I wouldn't list $600 each way as expensive, but that's just me.
http://www.skyscanner.com.au/t...
Yes, eating out is expensive in Melbourne. Travelling is quite expensive in Australia in general, as is property. But I find it difficult to believe that someone earning ~AUD$100K (USD$94K - what's generally on offer for a good developer with 5+ years experience) would find it difficult to save while renting a nice place within 10k of the city.
... there simply aren't enough experienced developers to fill demand. Any experienced Ruby/Rails developers who move to Melbourne can pick and choose who to work for at the moment. Same wages, better standard of living (assuming most readers are from US/UK). Any takers?
I completed my MBA last September and exclusively used XMind to create mindmaps during lectures for three years. I found that by doing this I was constantly reorganizing, reframing and categorizing information, and retained a hell of a lot of it as a result.
I agree the headline title is sensational, but have you forgotten what "moving on to the next version of the OS" meant for us idiots who bought WP7 phones? Or for those of us who spent a couple of years skilling up in Silverlight? After the treatment we have been given over the last five years, I for one will not be buying another Microsoft product any time soon, and I would certainly not trust any assurance that WP8 phone owners will receive the next major version of the operating system. Will that new version retain your music collection? Your preferences? Your apps? Will the apps you've written still work? Who knows?!?
I think the line is simple - if you start lying to friends and family about your activities when you've been gaming, or making excuses to get out of social occasions just to play games, you're an addict.
What the hell part of Europe do YOU live in? I lived in Ireland last year and was paying 1100 euro a month for a one-bedroom apartment, and not a spacious or luxurious one at that!
Not only that, but the beauty of the internet allows us to not only record history from one point of view, but multiple points of view; different international perceptions, etc. For the first time in history, humans can learn about history without just reading the doctored perceptions of the victor.
I'm utterly amazed that any of you are surprised or outraged by this. With an Olympic Games staging costing host cities billions of dollars, it's a no-brainer that they'll pander to the whims of any company willing to subsidize this cost, and thus reduce the organising committee from having to pull all of the funding out of taxpayers dollars.
The industry chiefs finally realized that you get what you pay for. Amazing.
(Sarcasm stemming from having to spend two years of my professional life on a contract fixing "subcontinental code" - ah well, I guess it paid MY bills).
"A new protein, comprising of 4 amino acids, has been discovered that can repel the HIV virus. The first acid enrages the virus by continuing making annoying noises from the back of a truck, while the second drives the truck away from the virus just quick enough for it not to be able to catch up. The third acid distracts the virus by dressing in a clown suit, while the fourth sneaks up behind it and gives it an atomic wedgie."
I think the main issue is communication between one's help desk staff and I.T. dev staff, and whether those two groups are one and the same in one's company.
In the case where they are separate, unless there is good communication between the two groups, the help desk staff only understand a certain application from a "black box" perspective, and are only familiar with their own (and/or their immediate colleagues) way of doing things with it. This begs the old question: how much I.T. knowledge do you expect your Help Desk staff to have, and how well should they understand the application from a design perspective? The other issue is that having answered a million questions about the software, the help desk staff are likely to be skeptical of new problems they have not previously encountered.
Where you have your I.T. dev staff manning the phones, the issue becomes one of pride (as seen on numerous other discussions). I don't know if it's just this industry, but in my experience (and not excluding myself) people who work as developers don't take criticism well, constructive or otherwise. Plus once you've gone through the frustration of multiple test cycles, fixes and detailed documentation, the last thing you want to hear is that you've missed something, so again, skepticism is the first reaction.
Actually I have tried Reason, and found it didn't have the synthesizer and using-keyboard-as-piano capabilities of Garageband - well at least the demo didn't. I found using Garageband just on a G4, I could make up a track in 30 minutes that would require me to use my guitars, basses and electronic drum kit when I was on my PC at home, and I haven't found another program for PC that has anywhere near that functionality.
As a part-time musician and full-time IT professional, it took me all of 20 minutes playing around with Apple's GarageBand application before deciding to convert. This is an application that has made good on the promise that all these software companies have been promising for the last 15 years - to make creative and business pursuits easier.
"Houston to Bill, Houston to Bill, do you read Bill?"
"Loud and clear Houston. Go ahead."
"Bill, we're all go here. We just need you to push the big red button in front of you."
"OK Houston, I'm pushing the button, and... huh?"
"What is it Bill?"
"This big window just popped up saying 'You do not have privileges to access applications Orbit and Space.' Oh, now the whole screen's gone blue. Is that normal Houston?"
