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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Bella' | ||
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Number of Comments: 764 |
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| Number of Words: 55,402 | ||
| First Comment: 10 Mar 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 33 |
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| First Topic: 10 Mar 2002 | ||
| Latest Topic: 31 Aug 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 01 Sep 2004 | New take on "practic.... | Hey guys, here's my last try: What are consi.... >> |
| Again, my premise is that MOST majors are random b.... >> | ||
| > From casual observation, I think it's BS EE. Th.... >> | ||
| 31 Aug 2004 | New take on "practicality" of Comp/Eng degrees >> | |
| 31 Aug 2004 | So, anyone feel like answering my original questio.... >> | |
| > Things like SQL first started as an 'ivory tower.... >> | ||
| 28 Aug 2004 | Batch export Outlook's AddrBook into VCards? >> | |
| 28 Aug 2004 | Batch export Outlook.... | I was able to drag the selected addrbook entries i.... >> |
| Peoplesoft Bug Track.... | Wow, that was riddled w/ typos amidst my rage.&nbs.... >> | |
| I had to implement a few screens in Oracle's Devel.... >> | ||
| What a joke. 90% of dev. teams can use a sha.... >> | ||
| Free GUI designer fo.... | Penny wise, pound foolish Spend the $50 and buy V.... >> | |
| 25 Aug 2004 | OT - Anyone jog with.... | > I am still not understanding the point of an iPo.... >> |
| Anti-anti-virus | Way back, I had issues w/ Outlook Express and KLEZ.... >> | |
| How to view existing.... | Dont use crontab. It is not bulletproof. Use s.... >> | |
| Install XP in 5 hour.... | This guy is an absolute moron. I ran my Windows.... >> | |
| 22 Aug 2004 | Card shuffling routi.... | Very nice article ! >> |
| 21 Aug 2004 | Just swap each card in the deck with a random card.... >> | |
| Bargaining for more .... | Ask boss for the additional flexibiliy. If he.... >> | |
| 15 Aug 2004 | Preferred ways of backing up your OS/hard-drive? >> | |
| 15 Aug 2004 | Preferred ways of ba.... | Uh, 'just reinstall the OS' was not the 'advice' I.... >> |
| Guide to being an in.... | > from some guy offering to fix viruses and other.... >> | |
| Web Shops: 120 an ho.... | www.rentacoder.com Ditch your overpriced websho.... >> | |
| 07 Aug 2004 | Contract/part time P.... | > Did I spoil some of my present employer valuable.... >> |
| 01 Aug 2004 | $75K-$100K/year to M.... | I find it hard to believe you can't get student lo.... >> |
| 31 Jul 2004 | What's a good FREE F.... | FileZilla meeting all my needs. (Free and does fo.... >> |
| $75K-$100K/year to M.... | A tidy little sum that a shit grunt $10/hr job won.... >> | |
| 30 Jul 2004 | How do pople get thi.... | A headhunter got me my first job. It is very .... >> |
| What's a good FREE F.... | Ok, I'll try fileZilla. Thanks By the way, I.... >> | |
| Probability question.... | The OP was talking about Bernoulli's Binomail Prob.... >> | |
| How Google has ruine.... | Splits are just a Wall St. gimmick. Nothing more..... >> | |
| Google Early Investo.... | The percentage of shares insiders are selling for .... >> | |
| $75K-$100K/year to M.... | Get a student loan. Always keep in mind big .... >> | |
| Stupid to work at a grunt job. Take loans. Get a.... >> | ||
| 29 Jul 2004 | What's a good FREE FTP client? >> | |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Free Online virus scanner? >> | |
| 21 Jun 2004 | Need a free mp3->.... | Nevermind, you just need to 'play' the song. (wit.... >> |
| Dumb question: How do I actually use/start W.... >> | ||
| Shocker: Pay rates f.... | Plumbers routinely get $100/hr. Do you consider .... >> | |
| 19 Jun 2004 | Need a free mp3->Wav converter >> | |
| 19 Jun 2004 | > I thought learning .NET would greatly increase m.... >> | |
| Writing code is dead | They've been saying this since the 80's When the .... >> | |
| Icon design reccomen.... | www.rentacoder.com I had a great logo done for .... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | questions to ask bef.... | What questions you ask also depend on why you are .... >> |
| 20 May 2004 | The last time you used recursion at work >> | |
