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- A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
- http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txtMicrosoft will have to work harder than ever to ram this one down my throat.That's too scary for wordsCan't be right can it?It looks like a technical spec put together by three poli
- Tags: game, jkameleon@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, software, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-12-27
- What I tell students
- http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/2555#comment-2069Everything you need to know about job interviews, human resource, looming IT staff shortages, and C++ virtual destructors
- Tags: jkameleon@...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-15
- How to trick young people into becoming programmers
- It seems young people these days aren't dopes. They've seen what happened during the tech bust, and it'll be a long time before they start trusting business talk of "wonderful opportunities in IT" again. The number of those in the West choosing to stud
- Tags: propaganda, career, programming, H-1B, jkameleon@..., computer, computer science, young people, Electronic Arts Inc., programmer, game, job
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- Programmer, or engineer?
- http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/08/matloff/index.htmlMatloff also has an interesting theory as to the context of the report. The ACM, he says, is dominated by academic computing professionals. Computer science department chairs, he argues, are extremely alarmed at the decline in computer science enrollment. Declining enrollment means declining funding and power in the university rat...
- Tags: career, competency, jkameleon@..., job, Matloff, Norman Matloff, western country, worker
- Discussion threads 2006-10-09
- Where the jobs aren't
- http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_39/b4002008.htm2001-2006: Over a millon of jobs less in IT.There is a massive IT staff shortage in the USAU.S. corporations hire many hundreds of thousands of foreign IT people because they have no choice. There are not enough American IT workers. And, the American education system is failing to turn out...
- Tags: career, information technology, IT job, IT Jobs, jkameleon@..., job, jobs
- Discussion threads 2006-09-23
- How not to go about hiring IT staff
- http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/88862267E85940F4CC2571A400175922?OpenDocument
- Tags: jkameleon@..., recruitment, contract-to-hire, networking, hiring, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- Harrison Ford as cubicle jockey!? I can't fuckin believe it!
- Harrison Ford as cubicle jockey!? I can't fuckin believe it!There was a lot of bellyaching lately about kids refusing to study tech & IT. One of the remedies proposed was "improving the image of tech professionals", "improving the image of tech profession", etc.http://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/feature/10-22-99.htmlThere were also ideas about entertainment industry giving...
- Tags: image, tech professional, movie, JD, propaganda, jkameleon@..., off-topic, career
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- IT professionals face upheaval
- http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzzit194666662mar19,0,5208228.story?coll=ny-business-headlinesAn analysis by Gartner Inc., a research firm based in Stamford, Conn., predicts that the information technology job market will shrink by a whopping 40 percent by 2010. Those who specialize in a single technology will be most vulnerable to job cuts.. . . By 2010, 10 percent to 15...
- Tags: information technology, Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-04
- I wander who'd volunteer for something like this
- http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/115680
- Tags: jkameleon@...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-22
- I wish I knew this when I was selecting my profession...
- http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&issue=20060104: "Even if you're a great programmer, you're at the mercy of the economy. In business, if there are no jobs out there, you can create your own.": Even the brightest engineer will always work for the guy or gal with the business degree.LOL'Even the brightest engineer'. Sort of come's...
- Tags: Development tools, mindset, PLC
- Discussion threads 2006-01-05
- China recruiting U.S. IT grads
- China recruiting U.S. IT gradsChina's rapid economic expansion has allowed Beijing to fund a recruitment drive targeting some of the best and brightest IT graduates from U.S. universities, according to Chinese sources.In turn, this brain trust is being used by China both as a control on its own Internet revolution...
- Tags: china, CHINESE, Communism, cyberwar, it grads, jkameleon@..., north korea, off-topic, recruiting, world population
- Discussion threads 2005-12-26
- I'd like to be a transportation worker
- I'd like to be a transportation workerWhen they go on strike, everything grinds to a halt that very moment.When I go on strike, nobody even notices.I'd like to be a Casino dealerI want to quit IT and go become a dealer in a casino.But I feel I would have wasted...
- Tags: Baron Munchausen, bitching, dentist, jkameleon@..., off-topic, transportation
- Discussion threads 2005-12-22
- Women, minorities & tech: What the hell do they think?
- Women, minorities & tech: What the hell do they think?There seems to be a campaign to lure more women, and minorities into study of math, science, and engineering under way.http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=39197http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/centralphoenix/articles/1209ext-engineers1209Z4.htmlEven Clinton stepped inhttp://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=4226894&nav=2IfuThe reason for lack of interest for such study seems to be more or less obvious. Mathematical, logical,...
- Tags: career, jkameleon@..., job, minorities, minority, off-topic, propaganda, women
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
- http://www.informationweek.com/783/salary.htmIt's hip--and profitable--to be in IT. InformationWeek's annual salary survey shows compensation packages continue to rise as the demand for IT talent outstrips the supply--and technology workers are enjoying newfound respect from the business community.. . .There are three constants for talented IT professionals, says Daversa: passion for the work,...
- Tags: career, computer, Galaxy, history, information technology, jkameleon@..., Long Time Ago
- Discussion threads 2005-12-01
- Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
- Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortagehttp://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/itaa.real.html#tth_sEc2.1Remember this, when you hear kvetching about "IT labour shortage", "IT skills shortage" and so on, for examplehttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&tab=nw&ie=UTF-8&q=gates+urges+computer+science&sa=Nhttp://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1038111http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=M4FMIE23VJKOIQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=171202135There's a shortagein some niches, particularly non ms ones.There's a shortage of jobs that will pay enough to afford a house and something to eat.There's...
- Tags: career, information technology, it worker shortage, jkameleon@..., software labour shortage
- Discussion threads 2005-10-23
- Career choice
- Another day, another downsizing in my old IT department...As usual, I kept a lookout for other options, and came accross a self employment opportunity, an application development for start-up company, where I could make about 50% more money for the 1st 18 months, with good prospects for later if development...
- Tags: application development, career, current employer, jkameleon@..., outsource, outsourcing, outsourcing application development
- Discussion threads 2005-10-11
- Just another blog
- blog rootTo win the space race, we need anotherhttp://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3326979Sorry, but you'll have to forget about Scotty.He was downsized years ago, and his job was outsourced to Klingons.Currently, he's happily shoveling manure on horse farm on Aldebaran,and he's not coming back. His kids are studying law, investmentbanking, and burger flipping.CEO of...
- Tags: Strategy, Tools & Techniques, jkameleon@..., Soviet, information technology, blog
- Discussion threads 2005-09-06
Additional Resources
- Company website - IT or Marketing
- Where I work, our Marketing people have total control over our website. It's hosted externally which essentially takes IT out of the loop - however when we uncover issues, Marketing pretty much tells us to stay out of their sandbox.I tend to take a "keep it simple" minimalist approach...
- Tags: angry_white_male, information technology, it management, jkameleon, Marketing, Marketing People, Web site, website
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
- Demoted without being demoted.. what next??
- Demoted without being demoted.. what next??Hello all.. I never can seem to catch a break, huh? :) Just out of the frying pan, and into the fire... Anyways, my current position was supposed to be a Network Administrator, which is the main reason I applied for the job...
- Tags: job, ObiWayneKenobi, career
- Discussion threads 2005-10-17
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