While not an official designation, mid-tech jobs can be defined as skilled tech work that doesnâ(TM)t require a college degree: just intense, focused training on the job or in vocational programs like those of blue-collar trades of the industrial past.
Companies in my region don't require college degrees for the high-tech jobs, you just need to have the skills and experience to get the job done. The only companies that require degrees tend to be large corporations. Sometimes they won't promote people above a certain level without a degree, but that's just their policy and they lose good workers because of it.
You talk like there aren't other employers that need help. If you're any good then it's no problem to get another tech job if your employer goes under or is bought out.
I've been working tech jobs in Chicago for 20 years now; I've never ever had a problem finding work in less than a month of looking. It's ranged from 3 days to maybe 3 weeks.
They key is having actual skills. If you're an experienced system or network admin and have a programming background in languages like C, Perl, Python or Java you will have no problem getting a job making well over six figures. Even the front-end developers get to pick who they work for. Talk to a recruiting agency, there's more jobs available than developers.
Part of the rationale behind taxi medallions was to limit the number issued in order to control how many vehicles were on a road and avoid creating congestion.
It should be pointed out that the shooter, who had previously been expelled from school and banned from campus, was able to walk onto school grounds unchallenged. He was then able to enter a building through an unlocked door and access the people inside.
Campus security was a joke, but I don't hear anyone talking about that issue. If the building doors had been locked the shooting may not have ever occurred. If someone were watching the campus grounds the shooting may not have ever occurred. You should have to pass through a monitored set of security doors to get inside the building like you do at places like courthouses.
The licenses TFA calls a "charade" really aren't. Stylists don't just put on makeup, they can also apply caustic chemicals to your hair or skin. Likewise, bartenders mix substances which are consumed - do you really want someone merely pretending to be a bartender to mix something you'll end up drinking? Food service workers (cooks, chefs, waiters and waitresses) must pass a food handling exam for the same reason. All this is to guarantee that someone working in these fields have at least been taught basic pitfalls and mistakes to avoid.
There's even been talk in my area of using licensing as a political weapon. Anti-police Cook County Democrats are upset that the police departments in the suburban counties are not reviewing police involved shootings. Even though these officers are following State law, politicians want to use a training and standards board to create additional restrictions, beyond what the law says, on the use of force so they can hold the police "accountable".
I hate to say it, but right now Docker is primarily a way for developers to stick their fingers in their ears and say "la la la security la la la." Require the same attention to security that the OS gets and suddenly Docker is massively more complex to work with than older techniques.
The nice think about Docker is that developers can work with the exact same images that will be deployed to production. I have developers using Mac OS, but we deploy to an Amazon Linux environment. Getting the developers away from using snowflake environments would be a big plus.
I found Docker very easy to use for simple cases. Running swarm and having to configure a consul cluster added a lot of complexity, but once it was set up it didn't need much attention. Where I ran into problems was when I needed to combine images with no common ancestor, or when I had to be careful to avoid re-running build steps that take 40 minutes to complete.
There's also the issue of trademark infringement for using the Windows and Dell logos without permission.
For someone who's clearly passionate about what he does, it's a shame he's so clueless of the law. What kind of business owner makes the decision to manufacture and sell tens of thousands of discs of someone else's software without first getting the okay from legal?
It makes me wonder if his recycling ventures are being operated legally.
Depending on the mortgage rate, you may not want to ever pay it off. If you're paying 3.9% in interest, but making 8% in the market, then you should make the smallest mortgage payment you can and invest the rest.
Why do they need to work at the office when they have Internet access at home?
Not commuting to the office should save an hour or two each day. Then there's the productivity boost of not having to deal with the noise pollution that comes with an open floor plan layout.
My guess is that the corporate laptop included trusted root certificates to allow them to MITM TLS connections. It's common practice in order to perform traffic scanning.
I don't understand why anyone trusts the large financial institutions. HSBC was financing terrorism. Wells Fargo created millions of fraudulent accounts. Bank of America was trying to foreclose on mortgages despite not having the proper paperwork. JP Morgan Chase went a step further and created fraudulent documents so they could foreclose on mortgages.
