emby player? That's, no doubt, one of the channels they're talking about.
The fireTV, paved over, works, more or less, like a Roku. Except it doesn't constantly crash. Help your granny out and pave it over for her, done.
Never buy or use a Roku, lots of better choices that you can actually control and own.
Fire is just an Android computer, pave it over and it's truly yours.
Or install your favorite OS on a miniPC.
Big old industrial chimneys perhaps. A flue big enough for kid to go up would suck all the heat out of the house. You realize that most chimneys have multiple flues? Have you ever actually looked at one? That was even more true in Marx's day, when coal and wood heat was the standard.
The boy would also fuck up the flue lining climbing it. Chimney brushes are still mostly hand operated. I'll take your word that electric ones exist, but none of the chimney sweeps I've known would use them as, again the flue linings are relatively fragile. I bet the electric ones are liabilities.
Turn the machine on? I don't even know where to start with a statement so clueless. The work starts by sealing the fireplace, to prevent carpet cleaning bills in excess of the chimney cleaning fee. The work moves onto climbing to the top of the chimney, removing the cap, pushing brushes down the flues and inspecting. Spinning the brush isn't 'the work'.
Most people that actually do brain work (as opposed to 'face time' or sitting meetings) for 60+ hours/week end up being net negative workers in a couple of months. It's why when you're walking into a death march you triple your rate, you're going to need time to recover and it isn't free.
Savings are also put back into the economy. You might be operating under the 'Scrooge McDuck, pool of money' misconception. At this point most consumption is 'conspicuous' anyhow. Hours worked doesn't effect need to impress neighbors, you either have that curse or you don't.
'Work ethic' doesn't imply 60 hour weeks, just preferring work to handouts and actually working, at least between /. posts.
I know how insurance companies operate? The only thing they do on time and in total is collect premiums.
But they do have a clue about assessing risk, not a big old clue when it comes to IT, but that will change.
Be careful. Those are gateway drinks. You'll be sucking cocks for Irish coffee before you know it.
Hispanics are either white or not. Depending on what statistical lie is being told that day and by who. Non-hispanic white is just removing the ambiguity.
Not all smokers are alcoholics, but not long ago, virtually all alcoholics were smokers. The demonizing of cigs has changed that, a little.
It's one of the best arguments for not hiring smokers. Smoking won't kill them until you're done with them, but keeping the drunks off staff makes it worth it.
Get a capture card with component inputs. At least you'll get 720.
Target Canada's failure is well documented. Software/bad data (SAS) was the proximal cause, _incompetent_ senior management was the root. When you've got your pecker in your sites, you need to admit the problem, not pull the trigger. Making those kind of decisions is supposed to be why they 'make the big bucks'.
HP enterprise is just renamed EDS.
The data suggests that EDS marketing gives AWSOME head. They suck at computers. I guarantee it cost them money even before this.
How they still get in the door to make their pitches escapes me. Find their client list and short the stocks/buy out of the money puts.
IT incident insurance should 10x the premium for EDS clients...100x for Tata and Infosys.
Because insurance companies are stupid? A few 0.3 billion dollar payouts will fix that. In fact, they are the _only_ thing that will fix it.
Better title: Copyright holders have a TV streaming problem.
In the long run, insurance companies/rates will be the stick that forces companies to get this right.
I've consulted into many businesses. Many more than you can possibly have worked for. 'Lord of the Flies' is very very uncommon. Sure indication that the boss is a psycho and the business is doomed. I love to find them when publicly traded, but still more uncommon than dysfunctional small businesses.
First jobs pay for shit. In the 90s, 26K implies working in east bumfuck with a very low cost of living. I made 100k+ in the mid 90s. I know I couldn't have hired anyone competent for that price at that time. I made 50K inside my first year, in the mid/late 80s. But I had to admin Netmare and code Dataflex (spit), so they were getting their monies worth.
So what? Someone still had to go up on the roof. Someone still has to do the work. There are still no machines to 'wipe chimneys' as the OP/Marx claimed.
At least half of PhDs are unqualified for anything but teaching the subject they got a PhD in. They're already pushing mops. Even technical PhDs often end up slinging code.
I'd ask the sexy genie to give them all a work ethic instead.