| 20 May 2004 | What examples to tea.... | Guys, Thanks for the replies. Yea, I want to .... >> |
| Norrick Throws In th.... | > 'I had recently been assured that I had a future.... >> | |
| Good luck with everything. Life is like a sine cu.... >> | ||
| 19 May 2004 | Bored and want to pr.... | How about this. 2 player game that has 10x10 grid.... >> |
| Lots of free time, p.... | I would load up the laptop. Install w.... >> | |
| Lots and lots of fre.... | > You have all this time to learn whatever takes y.... >> | |
| 18 May 2004 | What examples to teach recursion with? >> | |
| 17 May 2004 | What another awsome .... | This Thread is nothing. You should have seen the t.... >> |
| 11 May 2004 | Wanted: Article why MS-Office took world by storm >> | |
| 25 Apr 2004 | Cost of living | http://www.craigslist.org/roo/ I see HUNDREDS of .... >> |
| Josh, Good point about living in expensive area.... >> | ||
| What's truly disgusting is $6 coffee at trendy cof.... >> | ||
| > I've seen reports on TV about $45,000 accountant.... >> | ||
| 24 Apr 2004 | Accounting Primer fo.... | Buy QuickBooks Pro for $200 and cancel your alread.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2004 | Cost of living | People get comfortable where they are. Live near .... >> |
| 03 Apr 2004 | 2 offers, which one .... | > , it's an interesting perspective that choosing .... >> |
| Job securuty? A 'real company' making a product,.... >> | ||
| Parm? What's t.... | Palindrome: E*Parm-Rape >> | |
| 20 Mar 2004 | Is the VB runtime installed by default on XP ? >> | |
| 20 Mar 2004 | Is the VB runtime in.... | Can anyone test if a non-VB6 win2k build can run a.... >> |
| 19 Mar 2004 | But are you happy? | > Care Assitants came out top at 40% dispite the f.... >> |
| Company logo redesig.... | This is a perfect task to outsource 1) No comple.... >> | |
| 17 Mar 2004 | How to spot a 9-5 co.... | > Mandatory, informal OT is a scam. It's a notch .... >> |
| 16 Mar 2004 | Hey, one clarification. I am a HUGE proponent of .... >> | |
| Why would you find that hard to believe it's me? .... >> | ||
| 15 Mar 2004 | How to spot a 9-5 company in 10 seconds or less >> | |
| 09 Mar 2004 | salary on current jo.... | IF you are a liar type, would saying your unemploy.... >> |
| 08 Mar 2004 | not in my job descri.... | Use your common sense, and don't be petty. You're.... >> |
| Too much stress | Kevin, Can you keep the stress in perspective?.... >> | |
| 02 Mar 2004 | I want to work for f.... | Do the 4 hour job pro bono. Then propose your 'ph.... >> |
| Stock Market related.... | Yes, SS is a classic ponzi. New suckers are .... >> | |
| 29 Feb 2004 | Some reasons not to .... | > I can't afford a Condo inside a 1-hr commute rad.... >> |
| 28 Feb 2004 | VP, buying is a no brainer for the long haul. W.... >> | |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Laughable Web Servic.... | www.freerealtime.com >> |
| 09 Feb 2004 | Programmers and Depr.... | > Today, I barely have enough motivation to get my.... >> |
| Programmed Death Of .... | Julian, I agree. What're the alternatives?&n.... >> | |
| > > My career advice is to become an entrepreneur,.... >> | ||
| US employment | Why were you fired? Was it a valid reason?&n.... >> | |
| 06 Feb 2004 | How do you view mone.... | Having too much or too little money is no good. B.... >> |
| Bad Fit in a Corpora.... | I disagree w/ the people who immmediately knee-jer.... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2004 | Need some kind of fr.... | Paint Shop Pro; If you read the subject header, i.... >> |
| I loooked at the GIMP homepage for about 10 second.... >> | ||
| 27 Jan 2004 | Need some kind of free Photoshop app >> | |
| 25 Jan 2004 | trapped in the techn.... | Not dealing with customers can also be viewed as a.... >> |
| 22 Jan 2004 | "Measly little 100k .... | Oh come now - that wasn't a troll, that was just f.... >> |
| Recommendation for a.... | Free Browser-based virus scanner http://housec.... >> | |
| 15 Jan 2004 | What's so special ab.... | Offices are bad for programmers. Any programmer wh.... >> |
| 14 Jan 2004 | I am so lucky I have.... | Vacation won't fix shit. Stupidest, most short-si.... >> |
| taking a year off | Marco, *Brilliant* idea. >> | |
