But I actually liked "Virtual Light" and "Idoru" and this is just as good. More human, fuller characters and people talking about their lives instead of their computers.
Don't get me wrong: I loved Neuromancer etc at the time, but I really feel that my tastes have matured and so has Gibson's writing.
I just know I'm going to get a kicking from the rest of you for saying this, and from almost all fans, but thats how I feel.
Well done. Right on the money. The MB in the small pic was found in a bit of a hurry, and not the one we used for the project. We basically forgot to take a decent enough picture of the real MB.
"Simply put, it's because your pay is ultimately based on the (potential) business value of what you do. Difficult things do not necessarily mean they're worth a lot on the market."
I agree. Unfortunately it means that there has been a massive brain drain in the electronics industry.
Look at a software house: their business is technology. If they have a problem, they solve it by using the latest methods and technology. A bank looking at the same problem would just throw money at it: Thats their business.
I'm just worried that we'll end up with a country with no-one making money (manufacuring), and everyone stealing it (banking).
I'm a recruitment consultant (boo hiss) working in the south of England, and I'd say that the £16K-£20K are about the right sort of salaries for computing grads. People working in the city of London tend to get payed more, and this includes grads.
The shortage of skills is most noticable in the internet and ecommerce sectors. Guys with 3 years experience in thos technologies are getting placed at £40K+ in the south, and you can't find them in London for love nor money.
I recently placed an ecommerce developer with a company outside Southampton on £50K. He was exceptional, but it still gives you an idea how much these salaries are.
The weird thing is that people in the electronics/embedded market seem to earn far less than people working for banks doing straightforward VB SQL stuff. Realtime control work always strikes me as the hardest thing in software, so how come Database developers get payed so much more?
We looked into REALLY cheap cooling recently, and posted the results at: http://totl.net/Eunuch/ Condensation was a pretty big problem, but things worked OK. Rich, TotL Labs, http://totl.net/
Well, of course I can string 2 sentences together, I'm just not a lawyer. I need a disclaimer that will stop me getting sued, not just stop someone getting offended. It needs to be kinda legally binding, so to speak.
I've recently put up a Microsoft bashing website and I'm a little worried they might have a sense of humour failure. Anyone know of a decent "I didn't mean it, it's all just a joke" type disclaimer that I can use? Either post or email me if you want to know more.
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But I actually liked "Virtual Light" and "Idoru" and this is just as good. More human, fuller characters and people talking about their lives instead of their computers.
Don't get me wrong: I loved Neuromancer etc at the time, but I really feel that my tastes have matured and so has Gibson's writing.
I just know I'm going to get a kicking from the rest of you for saying this, and from almost all fans, but thats how I feel.
Richks
http://totl.net/BeerWitch
I wondered who that was...
Well done. Right on the money. The MB in the small pic was found in a bit of a hurry, and not the one we used for the project. We basically forgot to take a decent enough picture of the real MB.
And yes, we are the same people as Microsith.
I agree. Unfortunately it means that there has been a massive brain drain in the electronics industry.
Look at a software house: their business is technology. If they have a problem, they solve it by using the latest methods and technology. A bank looking at the same problem would just throw money at it: Thats their business.
I'm just worried that we'll end up with a country with no-one making money (manufacuring), and everyone stealing it (banking).
The shortage of skills is most noticable in the internet and ecommerce sectors. Guys with 3 years experience in thos technologies are getting placed at £40K+ in the south, and you can't find them in London for love nor money.
I recently placed an ecommerce developer with a company outside Southampton on £50K. He was exceptional, but it still gives you an idea how much these salaries are.
The weird thing is that people in the electronics/embedded market seem to earn far less than people working for banks doing straightforward VB SQL stuff. Realtime control work always strikes me as the hardest thing in software, so how come Database developers get payed so much more?
We looked into REALLY cheap cooling recently, and posted the results at: http://totl.net/Eunuch/ Condensation was a pretty big problem, but things worked OK. Rich, TotL Labs, http://totl.net/
Well, of course I can string 2 sentences together, I'm just not a lawyer. I need a disclaimer that will stop me getting sued, not just stop someone getting offended. It needs to be kinda legally binding, so to speak.
I've recently put up a Microsoft bashing website and I'm a little worried they might have a sense of humour failure. Anyone know of a decent "I didn't mean it, it's all just a joke" type disclaimer that I can use? Either post or email me if you want to know more.