Interesting that you call people "cop outs" when you engage in the ultimate cop out - proposing ideas rooted in nothing but pure idealism without any practical means to achieve them.
Americans have greater expectations on personal space than Europeans. The average size of an American residence has nearly doubled in the last 30 years (warning PDF link). When I visit people I know in Europe, at first I was shocked at how small peoples' residences were, and I think about how I would have felt deprived if I had to share a bedroom with my sibling when I was young. Not to mention that you have not achieved the American dream if you don't have a big lawn and a ride on lawnmower.
Americans could live 10 miles from their workplaces... if they wanted to settle for "tiny" residences and forgo the huge lawns. But they look at the kind of house that they could buy if they live 50 miles away for much cheaper and they decide that spending two hours a day in traffic is worth it. Personally, I'm not in that category, but thats just me.
I see no evidence that private industry has changed it's tune to give out long term contracts with 2-3 year unemployment protection, do you? Snake oil salesmen- The last 7 years have proven to me that private industry cannot be trusted with my ability to earn a living.
Well, I agree with you there - there is no doubt that private industry does not have yours, mine, or anyone elses long term interests in mind. However, I disagree with your resignation about the system - you do not need to be a shmoozing CxO to thrive in this environment. See my comments below.
If industry wants my skills, there is a price to pay. Thar price is loyalty. I see no evidence that private industry is willing to pay that price- so I'm going with the stability of civil service instead.
You really might want to rethink that; its possible to make a good deal of money in the current system if you are willing to "roll with the punches" and accept some job insecurity. I'm probably making double jobhopping the private sector, what I would be making in a steady job in the public sector, and while I am very aware that I have less job security, the difference in income makes it worth it, even when you factor in the inevitable possibility of another downturn.
2003, 2002, 2001. 2003 was when I gave up, 2004 didn't seem any better, and when the economy did turn around, the CxO's got all the money, not the people who actually created anything. I am not going to join that stupidity again- I no longer trust anybody.
Like I said - 2004 wasn't better. It wasn't until 2005-2006 before the labor market got tight.
This one is kind of outdated, it represents the state I was in at the end of 2003, when I finally decided resumes don't do anybody any good. I went a different tack- I spent the next 2.5 years triming outdated skills off of this already-trimed resume, and contracting for the State
So basically, you just gave up at 2003 and decided that for the next four years, that "resumes don't do any good?". Seriously Mr. Van Winkle, you need to wake up!
I don't know anything about Portland, but on the East Coast you would do fine. Your resume is fine, and here the only way that you would not have a job is if you go into a phone screen or an interview and act like an idiot (which sadly is very common).
There is no doubt about it, that 2003 was a shitty year. But I can speak personally as somebody that was at both sides of the fence (as a job seeker and as someone with input in the hiring process), both in 2004 and 2006. In 2004, posting a tech job position online resulted in you getting innundated by resumes, and companies would have to cull the avalanche of resumes because noone had time to phone screen, much less interview everybody.
In 2006, I was trying to fill a position and expected the same avalanche of resumes; it didn't come, and the people that we interviewed and liked got better jobs elsewhere. At the same time I got frustrated by my job and got inspired to jump ship. I posted my resume online and got innundated - by recruiters. And I got a job that was more satisfying and my pay jumped up.
Seriously dude, I know you've given up, and that thats what your problem is. Like I said, I don't know much about Portland, but judging from your Slashdot posting history, if you spend half of the effort into looking for a job as you spend on Slashdot complaining about the job market, you would have a job. And a good one at that.
That is me on the other coast- the last time I had a call from a RECRUITER was 2003
Tell me where your resume is online; I'm honestly curious. When I put my resume online last year, I got about 2-3 calls from recruiters every day. I find it hard to believe that anybody is that unmarketable.
Believe it or not, this problem exists outside of the US, too. What's the appropriate word, then? Geocentric? Statecentric? If only I had a classical education;)
How about TSA-centric, given that most people were talking about the TSA in particular? (Unless the SSSS code is used by other countries, if so, pardon my ignorance)
Are Canadian taxes as mindnumbingly complicated as US taxes? I'm not referring to percentage of income, as much as the sheer complexity.
Its been said that editing the US tax code is like ordering a pizza for 280 million people, and the results is a morass of legislation, petty tax breaks nooks and crannies that in addition to guaranteeing hefty employment for accountants, requires very draconian powers on the part of the IRS to be enforceable.
