The point I keep coming back to is the difference in review systems.
You have Microsoft with a supposed "merit" based system that is apparently corrupted by politics/popularity/whatever.
Then you have systems like where my dad works where everyone with the same job gets the same pay. If you happen to be really motivated & efficient you get paid the same as the guy who's playing solitare in the corner.
Are these results from two different systems inevitable? Is there a better way?
Another factor for myself was where the money was going. Oil resources correlate rather highly to corrupt government. So send my money to a bunch of capitolist pig-dogs in Japan with a hair of it going to engineers, or send it to a corrupt government where large chunks of end up in the hands of corrupt government officials or worse.
My vote is for the pig-dogs &Y geeks.
When I purchased my Hybrid 2 years ago I worked out the numbers. Without the high prices we're paying now but with the federal tax break the numbers were close over 10 years of ownership. After much thought I decided I'd rather have my money go to engineers than, at best, corrupt governments (oil resources & corruption correlate nicely globally), and at worst some dude who's dream is to kill my kids.
Slashdot Mirror
Then you have systems like where my dad works where everyone with the same job gets the same pay. If you happen to be really motivated & efficient you get paid the same as the guy who's playing solitare in the corner.
Are these results from two different systems inevitable? Is there a better way?
Another factor for myself was where the money was going. Oil resources correlate rather highly to corrupt government. So send my money to a bunch of capitolist pig-dogs in Japan with a hair of it going to engineers, or send it to a corrupt government where large chunks of end up in the hands of corrupt government officials or worse. My vote is for the pig-dogs &Y geeks.
When I purchased my Hybrid 2 years ago I worked out the numbers. Without the high prices we're paying now but with the federal tax break the numbers were close over 10 years of ownership. After much thought I decided I'd rather have my money go to engineers than, at best, corrupt governments (oil resources & corruption correlate nicely globally), and at worst some dude who's dream is to kill my kids.