On top of all the crimes (which result in tiny fines and no prison time), there's the issue of crony capitalism. The government gives these companies sweet deals, loans at extremely low (even 0%) interest rates, so they can make money off the backs of ordinary people.
That's partly why Kodak is planning on renting access to mining rigs. They have a large power plant in Rochester with some extra capacity they're trying to utilize.
The Man is just trying to protect the addiction industry. We can't have people curing themselves of opiate dependency using natural products now, can we?
44 deaths? Acetaminophen kills more than 450 people per year and it's still sold over the counter.
I recently purchased a cheap laptop running Windows 10 to manage an ESXi server. The voice directed setup was great, but I was shocked to see Flash installed by default. What was Microsoft thinking?
Is retraining people a realistic solution? How does a "retrained" worker compete with someone who has kept their skills up and has been involved with the technology for several decades, or even their entire life?
Our public schools are graduating students with little to no job skills, what makes us think this will change? How can these people _be_ trained for these jobs?
We already have a number of people who have difficulty living in modern society. As life becomes more demanding, requiring more education and knowledge, what do we do with them?
I used to call those guys Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The Deitel and Deitel books are absolutely awful! My introduction to C class used their book and it was a bad joke compared to the definitive text by Kernighan and Richie.
People should be using the well known texts from accomplished authors.
I think you're missing OP's point. Businesses typically don't hire "computer scientists", they hire Python or Java programmers, or Oracle DBAs. Traditional schooling doesn't prepare students to work these types of roles.
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While not an official designation, mid-tech jobs can be defined as skilled tech work that doesnâ(TM)t require a college degree: just intense, focused training on the job or in vocational programs like those of blue-collar trades of the industrial past.
Companies in my region don't require college degrees for the high-tech jobs, you just need to have the skills and experience to get the job done. The only companies that require degrees tend to be large corporations. Sometimes they won't promote people above a certain level without a degree, but that's just their policy and they lose good workers because of it.
You talk like there aren't other employers that need help. If you're any good then it's no problem to get another tech job if your employer goes under or is bought out.
I've been working tech jobs in Chicago for 20 years now; I've never ever had a problem finding work in less than a month of looking. It's ranged from 3 days to maybe 3 weeks.
They key is having actual skills. If you're an experienced system or network admin and have a programming background in languages like C, Perl, Python or Java you will have no problem getting a job making well over six figures. Even the front-end developers get to pick who they work for. Talk to a recruiting agency, there's more jobs available than developers.
Part of the rationale behind taxi medallions was to limit the number issued in order to control how many vehicles were on a road and avoid creating congestion.
It should be pointed out that the shooter, who had previously been expelled from school and banned from campus, was able to walk onto school grounds unchallenged. He was then able to enter a building through an unlocked door and access the people inside.
Campus security was a joke, but I don't hear anyone talking about that issue. If the building doors had been locked the shooting may not have ever occurred. If someone were watching the campus grounds the shooting may not have ever occurred. You should have to pass through a monitored set of security doors to get inside the building like you do at places like courthouses.
The licenses TFA calls a "charade" really aren't. Stylists don't just put on makeup, they can also apply caustic chemicals to your hair or skin. Likewise, bartenders mix substances which are consumed - do you really want someone merely pretending to be a bartender to mix something you'll end up drinking? Food service workers (cooks, chefs, waiters and waitresses) must pass a food handling exam for the same reason. All this is to guarantee that someone working in these fields have at least been taught basic pitfalls and mistakes to avoid.
Fair enough, but once you require licenses to conduct business you tend to get politicians trying to use them to push their social agendas and create requirements that have nothing to do with the job. For example, cosmetologists, nail techs & estheticians in Illinois now have to complete domestic violence training.
There's even been talk in my area of using licensing as a political weapon. Anti-police Cook County Democrats are upset that the police departments in the suburban counties are not reviewing police involved shootings. Even though these officers are following State law, politicians want to use a training and standards board to create additional restrictions, beyond what the law says, on the use of force so they can hold the police "accountable".
