If I'm unfamiliar with a subject, I'll read a Dummies book. Sometimes I'll read an Idiot book. Both are excellent resources for diving into a new subject.
If you have a reputation of getting the job done, people will come to you or ask for you by name.
[...] entire invisible, unmanaged, uncoordinated shadow IT group self-assembles [...]
I did a PC refresh project where the software engineers got new workstations but many of them wanted to keep their old workstations after the data transfer. But they only had one network port for a workstation. So they brought in home routers to connect both old and new workstations to the network port. Unfortunately, they forgot to turn off DHCP and every workstation in the immediate area wasn't able to connect to the corporate network. An IT tech spent the day chasing down a half-dozen rogue routers on the network.
I love listening to Eli The Computer Guy on YouTube. One of my favorite videos was about being an asshole as a technology professional. At the end of the day, you need to get the job done and that's the only thing that matters. If that makes you an asshole, so be it.
I can't remember the actual problem that was the show-stopper - it was several years ago, but I re-did everything from the beginning three times and still got stuck.
I did it in six attempts. Keep trying.
If I have to RTFM for every little thing, why use the book?
Because the book isn't an encyclopedia that explains everything. If you get stuck, back off for a while, ask for help and/or start over again. If you find this too hard to do, download a Linux distribution and be done with it.
"Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure" by Jerry Kaplan is one of my favorite books about Silicon Valley startup culture. Kaplan's pen-based computer company, Go Corp, got torn apart in the end from subsequent funding rounds as shareholders pushed the company in different directions. Company went through $75M in funding before closing.
I tried doing LFS and got to a point where one of the steps didn't work, and there was no information on what might be wrong or how to fix it.
Google is your friend. Someone else has probably ran into a similar situation and found a solution.
I expected LFS to be better because it's intended to educate, but it's just another cookbook of code concoctions.
If you actually read the LFS book, it will tell you that getting stuck is often the result of missing a step, ignoring error messages or a bug in the documentation. LFS is not for the faint of heart. It took me six attempts before I successfully booted my completed LFS installation.
An existing Linux environment. I typically install Xubuntu into a Virtual Machine and work from there. This is similar to how Linus Torvalds bootstrapped Minix while developing Linux.
Sigh. Perhaps it would be more helpful to learn why one would choose a logic family... and it's not just price.
The original family is obsolete and more expensive. All the logic chips I have in my parts box belongs to the HC/HCT family. Then again, I'm a cheap bastard.;)
I had exposure to computer programming as a teenager in the 1980's but wasn't interested in being a computer programmer in college in 1990's. I graduated with A.A. degree in General Education. After I was video game tester for three years, I went back to school after the dot com bust in 2001, got an A.S. degree in computer programming and went into IT support contract work. Today I'm doing InfoSec in government IT. I'm 47-years-old, making $50K+ per year and living in Silicon Valley. I'll do something different when I retire in 30 years.
Or use BASIC to learn about a different programming language. I never got any of the BASIC Computer Games (see link below) to work on my Commodore 64. Fast forward 30 years and a taxpayer-funded A.S. degree in computer programming, I started translating the BASIC games into Python to learn more Python better. A very educational experience.
[...] Pay is not as good as you think for the first 20 years [...]
It takes 20 years to establish your career and then you're in your peak earning years for another 20 to 30 years before retirement.
I don't know any plumbers or carpenters but those professions have been seeing the highest fatality rates in years lately.
Life is not without risk. My grandfather was a carpenters who fell off the roof, landed on a stake in his back and committed suicide from the back pain. My father accidentally put his knuckle underneath a masonry saw blade, watched the doctor do surgery on his finger, and drove my mother nuts while staying home on workman comp for six weeks. When I spent two years working with my father in construction, I stepped on a plank board that wasn't weighed down properly and fell two stories from the scaffolding into a sand pile.
Wages for carpenters in most states is in the $18,000 to $37,000 range-- which doesn't indicate a shortage.
Most states probably don't have major metropolitan areas that are facing a major shortage in skilled workers.
I'm tired of being held to account for lazy shitheads who bought into the FDR mantra of eternal vacation.
