Amen! Successful projects come primarily from 3 things:
1. Discipline 2. Experience (both domain & IT) 3. Communication
No buzzword can change these requirements or replace them, other than occasional dumb luck.
I've been around the block many times and these 3 things are still the key.
And another fogie observation: use common tools in your tool stack because you are more likely to find support for them down the road. The uncommon version of the same thing should only be considered if it's significantly better. Support resources should trump "slightly better". Safety in numbers.
That they be paid more than the prevailing wage? I don't think so.
But there's a lot of job classification word games co's can play to justify their practices regarding "prevailing wages", such as "requiring" a list of 10 specific skills that nobody could statistically have except good liars. The co then scrutinizes the visa application more lightly than a citizen such that all the visa applicant has to do is lie.
I personally think the law should be written that a job requirement list a 1st and 2nd key skill set. If any citizen who has an applicable 4 year degree and experience in the 1st skill set, and something reasonably similar to the second skill, they are obligated to hire the citizen over the visa worker. The co can ask for a near-perfect match for the 1st skill, but has to accept a reasonable approximation for the second, and cannot use 3rd etc.
For example, if the co selects Java as the primary skill and MS-Sql-Server as the secondary skill, then if a degreed citizen applicant has Java experience and Oracle database experience (another RDBMS brand), they should have a crack at the job (barring some justifiable exception).
And citizens should be able to get a written description of the reason for their rejection, which the co has to keep on file for visa auditors.
Amen! By brother had a nasty run-with Afrin (and clones). Only use in rare circumstances. The label should have a huge bright warning about repeated use.
The problem with standardization of biz practices is that marketers and MBA's are always dreaming up gimmicks to allegedly stay ahead of the competition, both for external sales and internal "management practices". A lot of it is probably just useless fads; but, if they want to computerize a fad, you have to supply what they want, or they take their biz elsewhere.
On second thought, we don't even need to invoke forked universes. The Anthropic Principle alone could explain our apparent luck. If we didn't get "lucky", most or all of us simply wouldn't be here to ponder our good fortune.
Just as history is written by the victors, it's also written by survivors. Corpses don't ponder their existence and don't write.
Side note: here's a list of 20 alleged near misses:
I agree. Most rotating-contractor-made systems I worked on were a fricken mess.
It seems contracted work is best for easy-to-define "grunt work" (for lack of a better way to describe it). For example, data entry, simple back-end CRUD ui's that don't have to be pretty, researching an easy-to-reproduce bug, formatting documentation prettier, etc.
Domain knowledge is under-valued in IT. My work is often far better after I learn the domain, often because I ask better questions or present better alternatives that simplify things rather than interpret initial instructions literally.
It's true that some permanent IT staff are also screw-ups. But, the solution is either better management of them, or get more disciplined staff, NOT outsourcing.
I have a right to speculate on human behavior in such situations. If you have a different speculative value or an academic study, then simply present it as counter evidence rather than go into neckbeard-mode.
True, this is all speculative, but at least three of the near-misses could have easily gone the other way. Kennedy was heavily pressured to launch, for example. If McCain was in the same situation, I'm pretty such he'd press The Button. Different personalities will choose different paths. It appears to me to be to dumb luck WW3 didn't start.
However, the chances that it would eliminate humankind are just about zero
Even if that were the case, WW3 hasn't happened. If it had, few of us would be around to ponder why it did. We are more likely to be a universe that didn't have a huge population reduction. (Anthropic principle.)
not even they are that destructive
The primary effect, perhaps; but secondary effects are far worse. An "artificial" winter would be quite possible (although models are still immature), and multiple failing n. power plants would add to the danger.
There may be lots of forks at lots of times, we don't really know. There may not be any one single "real" me, just forked variations of. I'm the "me" of THIS instance of the universe, which may or may not resemble any other instances of me's in the other forks.
"Rational" is kind of an open-ended word. It's quite possible for "rational" people to make unfortunate mistakes. I've made plenty of errors in judgement when I thought I was acting rational. Sometimes one just fails to conceive/notice a key factor, makes a typo, miscommunicates with another person, etc.