Politicians in the USA always talk about how they want to simplify the tax code, but everytime they try some group always gets pissed (rightfully or wrongfully) and gets thwarted.
I always talk to friends from abroad and hear things about how if you are a normal wage earner that you do not have to file a tax return. Fucking amazing from my US perspective. So what is it like in Canada?
Fair enough, but that doesn't detract from the underlying point. Whether it is a shareholder lawsuit, or institutional investors dumping MSFT stock, for Microsoft, exiting the Chinese market is simply not a viable course of action.
He is being held hostage in a sense - either he has to cooperate, or he has to exit the Chinese market.
The latter option would entail a lynching in the form of shareholder lawsuits, so the comparison is valid.
Let me guess; you are in High School
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Yup, High School is like that; but don't think that all of American society is like that. For college, I ended up going to a very good high tech university and the problem switched to "What sucks is the lack of women"
Well, yeah. My point was that the original poster was wrong to thing that ZIP wasn't.
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Ok, in that case, as an American, I apologize for the Berlin Airlift. Or has the Berlin Airlift been edited out of your history books the way that it was edited out of ours?
You must be... a car driver.
And while there are lots of car drivers, the vast majority of the people in the world are not former car drivers. So, that majority, plus the people who are not accustomed to driving cars will introduce our own personal transportation vehicles that do not use consistent layout for the dashboard, have no two pedals in the same place, gear shifts completely out of order... hey why be conformist, never drive on the same side of the street for more than two blocks.
Chortle aside, your attempt to create a strawman - by associating the GIMP's poor UI with a myth that people believe that UIs must look like Window - will fail. The GIMPs problem is that it is not consistent with either itself or even other apps on Linux's desktop, not any alledged differences with Windows.
Just because one might exhibit some interest in such a table does not imply any sort of reverence. Its just at some level some sort of thrill of watching people "duke it out" in a manner and seeing who won, similar to watching a sporting event, seeing what movies win big at the box office, or who won a spelling bee. Nothing more.
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Interesting that you call people "cop outs" when you engage in the ultimate cop out - proposing ideas rooted in nothing but pure idealism without any practical means to achieve them.
Americans have greater expectations on personal space than Europeans. The average size of an American residence has nearly doubled in the last 30 years (warning PDF link). When I visit people I know in Europe, at first I was shocked at how small peoples' residences were, and I think about how I would have felt deprived if I had to share a bedroom with my sibling when I was young. Not to mention that you have not achieved the American dream if you don't have a big lawn and a ride on lawnmower.
Americans could live 10 miles from their workplaces... if they wanted to settle for "tiny" residences and forgo the huge lawns. But they look at the kind of house that they could buy if they live 50 miles away for much cheaper and they decide that spending two hours a day in traffic is worth it. Personally, I'm not in that category, but thats just me.
I see no evidence that private industry has changed it's tune to give out long term contracts with 2-3 year unemployment protection, do you? Snake oil salesmen- The last 7 years have proven to me that private industry cannot be trusted with my ability to earn a living.
Well, I agree with you there - there is no doubt that private industry does not have yours, mine, or anyone elses long term interests in mind. However, I disagree with your resignation about the system - you do not need to be a shmoozing CxO to thrive in this environment. See my comments below.
If industry wants my skills, there is a price to pay. Thar price is loyalty. I see no evidence that private industry is willing to pay that price- so I'm going with the stability of civil service instead.
You really might want to rethink that; its possible to make a good deal of money in the current system if you are willing to "roll with the punches" and accept some job insecurity. I'm probably making double jobhopping the private sector, what I would be making in a steady job in the public sector, and while I am very aware that I have less job security, the difference in income makes it worth it, even when you factor in the inevitable possibility of another downturn.
2003, 2002, 2001. 2003 was when I gave up, 2004 didn't seem any better, and when the economy did turn around, the CxO's got all the money, not the people who actually created anything. I am not going to join that stupidity again- I no longer trust anybody.
Like I said - 2004 wasn't better. It wasn't until 2005-2006 before the labor market got tight.
This one is kind of outdated, it represents the state I was in at the end of 2003, when I finally decided resumes don't do anybody any good. I went a different tack- I spent the next 2.5 years triming outdated skills off of this already-trimed resume, and contracting for the State
So basically, you just gave up at 2003 and decided that for the next four years, that "resumes don't do any good?". Seriously Mr. Van Winkle, you need to wake up!
