You don't have enough mathematics to convince conservative people today for the need to fix 50,000+ bridges in the U.S., much less get them to believe that man-made global warming is a real issue.
Building the San Francisco-Oakland bridge was nothing in comparison to building the world's longest suspension bridge in 1937 over the treacherous Golden Gate strait. Until it built, no new if it could be done. The new Bay Bridge span took 11 years to build, has numerous structural defects and may cost more to fix.
The car ended up stuck in this long loop of "too slow, too slow, more gas more gas more more mooooOOOOH CRAP TOO MUCH TOO MUCH OFF OFF OFF WAY Ooooh that's better, much better this is nice, I'm right on, wait, no no no wait too slow, too slow more gas more more MOOOOAAAAHHHH TOO FAST TOO FAST..." which could sometimes last for miles, unchecked.
I had that happened to me when the fuel regulator for my car decided to go out. Line pressure leveled out once I got up to 65MPH. Slower than that it was all over the place. Drove straight to the mechanic to get it fixed.
My first experience with Indians was at Intuit in 2005, where 20 Indians were crowded into a conference room with tables shoved against the walls. A big fat Indian sat at a table in the center room, shouting over everyone to be heard on the speakerphone during a conference call. He was their boss. It was crazy. One of the woman had a 26-character last name with the word "porn" at the end. The help desk techs called her Ms. Porn behind her back.
As a contractor, you shouldn't expect fringe benefits because you're never around long enough to collect. Although that's changing somewhat in Silicon Valley. All the young hipsters want to work in San Francisco, so the perks are getting better for those willing to work in plain old Silicon Valley.
I would have to pay $650 per month at my old employer for healthcare. Similar coverage cost $350 per month under Obamacare. That's without any subsidies.
Health insurance, 401K with employer match, etc, what the hell is that? Life has been hard since the Great Recession. However, with everyone wanting to work in San Francisco, the perks are getting better for workers who are willing to give up hipster society and work in boring Silicon Valley.
I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours PER MONTH), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. After the first six months of unemployment, I was told that I was "unemployable" by recruiters and "overqualified" for minimum wage jobs by hiring managers. With 99 weeks of unemployment benefits and draining my savings to zero, I managed to weather that one out. Unless a company offered to pay for moving, I couldn't afford to move and didn't. Six years later, I'm still recovering from the Great Recession.
I make 80% more as a tech contractor working numerous short-term assignments (one day to one year) for different companies than a tech worker collecting 2% raises at the same company for 5+ years.
I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours PER MONTH), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. During those years, recruiters told me I was "unemployable" for tech jobs and hiring managers told me I was "overqualified" for minimum wage jobs. Yet I got another tech job after my bankruptcy despite these repeated assertions. What the difference between my old tech job in 2009 and the new tech job in 2011? Nothing. The jobs were the same. The reason I got hired in 2011 was because the hiring manager needed people for the contract and couldn't make excuses for not hiring qualified candidates.
People with EARNED INCOME pay the highest tax rates. Ever wonder why Steve Jobs and other CEO's take a $1 salary? They don't want to pay taxes on EARNED INCOME. Meanwhile, they pay lower taxes on PORTFOLIO INCOME (i.e., stocks and bonds) and PASSIVE INCOME (i.e., real estate). If you don't want to pay your fair share of taxes, stop working for EARNED INCOME.
I was at Cisco when a group of coworkers tried to implement an email-based ticketing system where the resulting email thread becomes the ticket. A full-featured ticketing system would take up too much time from what little time they had. They never got it to work properly and went back to regular emails to track issues..
When I mentioned this incident to recruiters, they couldn't wrap their minds around the idea that an email-based ticketing system could save more time than using a full-featured ticketing system. These people never had to wait for Remedy to recover from a network pause or a crash. I gave up trying to explain this to them and stopped mentioning it in my interviews.
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You don't have enough mathematics to convince conservative people today for the need to fix 50,000+ bridges in the U.S., much less get them to believe that man-made global warming is a real issue.
Building the San Francisco-Oakland bridge was nothing in comparison to building the world's longest suspension bridge in 1937 over the treacherous Golden Gate strait. Until it built, no new if it could be done. The new Bay Bridge span took 11 years to build, has numerous structural defects and may cost more to fix.