I would hope these near misses taught owners of the contraption to have more checks and balance.
But I'm sure new kinds of threats are growing, such as rogue group launches and hacking. But hopefully the big dogs will not be so quick to launch back; take their time to understand the cause, and then use mostly conventional retaliation.
...the most profoundly successful peacemaker in history.
Sorry, there's no free lunch. MAD prevents wars only if something doesn't go horribly wrong. It generally exchanges bunches of smaller wars for an all-or-nothing situation: peace OR "instant mass rapture".
It just shuffles the risk profile, and is arguably more dangerous because it can end humanity. Lots of smaller wars couldn't end humanity.
We either got lucky per these near-misses, or multi-verses "saved" us (see my other message).
There have been several near-misses to nuclear Armageddon on both sides of the Atlantic. We got real lucky.
With that many near misses, we statistically should not be here*. Common sense is usually hit and miss during crisis.
Let's say common sense kicks in about half the time, which is typical of humans in crisis. We've had roughly 7 near misses. 0.5 to the 7th power is about 0.008, which is less than 1 percent. (Remember, it takes only one instance out of those 7 to finish us.)
I wonder if multi-verses are not at play: only "forked" realities in which we got "lucky" have us in it to ponder our luck. 99% of the forks got fried.
* At least not in large numbers. A few lucky stragglers perhaps could survive an all-out nuclear war. But most likely the vast majority of us would not be here reading this if launched.
Indeed. Hackers tend to target more popular tools over the less popular. It doesn't even seem to be linear such that a tool that's twice as popular gets hacked roughly 4 times as much. That's because they want the biggest bang (most "customers") for their buck.
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Amen!
Successful projects come primarily from 3 things:
1. Discipline
2. Experience (both domain & IT)
3. Communication
No buzzword can change these requirements or replace them, other than occasional dumb luck.
I've been around the block many times and these 3 things are still the key.
And another fogie observation: use common tools in your tool stack because you are more likely to find support for them down the road. The uncommon version of the same thing should only be considered if it's significantly better. Support resources should trump "slightly better". Safety in numbers.
Re: "then scrutinizes the visa application..."
Should be: "then scrutinizes the visa applicant..."
That they be paid more than the prevailing wage? I don't think so.
But there's a lot of job classification word games co's can play to justify their practices regarding "prevailing wages", such as "requiring" a list of 10 specific skills that nobody could statistically have except good liars. The co then scrutinizes the visa application more lightly than a citizen such that all the visa applicant has to do is lie.
I personally think the law should be written that a job requirement list a 1st and 2nd key skill set. If any citizen who has an applicable 4 year degree and experience in the 1st skill set, and something reasonably similar to the second skill, they are obligated to hire the citizen over the visa worker. The co can ask for a near-perfect match for the 1st skill, but has to accept a reasonable approximation for the second, and cannot use 3rd etc.
For example, if the co selects Java as the primary skill and MS-Sql-Server as the secondary skill, then if a degreed citizen applicant has Java experience and Oracle database experience (another RDBMS brand), they should have a crack at the job (barring some justifiable exception).
And citizens should be able to get a written description of the reason for their rejection, which the co has to keep on file for visa auditors.
...latest buzzword for "problems". Get off my lawn or I'll give you pain points!
Are they like Power Points?
worse, Perl
I disagree it's a waste of money. These artifacts inspire.
Amen! By brother had a nasty run-with Afrin (and clones). Only use in rare circumstances. The label should have a huge bright warning about repeated use.
Imagine Beowulf clusters of coding fetuses in jars
640 kiloton equiv. oughtta be enough for anyone
"Nuke the moon!"
The incident sounds similar to this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The problem with standardization of biz practices is that marketers and MBA's are always dreaming up gimmicks to allegedly stay ahead of the competition, both for external sales and internal "management practices". A lot of it is probably just useless fads; but, if they want to computerize a fad, you have to supply what they want, or they take their biz elsewhere.
Automating stupidity is job security, I guess.