We had 19 workers for every retiree and an average life expectancy of 65 years in the 1930's. So the "eternal vacation" back then was less than five years. Fast forward to 2030 when all the baby boomers are retired, we have two workers for every retiree and most people are outliving their retirement funds by 20 to 50 years.
There is always work for people who want to work.
My late father worked every day until the last six weeks when he had terminal cancer. He helped a neighbor avoid county dump fees by disassembling old pallets and vending machines for the wood and metals. He cleaned up the wood to give another neighbor to build chicken coops for sale. When it came time to recycle the metals, he gave rides in his truck to neighbors who also had recyclable materials to turn in. He typically made $50 per month from turning in metals.
I worked in IT for 10 years, collected a novelty coffee mug for ten years of service, and then I was immediately fired for being over 30.
Didn't anyone tell you that help desk support was a stepping stone into IT?
Now I have no prospects because I'm over 30 with no social skills, and as you know, in the past decade IT has become a social industry for cocksucking clitlicking socializers like yourself.
If you're going to make a career out of IT, you need to learn how to be an asshole.
Slashdot Mirror
Back then you could buy the Internet Yellow Pages at the bookstore to find everything on the Internet.
https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Yellow-Pages-3rd/dp/0078821827/
If I'm unfamiliar with a subject, I'll read a Dummies book. Sometimes I'll read an Idiot book. Both are excellent resources for diving into a new subject.
I'm C, C++, embedded code, device drivers.
I've always wondered what the offspring of a Linux kernel and BSD kernel would look like.
The Nintendo Switch is unreal.
And then everyone stops coming to you [...]
If you have a reputation of getting the job done, people will come to you or ask for you by name.
[...] entire invisible, unmanaged, uncoordinated shadow IT group self-assembles [...]
I did a PC refresh project where the software engineers got new workstations but many of them wanted to keep their old workstations after the data transfer. But they only had one network port for a workstation. So they brought in home routers to connect both old and new workstations to the network port. Unfortunately, they forgot to turn off DHCP and every workstation in the immediate area wasn't able to connect to the corporate network. An IT tech spent the day chasing down a half-dozen rogue routers on the network.
Congratulation, asshole.
Thank you!
I love listening to Eli The Computer Guy on YouTube. One of my favorite videos was about being an asshole as a technology professional. At the end of the day, you need to get the job done and that's the only thing that matters. If that makes you an asshole, so be it.
Being An "Asshole" As A Technology Professional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YaNGzplbE
I can't remember the actual problem that was the show-stopper - it was several years ago, but I re-did everything from the beginning three times and still got stuck.
I did it in six attempts. Keep trying.
If I have to RTFM for every little thing, why use the book?
Because the book isn't an encyclopedia that explains everything. If you get stuck, back off for a while, ask for help and/or start over again. If you find this too hard to do, download a Linux distribution and be done with it.
Hey, little crying bitch, how does it feel in Canada where there is no Trump.
Why don't you ask a Canadian? Meanwhile, California is doing just fine without Trump.
But how much of that $75 mil did Kaplan get? If it was enough, who cares?
He took a salary. I don't think he lined his pockets like so many CEOs do today.
"I'm not really interested in anything. I don't read, listen to music or watch movies/TV."
*cough* Trump supporter! *cough*
Slashdot probably has plenty of Stanford MBA students who are working hard on their new app that will generate $1B+ in revenue per year.
"Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure" by Jerry Kaplan is one of my favorite books about Silicon Valley startup culture. Kaplan's pen-based computer company, Go Corp, got torn apart in the end from subsequent funding rounds as shareholders pushed the company in different directions. Company went through $75M in funding before closing.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Adventure-S-Jerrold-Kaplan-ebook/dp/B00L0M749M/
Go Corp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GO_Corp.
I tried doing LFS and got to a point where one of the steps didn't work, and there was no information on what might be wrong or how to fix it.
Google is your friend. Someone else has probably ran into a similar situation and found a solution.
I expected LFS to be better because it's intended to educate, but it's just another cookbook of code concoctions.
If you actually read the LFS book, it will tell you that getting stuck is often the result of missing a step, ignoring error messages or a bug in the documentation. LFS is not for the faint of heart. It took me six attempts before I successfully booted my completed LFS installation.