| Pay Rate as a Contra.... | S-corp yourself. W2 yourself only $30k and get.... >> | |
| 12 Jan 2004 | Last minute intervie.... | In the future, always burn ALL of your code and do.... >> |
| Breaking into teachi.... | I think it is a side gig. Not something you can s.... >> | |
| Pay Rate as a Contra.... | Bottom line: contractors get an irrationally high.... >> | |
| You should ask for $50k or $50/hr. >> | ||
| Advice Wanted | Remember, most 20 or 21 year olds do not place pri.... >> | |
| 06 Jan 2004 | H1B: I am facing doo.... | > Besides that, you ....face losing an experienced.... >> |
| Managing holiday dat.... | Prioritize!! Not worth making a project out .... >> | |
| 31 Dec 2003 | Wrong industry | Firms should be able to hire whoever they damn wel.... >> |
| 18 Dec 2003 | Noise blocking headp.... | David, thanks for the ANR overview. One point.... >> |
| Lisp company IPOs | ( I ( can't ( believe ( it )))) car(cdr) .... >> | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | U.S. Programmers at .... | The number of "average" 20, 30 and even 40 somethi.... >> |
| 11 Dec 2003 | e.g.: Tennis costs $135/hr in NYC. Tha.... >> | |
| Making $35k in Oklahoma leaves more spending money.... >> | ||
| > (I just moved here from an area where a nice, b.... >> | ||
| 09 Dec 2003 | If there are few dec.... | Chris, Curious to hear why you wouldn't recc. a .... >> |
| 08 Dec 2003 | > The majority presumably leverage their knowledge.... >> | |
| 07 Dec 2003 | New Career? | > very stressful and low pay and you're stretched.... >> |
| "Low Skill" Rhetoric | > I truly believe that programming is the 'Rodney .... >> | |
| If there are few dec.... | The problem with #2 is he will only see what he wa.... >> | |
| Warren, Your ONLY goal in your 20's is to fin.... >> | ||
| American programmers.... | Not if you're the other half ! >> | |
| Vince, No idea what you're talking about. I ne.... >> | ||
| 06 Dec 2003 | > I suspect that the average plumber/carpeter/elec.... >> | |
| 05 Dec 2003 | I think paying $40k for a programmer is VERY feasa.... >> | |
| > If a carpenter (plumber, electrician) can make .... >> | ||
| > great developers will *always* be in demand. .... >> | ||
| 04 Dec 2003 | TV Show about Progra.... | HA! I remember 'Bits and Bytes' and 'Whiz Kids'. .... >> |
| Advice For Somebody .... | Then again, I know almost no one who is unemployed.... >> | |
| I know dozens of people who work for NYC financial.... >> | ||
| I am not retired. I am working in a field outside.... >> | ||
| 03 Dec 2003 | You ever read the paper? Financial firms aren't e.... >> | |
| On Things You Should.... | 1) New Development 2) Rewrites 3) Maintenance .... >> | |
| 01 Dec 2003 | working for core vs .... | My last client was a small, albeit very profitable.... >> |
| Learning Unix/Linux | If you want to learn Unix to improve your job skil.... >> | |
| 30 Nov 2003 | Wow, you have an opportunity to increase your skil.... >> | |
| 26 Nov 2003 | and or or | Just explain it in English. If (I have milk AN.... >> |
| 24 Nov 2003 | Microsoft "Empower" .... | How about the Microsoft "Bend Over Program" (BOP)? >> |
| 23 Nov 2003 | The Lifestyle | > Would like to not need to sleep (waste of time) .... >> |
| Why are we doing thi.... | > Programming is at heart interesting, creative an.... >> | |
| 21 Nov 2003 | I wake up, take a bath and put a nice dress. I lo.... >> | |
| 15 Nov 2003 | Dressing up for job .... | $300 suit $100 shoes $25 shirt $20 tie $5 blac.... >> |
| Don't try to 'half dress up' You'll just end up .... >> | ||
| Ahem, choked. >> | ||
| Wear the suit. Interview or not, everyone shoul.... >> | ||
| Where's Bella? | Glad to see there is a small cadre of people here .... >> | |
| Employment Hours Sta.... | > Bella, you've ignored the problem with your 'get.... >> | |
| 13 Nov 2003 | If you don't want to work 12 hour days, then don't.... >> | |
| Who has clients that.... | > But they pay me 6+ figures How many hours a .... >> | |
| 08 Nov 2003 | Amazon Sucks Now | Is it markTAW or marcTAW? >> |
| 02 Nov 2003 | Benefits of a degree | In our society, a degree is the de facto measureme.... >> |
| Steven, Social work requres a CSW, which is a MAS.... >> | ||
| Peopleware : doors b.... | People who are intimately working with each other .... >> | |