I don't know anything about Portland, but on the East Coast you would do fine. Your resume is fine, and here the only way that you would not have a job is if you go into a phone screen or an interview and act like an idiot (which sadly is very common).
There is no doubt about it, that 2003 was a shitty year. But I can speak personally as somebody that was at both sides of the fence (as a job seeker and as someone with input in the hiring process), both in 2004 and 2006. In 2004, posting a tech job position online resulted in you getting innundated by resumes, and companies would have to cull the avalanche of resumes because noone had time to phone screen, much less interview everybody.
In 2006, I was trying to fill a position and expected the same avalanche of resumes; it didn't come, and the people that we interviewed and liked got better jobs elsewhere. At the same time I got frustrated by my job and got inspired to jump ship. I posted my resume online and got innundated - by recruiters. And I got a job that was more satisfying and my pay jumped up.
Seriously dude, I know you've given up, and that thats what your problem is. Like I said, I don't know much about Portland, but judging from your Slashdot posting history, if you spend half of the effort into looking for a job as you spend on Slashdot complaining about the job market, you would have a job. And a good one at that.
That is me on the other coast- the last time I had a call from a RECRUITER was 2003
Tell me where your resume is online; I'm honestly curious. When I put my resume online last year, I got about 2-3 calls from recruiters every day. I find it hard to believe that anybody is that unmarketable.
Believe it or not, this problem exists outside of the US, too. What's the appropriate word, then? Geocentric? Statecentric? If only I had a classical education ;)
How about TSA-centric, given that most people were talking about the TSA in particular? (Unless the SSSS code is used by other countries, if so, pardon my ignorance)
Are Canadian taxes as mindnumbingly complicated as US taxes? I'm not referring to percentage of income, as much as the sheer complexity.
Its been said that editing the US tax code is like ordering a pizza for 280 million people, and the results is a morass of legislation, petty tax breaks nooks and crannies that in addition to guaranteeing hefty employment for accountants, requires very draconian powers on the part of the IRS to be enforceable.
Politicians in the USA always talk about how they want to simplify the tax code, but everytime they try some group always gets pissed (rightfully or wrongfully) and gets thwarted.
I always talk to friends from abroad and hear things about how if you are a normal wage earner that you do not have to file a tax return. Fucking amazing from my US perspective. So what is it like in Canada?
Fair enough, but that doesn't detract from the underlying point. Whether it is a shareholder lawsuit, or institutional investors dumping MSFT stock, for Microsoft, exiting the Chinese market is simply not a viable course of action.
He is being held hostage in a sense - either he has to cooperate, or he has to exit the Chinese market. The latter option would entail a lynching in the form of shareholder lawsuits, so the comparison is valid.
If I hold someone at gunpoint, and force them to rob a bank, it is me that will be charged, not the person that I hold at gunpoint.
Inability to form a coherent argument eh?
Yup, High School is like that; but don't think that all of American society is like that. For college, I ended up going to a very good high tech university and the problem switched to "What sucks is the lack of women"
Well, yeah. My point was that the original poster was wrong to thing that ZIP wasn't.
Ok, in that case, as an American, I apologize for the Berlin Airlift. Or has the Berlin Airlift been edited out of your history books the way that it was edited out of ours?
LOL... WTF do you have to do to implement a buggy word count feature? Sounds like CS101.
You must be... a car driver. And while there are lots of car drivers, the vast majority of the people in the world are not former car drivers. So, that majority, plus the people who are not accustomed to driving cars will introduce our own personal transportation vehicles that do not use consistent layout for the dashboard, have no two pedals in the same place, gear shifts completely out of order... hey why be conformist, never drive on the same side of the street for more than two blocks. Chortle aside, your attempt to create a strawman - by associating the GIMP's poor UI with a myth that people believe that UIs must look like Window - will fail. The GIMPs problem is that it is not consistent with either itself or even other apps on Linux's desktop, not any alledged differences with Windows.
Fair enough... I stand corrected.
Its gawking, nothing more.
Just because one might exhibit some interest in such a table does not imply any sort of reverence. Its just at some level some sort of thrill of watching people "duke it out" in a manner and seeing who won, similar to watching a sporting event, seeing what movies win big at the box office, or who won a spelling bee. Nothing more.