What's the bootstrap process for that?
An existing Linux environment. I typically install Xubuntu into a Virtual Machine and work from there. This is similar to how Linus Torvalds bootstrapped Minix while developing Linux.
Sigh. Perhaps it would be more helpful to learn why one would choose a logic family... and it's not just price.
The original family is obsolete and more expensive. All the logic chips I have in my parts box belongs to the HC/HCT family. Then again, I'm a cheap bastard. ;)
The SN74HCT00N is cheaper ($0.25) than the plain old 7400 ($1.29).
SN74HCT00N: http://www.jameco.com/z/SN74HCT00N-Texas-Instruments-NAND-Gate-4-Element-2-Input-CMOS-14-Pin-PDIP_815402.html
7400: http://www.jameco.com/z/7400-Major-Brands-QUAD-2-INPUT-POSITIVE-NAND-GATE-DIP-14_48979.html
I had exposure to computer programming as a teenager in the 1980's but wasn't interested in being a computer programmer in college in 1990's. I graduated with A.A. degree in General Education. After I was video game tester for three years, I went back to school after the dot com bust in 2001, got an A.S. degree in computer programming and went into IT support contract work. Today I'm doing InfoSec in government IT. I'm 47-years-old, making $50K+ per year and living in Silicon Valley. I'll do something different when I retire in 30 years.
That's so 1990's. Here's an updated Linux book. Enjoy!
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/
Or use BASIC to learn about a different programming language. I never got any of the BASIC Computer Games (see link below) to work on my Commodore 64. Fast forward 30 years and a taxpayer-funded A.S. degree in computer programming, I started translating the BASIC games into Python to learn more Python better. A very educational experience.
http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/
Yes. The answer is 42. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
How about having the employer do the training like in ye olde times
Bean counters declared training as an unnecessary expense that doesn't help the bottom line — or add to the CEO's compensation package.
[...] Pay is not as good as you think for the first 20 years [...]
It takes 20 years to establish your career and then you're in your peak earning years for another 20 to 30 years before retirement.
I don't know any plumbers or carpenters but those professions have been seeing the highest fatality rates in years lately.
Life is not without risk. My grandfather was a carpenters who fell off the roof, landed on a stake in his back and committed suicide from the back pain. My father accidentally put his knuckle underneath a masonry saw blade, watched the doctor do surgery on his finger, and drove my mother nuts while staying home on workman comp for six weeks. When I spent two years working with my father in construction, I stepped on a plank board that wasn't weighed down properly and fell two stories from the scaffolding into a sand pile.
Wages for carpenters in most states is in the $18,000 to $37,000 range-- which doesn't indicate a shortage.
Most states probably don't have major metropolitan areas that are facing a major shortage in skilled workers.
I'm tired of being held to account for lazy shitheads who bought into the FDR mantra of eternal vacation.
We had 19 workers for every retiree and an average life expectancy of 65 years in the 1930's. So the "eternal vacation" back then was less than five years. Fast forward to 2030 when all the baby boomers are retired, we have two workers for every retiree and most people are outliving their retirement funds by 20 to 50 years.
There is always work for people who want to work.
My late father worked every day until the last six weeks when he had terminal cancer. He helped a neighbor avoid county dump fees by disassembling old pallets and vending machines for the wood and metals. He cleaned up the wood to give another neighbor to build chicken coops for sale. When it came time to recycle the metals, he gave rides in his truck to neighbors who also had recyclable materials to turn in. He typically made $50 per month from turning in metals.
I worked in IT for 10 years, collected a novelty coffee mug for ten years of service, and then I was immediately fired for being over 30.
Didn't anyone tell you that help desk support was a stepping stone into IT?
Now I have no prospects because I'm over 30 with no social skills, and as you know, in the past decade IT has become a social industry for cocksucking clitlicking socializers like yourself.
If you're going to make a career out of IT, you need to learn how to be an asshole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_YaNGzplbE
He has forgotten what bored young people do.
Growing pot and making pipe bombs were popular in the 1970's. I've missed out on that and got into computers in the 1980's.