As my late father liked to say, "The Golden Gate Bridge could never be built today."
Elvis left the building a long time ago.
If you want to communicate with the public, you need to do so at the 7th grade level. Yes, ignoramus is a big word.
The car ended up stuck in this long loop of "too slow, too slow, more gas more gas more more mooooOOOOH CRAP TOO MUCH TOO MUCH OFF OFF OFF WAY Ooooh that's better, much better this is nice, I'm right on, wait, no no no wait too slow, too slow more gas more more MOOOOAAAAHHHH TOO FAST TOO FAST..." which could sometimes last for miles, unchecked.
I had that happened to me when the fuel regulator for my car decided to go out. Line pressure leveled out once I got up to 65MPH. Slower than that it was all over the place. Drove straight to the mechanic to get it fixed.
I don't think I've ever seen such big words in a summary before. I may still have a dictionary on the bookshelf somewhere.
Diversity, maybe?
My first experience with Indians was at Intuit in 2005, where 20 Indians were crowded into a conference room with tables shoved against the walls. A big fat Indian sat at a table in the center room, shouting over everyone to be heard on the speakerphone during a conference call. He was their boss. It was crazy. One of the woman had a 26-character last name with the word "porn" at the end. The help desk techs called her Ms. Porn behind her back.
IIRC, This has always been the case.
As a contractor, you shouldn't expect fringe benefits because you're never around long enough to collect. Although that's changing somewhat in Silicon Valley. All the young hipsters want to work in San Francisco, so the perks are getting better for those willing to work in plain old Silicon Valley.
I would have to pay $650 per month at my old employer for healthcare. Similar coverage cost $350 per month under Obamacare. That's without any subsidies.
In Silicon Valley, all of them.
Health insurance, 401K with employer match, etc, what the hell is that? Life has been hard since the Great Recession. However, with everyone wanting to work in San Francisco, the perks are getting better for workers who are willing to give up hipster society and work in boring Silicon Valley.
I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours PER MONTH), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. After the first six months of unemployment, I was told that I was "unemployable" by recruiters and "overqualified" for minimum wage jobs by hiring managers. With 99 weeks of unemployment benefits and draining my savings to zero, I managed to weather that one out. Unless a company offered to pay for moving, I couldn't afford to move and didn't. Six years later, I'm still recovering from the Great Recession.
I make 80% more as a tech contractor working numerous short-term assignments (one day to one year) for different companies than a tech worker collecting 2% raises at the same company for 5+ years.
Depending on how the business is structured, a paycheck is optional.
I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours PER MONTH), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. During those years, recruiters told me I was "unemployable" for tech jobs and hiring managers told me I was "overqualified" for minimum wage jobs. Yet I got another tech job after my bankruptcy despite these repeated assertions. What the difference between my old tech job in 2009 and the new tech job in 2011? Nothing. The jobs were the same. The reason I got hired in 2011 was because the hiring manager needed people for the contract and couldn't make excuses for not hiring qualified candidates.
People with EARNED INCOME pay the highest tax rates. Ever wonder why Steve Jobs and other CEO's take a $1 salary? They don't want to pay taxes on EARNED INCOME. Meanwhile, they pay lower taxes on PORTFOLIO INCOME (i.e., stocks and bonds) and PASSIVE INCOME (i.e., real estate). If you don't want to pay your fair share of taxes, stop working for EARNED INCOME.
No. But, being Europe, it's taxed four different ways.
The three other words:
Against Corporate Policy
No, that's a C-O-M-P-R-I-S-E. Bipartisan means that you have least one person from the other side voting for your proposal.
Who knew that Klingons came from Earth?
"Ultimately, though, we are confident the issue will be resolved by bipartisan action by Congress or a future FCC, or by the courts."
What is he smoking and where can I get some?
I was at Cisco when a group of coworkers tried to implement an email-based ticketing system where the resulting email thread becomes the ticket. A full-featured ticketing system would take up too much time from what little time they had. They never got it to work properly and went back to regular emails to track issues..
When I mentioned this incident to recruiters, they couldn't wrap their minds around the idea that an email-based ticketing system could save more time than using a full-featured ticketing system. These people never had to wait for Remedy to recover from a network pause or a crash. I gave up trying to explain this to them and stopped mentioning it in my interviews.