Addendum
On second thought, we don't even need to invoke forked universes. The Anthropic Principle alone could explain our apparent luck. If we didn't get "lucky", most or all of us simply wouldn't be here to ponder our good fortune.
Just as history is written by the victors, it's also written by survivors. Corpses don't ponder their existence and don't write.
Side note: here's a list of 20 alleged near misses:
http://nuclearfiles.org/menu/k...
I agree. Most rotating-contractor-made systems I worked on were a fricken mess.
It seems contracted work is best for easy-to-define "grunt work" (for lack of a better way to describe it). For example, data entry, simple back-end CRUD ui's that don't have to be pretty, researching an easy-to-reproduce bug, formatting documentation prettier, etc.
Domain knowledge is under-valued in IT. My work is often far better after I learn the domain, often because I ask better questions or present better alternatives that simplify things rather than interpret initial instructions literally.
It's true that some permanent IT staff are also screw-ups. But, the solution is either better management of them, or get more disciplined staff, NOT outsourcing.
So in some forked universe, MS-Windows is actually good?
I have a right to speculate on human behavior in such situations. If you have a different speculative value or an academic study, then simply present it as counter evidence rather than go into neckbeard-mode.
Perhaps, but also less profitable.
Can we have that in writing, please?
True, this is all speculative, but at least three of the near-misses could have easily gone the other way. Kennedy was heavily pressured to launch, for example. If McCain was in the same situation, I'm pretty such he'd press The Button. Different personalities will choose different paths. It appears to me to be to dumb luck WW3 didn't start.
Even if that were the case, WW3 hasn't happened. If it had, few of us would be around to ponder why it did. We are more likely to be a universe that didn't have a huge population reduction. (Anthropic principle.)
The primary effect, perhaps; but secondary effects are far worse. An "artificial" winter would be quite possible (although models are still immature), and multiple failing n. power plants would add to the danger.
There may be lots of forks at lots of times, we don't really know. There may not be any one single "real" me, just forked variations of. I'm the "me" of THIS instance of the universe, which may or may not resemble any other instances of me's in the other forks.
In short, "alternative universe" is relative.
"Rational" is kind of an open-ended word. It's quite possible for "rational" people to make unfortunate mistakes. I've made plenty of errors in judgement when I thought I was acting rational. Sometimes one just fails to conceive/notice a key factor, makes a typo, miscommunicates with another person, etc.
I would hope these near misses taught owners of the contraption to have more checks and balance.
But I'm sure new kinds of threats are growing, such as rogue group launches and hacking. But hopefully the big dogs will not be so quick to launch back; take their time to understand the cause, and then use mostly conventional retaliation.
Sorry, there's no free lunch. MAD prevents wars only if something doesn't go horribly wrong. It generally exchanges bunches of smaller wars for an all-or-nothing situation: peace OR "instant mass rapture".
It just shuffles the risk profile, and is arguably more dangerous because it can end humanity. Lots of smaller wars couldn't end humanity.
We either got lucky per these near-misses, or multi-verses "saved" us (see my other message).
There have been several near-misses to nuclear Armageddon on both sides of the Atlantic. We got real lucky.
With that many near misses, we statistically should not be here*. Common sense is usually hit and miss during crisis.
Let's say common sense kicks in about half the time, which is typical of humans in crisis. We've had roughly 7 near misses. 0.5 to the 7th power is about 0.008, which is less than 1 percent. (Remember, it takes only one instance out of those 7 to finish us.)
I wonder if multi-verses are not at play: only "forked" realities in which we got "lucky" have us in it to ponder our luck. 99% of the forks got fried.
* At least not in large numbers. A few lucky stragglers perhaps could survive an all-out nuclear war. But most likely the vast majority of us would not be here reading this if launched.
Indeed. Hackers tend to target more popular tools over the less popular. It doesn't even seem to be linear such that a tool that's twice as popular gets hacked roughly 4 times as much. That's because they want the biggest bang (most "customers") for their buck.
Ruby? Our shop would rather go with a Php-based one.