Thanks. In a lot of ways, you made my point for me.
I've dealt with way too many projects to believe I have any way to predict in advance which ones management will choose to keep around forever. And I've learned that they don't have a clue either.
That balance between "just good enough" and "the right way" is something that you can't learn in school. Come to think of it, it isn't something you can learn in "the real world" either. It's kind of a black magic sort of art that programmers either develop, or we ignore.
That's why we get paid the big bucks. Right? Don't we?
You're going to spend a few months getting pretty much any new hire up to speed. I'd rather deal with someone who knows he doesn't know everything (since we all have our weak spots) and has already taught himself how to use google to teach himself than some idiot with a fresh degree who's convinced he knows everything.
Pretty much anything involved in computer programming can be self-taught in a few months of free time. That's one reason I avoid the companies that require a CS degree like the plague.
It's been my experience that a CS degree is mostly a waste of time. The kids who are going to be great programmers started in high school, or even earlier. Pretty much every time I've had to deal with some kid fresh out of college with a CS degree, it's been a nightmare. He's been taught a bunch of useless theory by clueless academics who can't begin to imagine what it's like to write software in the real world. He's convinced that he knows everything, and that I'm just an old fogey who hasn't bothered to stay in touch with modern technology...even though all the stuff he learned in college is at least 5 years out of date.
I've met one exception who proves the rule. Have them get a math, physics, EE, or some other "hard science" degree instead. For that matter, some of the best programmers I've worked with had music degrees.
In this state, there's almost never an option to vote for a 3rd party candidate. The rare ones who do manage to get on the ballot never have any campaign funds left after that to actually do any campaigning. And no write-ins allowed.
I've seen a couple of videos lately where congressmen have gotten backed into corners and said pretty much exactly that. I didn't save links or pay attention to who they were (one was a male democrat from CA...San Francisco seems like it might have been mentioned). Now I regret that.
We've been a socialist country for a long time. At least according to the Socialist Party Platform.
It doesn't have to control every aspect of any industry (I know...that's the official definition, but I think that's so people who aren't comfortable with the idea can pretend it didn't happen). It controls enough, and they have enough influence over it, to qualify as the public/private partnership that pretty much defines fascism.
We haven't stepped over the line to totalitarianism yet, but most of the pieces are in place if you're keeping your eyes open. It's turning into a scary country.
That was because communists and fascists were fighting for the hearts and minds of the same kind of people. The ones who could be fooled into living in a police state.
We've had a socialist government in this country for a long time now. People need to realize that, accept it, and decide whether we want to do something about it. Denying it just lets the problem get worse and makes it less likely we'll be able to fix it.
Yeah, we couldn't *possibly* hire private contractors to haul our garbage away. And there's no way a private group could figure out how to build and maintain a sewer system.
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Thanks. In a lot of ways, you made my point for me.
I've dealt with way too many projects to believe I have any way to predict in advance which ones management will choose to keep around forever. And I've learned that they don't have a clue either.
That balance between "just good enough" and "the right way" is something that you can't learn in school. Come to think of it, it isn't something you can learn in "the real world" either. It's kind of a black magic sort of art that programmers either develop, or we ignore.
That's why we get paid the big bucks. Right? Don't we?
Well said!
You're going to spend a few months getting pretty much any new hire up to speed. I'd rather deal with someone who knows he doesn't know everything (since we all have our weak spots) and has already taught himself how to use google to teach himself than some idiot with a fresh degree who's convinced he knows everything.
Pretty much anything involved in computer programming can be self-taught in a few months of free time. That's one reason I avoid the companies that require a CS degree like the plague.
I mostly agree with you, except about one point.
It's been my experience that a CS degree is mostly a waste of time. The kids who are going to be great programmers started in high school, or even earlier. Pretty much every time I've had to deal with some kid fresh out of college with a CS degree, it's been a nightmare. He's been taught a bunch of useless theory by clueless academics who can't begin to imagine what it's like to write software in the real world. He's convinced that he knows everything, and that I'm just an old fogey who hasn't bothered to stay in touch with modern technology...even though all the stuff he learned in college is at least 5 years out of date.
I've met one exception who proves the rule. Have them get a math, physics, EE, or some other "hard science" degree instead. For that matter, some of the best programmers I've worked with had music degrees.
In this state, there's almost never an option to vote for a 3rd party candidate. The rare ones who do manage to get on the ballot never have any campaign funds left after that to actually do any campaigning. And no write-ins allowed.
They have their duopoly solidly sealed in place.
As bad as the US government is getting, I still trust them over the UN.
This is very true. It's sad.
LOL. Exactly!
I've seen a couple of videos lately where congressmen have gotten backed into corners and said pretty much exactly that. I didn't save links or pay attention to who they were (one was a male democrat from CA...San Francisco seems like it might have been mentioned). Now I regret that.
Those weren't deliberately targeting American citizens. As far as I've heard, anyway. And I tried to keep pretty close track of Bush's atrocities.
Depends on what state you were in. Here, it's almost impossible for a 3rd party candidate to make it onto the ballot. And they don't allow write-ins.
Excellent!
The platform is a better guide than a dictionary.
Though I don't suppose we should expect them to stick by their platform any more than the "two" major political parties do.
I think it's legal for other companies to compete in that arena. They're just required to charge more, so no one bothers.
It saddens me that this has been modded as it has.
We've been a socialist country for a long time. At least according to the Socialist Party Platform.
It doesn't have to control every aspect of any industry (I know...that's the official definition, but I think that's so people who aren't comfortable with the idea can pretend it didn't happen). It controls enough, and they have enough influence over it, to qualify as the public/private partnership that pretty much defines fascism.
We haven't stepped over the line to totalitarianism yet, but most of the pieces are in place if you're keeping your eyes open. It's turning into a scary country.
Not to mention the kind of classically liberal constitutional republic this country was supposed to be.
The terms have gotten as twisted out of shape and meaningless as "conservative" and "liberal."
It's just taking things one logical step further.
Collectivism all looks pretty much the same to me.
That was because communists and fascists were fighting for the hearts and minds of the same kind of people. The ones who could be fooled into living in a police state.
We've had a socialist government in this country for a long time now. People need to realize that, accept it, and decide whether we want to do something about it. Denying it just lets the problem get worse and makes it less likely we'll be able to fix it.
Yeah, we couldn't *possibly* hire private contractors to haul our garbage away. And there's no way a private group could figure out how to build and maintain a sewer system.
Because there was so much difference between Hitler and Stalin.
Fascism is just one logical step past socialism. At least, according to the fascists.
Government is tyranny. The trick is finding the balance between safety and convenience (on one hand) and 1984.