"... the new board roared through the windows of the corporate bathroom in a beaten up Chevrolet, burst out of its doors brandishing crowbars and chainsaws, and yelled 'Crunch time, bitches!' before laying waste to the existing board of directors. After the bloodbath, the new executives fired some rocket launchers at observing SWAT helicopters before brushing themselves off and giving their first press release."
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I wouldn't list $600 each way as expensive, but that's just me. http://www.skyscanner.com.au/t... Yes, eating out is expensive in Melbourne. Travelling is quite expensive in Australia in general, as is property. But I find it difficult to believe that someone earning ~AUD$100K (USD$94K - what's generally on offer for a good developer with 5+ years experience) would find it difficult to save while renting a nice place within 10k of the city.
... there simply aren't enough experienced developers to fill demand. Any experienced Ruby/Rails developers who move to Melbourne can pick and choose who to work for at the moment. Same wages, better standard of living (assuming most readers are from US/UK). Any takers?
I completed my MBA last September and exclusively used XMind to create mindmaps during lectures for three years. I found that by doing this I was constantly reorganizing, reframing and categorizing information, and retained a hell of a lot of it as a result.
I agree the headline title is sensational, but have you forgotten what "moving on to the next version of the OS" meant for us idiots who bought WP7 phones? Or for those of us who spent a couple of years skilling up in Silverlight? After the treatment we have been given over the last five years, I for one will not be buying another Microsoft product any time soon, and I would certainly not trust any assurance that WP8 phone owners will receive the next major version of the operating system. Will that new version retain your music collection? Your preferences? Your apps? Will the apps you've written still work? Who knows?!?
Err... you do know that Australia has alpine areas right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Alps
I think the line is simple - if you start lying to friends and family about your activities when you've been gaming, or making excuses to get out of social occasions just to play games, you're an addict.
It's all relative to the cost of living, buddy.
Nice sig dude.
Terrorism.
Not only that, but the beauty of the internet allows us to not only record history from one point of view, but multiple points of view; different international perceptions, etc. For the first time in history, humans can learn about history without just reading the doctored perceptions of the victor.
It's just business kids, get over it.
Don't know why they're bothering. You ever try to write "durka durka, mohammed jihad" with predictive text on? It's a bitch.
Just like the States should spend it's budget on education and health care before invading another country. Can you spell hypocritical?
(Sarcasm stemming from having to spend two years of my professional life on a contract fixing "subcontinental code" - ah well, I guess it paid MY bills).
Old topic I know, but dude... that's champagne commenting, right there. I send a textual salute your way.
"A new protein, comprising of 4 amino acids, has been discovered that can repel the HIV virus. The first acid enrages the virus by continuing making annoying noises from the back of a truck, while the second drives the truck away from the virus just quick enough for it not to be able to catch up. The third acid distracts the virus by dressing in a clown suit, while the fourth sneaks up behind it and gives it an atomic wedgie."
Oh, wait....
In the case where they are separate, unless there is good communication between the two groups, the help desk staff only understand a certain application from a "black box" perspective, and are only familiar with their own (and/or their immediate colleagues) way of doing things with it. This begs the old question: how much I.T. knowledge do you expect your Help Desk staff to have, and how well should they understand the application from a design perspective? The other issue is that having answered a million questions about the software, the help desk staff are likely to be skeptical of new problems they have not previously encountered.
Where you have your I.T. dev staff manning the phones, the issue becomes one of pride (as seen on numerous other discussions). I don't know if it's just this industry, but in my experience (and not excluding myself) people who work as developers don't take criticism well, constructive or otherwise. Plus once you've gone through the frustration of multiple test cycles, fixes and detailed documentation, the last thing you want to hear is that you've missed something, so again, skepticism is the first reaction.
dot org...
But I respect your opinion anyway.
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"Houston to Bill, Houston to Bill, do you read Bill?"
"Loud and clear Houston. Go ahead."
"Bill, we're all go here. We just need you to push the big red button in front of you."
"OK Houston, I'm pushing the button, and... huh?"
"What is it Bill?"
"This big window just popped up saying 'You do not have privileges to access applications Orbit and Space.' Oh, now the whole screen's gone blue. Is that normal Houston?"
Learn to play REAL instruments, and write your OWN fucking songs.
"... the new board roared through the windows of the corporate bathroom in a beaten up Chevrolet, burst out of its doors brandishing crowbars and chainsaws, and yelled 'Crunch time, bitches!' before laying waste to the existing board of directors. After the bloodbath, the new executives fired some rocket launchers at observing SWAT helicopters before brushing themselves off and giving their first press release."
Tell me about it. I spent two years of my life fixing a "Bangalore Special". I meant it as a joke, albeit a poor one.