What kind of programming jobs are you talking about?
Demand for CS majors at top technology companies far outstrips the supply. I'm a senior CS at CMU, and we're being bought up like there is no tomorrow at pretty high starting salaries (ranging from 70k to 90k).
With starting salaries that high and with such a technology-pervasive world, there's quite a future for CS majors.
So, CS majors are being bought up like there is no tomorrow at very high prices. The average CS major fresh out of college is getting multiple offers ranging from 70k to 90k. At least, that is what is happening at the top CS schools (MIT, Stanford, Berkley, CMU).
Basically, you do well in CS in one of those schools and you're set for life, from the start.
I agree that region coding limits the ability to play dvds in everywhere. But how many times do you move between countries?
The point I'm making is that when you buy a dvd from Sony Pictures and one from Universal, both play on the same player, if you aren't internationally nomadic.
then there would be an uproar from the public because we have always expected that when we pop a dvd from one distributor into any dvd player, it works. Of course, this is the result of an agreement among companies to provide this "luxury" to consumers.
However, why should we expect any less from internet music vendors? For those who think that this incompatability is ok, then you should accept that when the next format for high-density storage comes out to replace dvds, it should be ok to you that one player may not play your entire collection, never mind that it should also be ok that competing distributors would force makers of players to regularly lock other formats out (in the case of Apple, distributor and maker of player are one).
Of course, that's beside the fact that nobody buys music legally from any other place.
But, if the iPod becomes a lagging player in its market, wouldn't you want the collection of music you've gathered over the years to be able to be transferred to other similar players?
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What kind of programming jobs are you talking about? Demand for CS majors at top technology companies far outstrips the supply. I'm a senior CS at CMU, and we're being bought up like there is no tomorrow at pretty high starting salaries (ranging from 70k to 90k). With starting salaries that high and with such a technology-pervasive world, there's quite a future for CS majors.
So, CS majors are being bought up like there is no tomorrow at very high prices. The average CS major fresh out of college is getting multiple offers ranging from 70k to 90k. At least, that is what is happening at the top CS schools (MIT, Stanford, Berkley, CMU).
Basically, you do well in CS in one of those schools and you're set for life, from the start.
Your major isn't a CS major: that's why.
ummm... 99%?!? It's more like 100%. solid. I mean, at least 99% of /. is the average a-little-above-the-average, anyways.
I agree that region coding limits the ability to play dvds in everywhere. But how many times do you move between countries?
The point I'm making is that when you buy a dvd from Sony Pictures and one from Universal, both play on the same player, if you aren't internationally nomadic.
then there would be an uproar from the public because we have always expected that when we pop a dvd from one distributor into any dvd player, it works. Of course, this is the result of an agreement among companies to provide this "luxury" to consumers. However, why should we expect any less from internet music vendors? For those who think that this incompatability is ok, then you should accept that when the next format for high-density storage comes out to replace dvds, it should be ok to you that one player may not play your entire collection, never mind that it should also be ok that competing distributors would force makers of players to regularly lock other formats out (in the case of Apple, distributor and maker of player are one). Of course, that's beside the fact that nobody buys music legally from any other place. But, if the iPod becomes a lagging player in its market, wouldn't you want the collection of music you've gathered over the years to be able to be transferred to other similar players?