| 01 Nov 2003 | Sybase Logo. What math function is it called? >> | |
| 31 Oct 2003 | 360 students | Just like all the people who started MBA programs .... >> |
| Advice for Student T.... | > If you slip into that you are a goner. Sa.... >> | |
| 30 Oct 2003 | Life and Career | > In medicine, you know the ridiculous hours doct.... >> |
| Programming is no mo.... | 6. Take English as 2nd Language so as can ma.... >> | |
| 28 Oct 2003 | Read your own comments for your answer, son. >P.... >> | |
| 23 Oct 2003 | how many pounds have.... | I weigh the same asI did 10 years ago. I can noti.... >> |
| Skills to Complement.... | Me: Do you have kids or a family or personal.... >> | |
| Yea, but after that 4 years dues paying, Pilots ma.... >> | ||
| Plenty of new jobs f.... | > And there are three or four billion people in th.... >> | |
| Get in on ANY segment of healthcare...(nursing, Ph.... >> | ||
| Anyone ex-programmer who chooses to work at Home D.... >> | ||
| What online radio do.... | http://www.spinner.com >> | |
| www.spinnner.com >> | ||
| 19 Oct 2003 | What coders can lear.... | > And it's why you should NEVER hire a member of a.... >> |
| In my original post, I was simply identifying the .... >> | ||
| mb, your comment reminds me on an old pos... OL.... >> | ||
| > If they do it 1000 times as often it's not surpr.... >> | ||
| 18 Oct 2003 | What coders can learn from $200/hr plumbers >> | |
| 18 Oct 2003 | rz, $50k a year to work a few hours a day? I'.... >> | |
| > Have you *ever* actually checked how a union wor.... >> | ||
| For the record, I am NOT advicating licensing. I .... >> | ||
| > It's simply not practical. How would you devel.... >> | ||
| > The only positive correlation between wages in a.... >> | ||
| > If I'm writing software, tha absolute worst case.... >> | ||
| No, I meant that back in 2000 when any coder with .... >> | ||
| Top 5 tax deductions.... | There is 1 tradeoff with funding the SEP. Th.... >> | |
| To paraphase Weaver's long-winded reply, as my acc.... >> | ||
| Thomas Stanley - The.... | o'my, I do have a plan, and I am executing it d.... >> | |
| 17 Oct 2003 | I'm corrected, yes, it's not the *only* reason.&nb.... >> | |
| 16 Oct 2003 | Top 5 tax deductions.... | PAY for an accountant who is experienced with s-co.... >> |
| Thomas Stanley - The.... | Sgt, The only reason your plan have had a hope .... >> | |
| 15 Oct 2003 | Sgt, I think people try to cite other RE market.... >> | |
| 13 Oct 2003 | Sgt., When I was looking to get out of tech, .... >> | |
| 12 Oct 2003 | Magazines - How do y.... | yup, toss em. now, its all online pre-intern.... >> |
| 11 Oct 2003 | ANDY GROVE (!!!) war.... | > We have found working with the off-shore group f.... >> |
| It's not hypocrisy. Offshoring saves a boatl.... >> | ||
| Thomas Stanley - The.... | MarkTAW, life always seems to come down to 1 word..... >> | |
| 10 Oct 2003 | One point of saving money: To not be chained to yo.... >> | |
| 25 Sep 2003 | The Internet is a ra.... | I've put a PC bare on the net (win2k) for weeks, w.... >> |
| Living at the office.... | Ha, today on MSN.com http://www.bcentral.com/ar.... >> | |
| The problem is, even during down time. its never e.... >> | ||
| End of the world - A.... | dotcom was a bubble, b/c for every 1 good idea, 10.... >> | |
| 14 Sep 2003 | Overcoming Procrasti.... | Yea., forget the game for now. Try some non .... >> |
| 09 Sep 2003 | Another take on Amer.... | > The textbooks don't mention anythihng about WHY .... >> |
| Any free XDrive like.... | Doh! Yes, a free FTP account, and windows ne.... >> | |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Code snippet of tedious GUI programming with SDK? >> | |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Any free XDrive like services out there anymore? >> | |
| 08 Sep 2003 | Yea, don't want to hassle with the HTML interface .... >> | |
| Code snippet of tedi.... | Was early Visual C++ a drap and drop GUI builder? .... >> | |
| 04 Sep 2003 | Interview Questions .... | News Flash: Most people like to be friends with t.... >> |
| 01 Sep 2003 | Developers in Suits .... | 'Sherlock' Brad: Note it literally said 'Wait for.... >> |
| 31 Aug 2003 | "Send to E-mail" Cor.... | Delete W98. >> |