I hate to say it, but right now Docker is primarily a way for developers to stick their fingers in their ears and say "la la la security la la la." Require the same attention to security that the OS gets and suddenly Docker is massively more complex to work with than older techniques.
The nice think about Docker is that developers can work with the exact same images that will be deployed to production. I have developers using Mac OS, but we deploy to an Amazon Linux environment. Getting the developers away from using snowflake environments would be a big plus.
I found Docker very easy to use for simple cases. Running swarm and having to configure a consul cluster added a lot of complexity, but once it was set up it didn't need much attention. Where I ran into problems was when I needed to combine images with no common ancestor, or when I had to be careful to avoid re-running build steps that take 40 minutes to complete.
There's also the issue of trademark infringement for using the Windows and Dell logos without permission.
For someone who's clearly passionate about what he does, it's a shame he's so clueless of the law. What kind of business owner makes the decision to manufacture and sell tens of thousands of discs of someone else's software without first getting the okay from legal?
It makes me wonder if his recycling ventures are being operated legally.
Depending on the mortgage rate, you may not want to ever pay it off. If you're paying 3.9% in interest, but making 8% in the market, then you should make the smallest mortgage payment you can and invest the rest.
Why do they need to work at the office when they have Internet access at home?
Not commuting to the office should save an hour or two each day. Then there's the productivity boost of not having to deal with the noise pollution that comes with an open floor plan layout.
How am I supposed to connect 11 of these to my Dolby Atmos system?
I don't understand why flu vaccines are promoted widely, but no mention is ever made of wearing surgical masks.
The masks work both ways, but a vaccinated person with the flu will still spread the flu.
My guess is that the corporate laptop included trusted root certificates to allow them to MITM TLS connections. It's common practice in order to perform traffic scanning.
Nope.
McDonald's has been delivering orders for a long time now.
Taco Bell and KFC just announced delivery via GrubHub.
I don't understand why anyone trusts the large financial institutions. HSBC was financing terrorism. Wells Fargo created millions of fraudulent accounts. Bank of America was trying to foreclose on mortgages despite not having the proper paperwork. JP Morgan Chase went a step further and created fraudulent documents so they could foreclose on mortgages.
On top of all the crimes (which result in tiny fines and no prison time), there's the issue of crony capitalism. The government gives these companies sweet deals, loans at extremely low (even 0%) interest rates, so they can make money off the backs of ordinary people.
That's partly why Kodak is planning on renting access to mining rigs. They have a large power plant in Rochester with some extra capacity they're trying to utilize.
You joke, but some of the old fiat currencies still have value simply because they can't be diluted by printing more of them.
You are using an algorithm to appropriate the likeness of another person without their consent.
That's why you pay a look-alike to use their image instead. Remember the movie L.A. Confidential?
Haven't we been hearing about movies in the future being made with virtual actors? Has that day just arrived?
Given Jeff Session's opinion on the matter, we may just get lucky and have Congress take action to re/de-schedule it.
The Man is just trying to protect the addiction industry. We can't have people curing themselves of opiate dependency using natural products now, can we?
44 deaths? Acetaminophen kills more than 450 people per year and it's still sold over the counter.
I recently purchased a cheap laptop running Windows 10 to manage an ESXi server. The voice directed setup was great, but I was shocked to see Flash installed by default. What was Microsoft thinking?
Is retraining people a realistic solution? How does a "retrained" worker compete with someone who has kept their skills up and has been involved with the technology for several decades, or even their entire life?
Our public schools are graduating students with little to no job skills, what makes us think this will change? How can these people _be_ trained for these jobs?
We already have a number of people who have difficulty living in modern society. As life becomes more demanding, requiring more education and knowledge, what do we do with them?
I used to call those guys Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The Deitel and Deitel books are absolutely awful! My introduction to C class used their book and it was a bad joke compared to the definitive text by Kernighan and Richie.
People should be using the well known texts from accomplished authors.
I think you're missing OP's point. Businesses typically don't hire "computer scientists", they hire Python or Java programmers, or Oracle DBAs. Traditional schooling doesn't prepare students to work these types of roles.