| 80$ per/hr access pr.... | Great post by Bored Bystander. >> | |
| Developers in Suits .... | Unfold Ironing board. Fill iron with water. Wait.... >> | |
| 30 Aug 2003 | 80$ per/hr access pr.... | Many firms don't know the difference b/w Access an.... >> |
| Developers in Suits .... | Sometimes, I'd iron, instead of getting it dry cle.... >> | |
| 21 Aug 2003 | Poor poor me, the fi.... | > Bella needs to read your response to him, it was.... >> |
| PhD in Computer Scie.... | > I remember my professors (just a couple years ag.... >> | |
| 19 Aug 2003 | Job (and life) Advic.... | > I would figure out where you want to live and th.... >> |
| 18 Aug 2003 | Financial Realities | This type of situation turns into a maintenance ni.... >> |
| c++ for trading syst.... | There may be an XML standard to replace FIX by no.... >> | |
| Intelligent Idiots | Horrendous people management skills. That Pennywi.... >> | |
| Markets or uses for .... | If you have the room, by all means, start your mus.... >> | |
| > There is a lot of wisdom in old books that doesn.... >> | ||
| how much does part t.... | In this field, what you know, have done, and can d.... >> | |
| 16 Aug 2003 | Database Design tool.... | Does Visio actually generate the DDL commands? >> |
| Recommend Hardware F.... | Linksys DSL/cable router for me too. Foolproof >> | |
| 13 Aug 2003 | What are your values.... | > Working Seven Eleven or the local video rental p.... >> |
| 12 Aug 2003 | Age discrimination i.... | Yes, I prefaced the Radio Shack example as a freak.... >> |
| 08 Aug 2003 | To upgrade or not to.... | Jim, you ask smart questions. Common sense is so .... >> |
| Boycott companies th.... | Boycott firms that offshore? Gee, looks like.... >> | |
| Economics Books | Keep it simple...Just get a college Microeconomics.... >> | |
| High hourly rate guy.... | I pulled it off b/c I was straight with my clients.... >> | |
| Age discrimination i.... | Simon, I hope you find peace blaming your problem.... >> | |
| 07 Aug 2003 | > Usually they’re blown off the carousel into jobs.... >> | |
| 06 Aug 2003 | High hourly rate guy.... | I knew loads of people, including myself, who are .... >> |
| Do firms even hire l.... | When I said "consultant", I was implying "indep. c.... >> | |
| >It was never that high a pay, in fact it was a wa.... >> | ||
| Age discrimination i.... | +++In fact, let me blow your entire bullshit argum.... >> | |
| 05 Aug 2003 | Do firms even hire longterm "consultants" anymore >> | |
| 05 Aug 2003 | > Its tricky to maintain a network of contacts whe.... >> | |
| > Most programmer's careers peak parabolically aro.... >> | ||
| > Anyone approaching 40 in high-tech is expected t.... >> | ||
| 30 Jul 2003 | 1000$ a month in San.... | People here are shortsighted. Take the job. It.... >> |
| 27 Jul 2003 | Should I become a pr.... | Let me add that I do not know anyone who actually .... >> |
| Most programmers I know have around 10 or more yea.... >> | ||
| Marktaw, FYI, first of all, 2 standard deviations.... >> | ||
| Technical Self-Emplo.... | > He sounds like an unpleasant person. I find it h.... >> | |
| Language Stereotypes | Matthew, Sounds like you fucked up the user requ.... >> | |
| You Just Can't Kill .... | I've been enjoying the nice weather. Haven't.... >> | |
| Stupidity Embodied | > Because, for a product which brings in billions .... >> | |
| 26 Jul 2003 | Should I become a pr.... | No programmer in the USA works for $25k. the.... >> |
| You Just Can't Kill .... | This is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. People who.... >> | |
| Best way to resign | Colin, LOL ! Very good advice in this thread.... >> | |
| Is QA a dead end car.... | Testing is a CRUCIAL part of the lifecycle. .... >> | |
| 25 Jul 2003 | QA is a shit tester job. Programming is Prog.... >> | |
| cheap developers | > Oh, I know, it's because everyone had a job sin.... >> | |
| How do you store cab.... | Toss em. Trust me, you won't need 90% of em .... >> | |
| 26 Jun 2003 | Dealing with 21'st c.... | > One person changed careers. He is now doing land.... >> |
| The bitter laid-off anti-H1's have derailed this t.... >> | ||
| > Would you Bella care to clarify how do you exact.... >> | ||
| 25 Jun 2003 | Poor me: You were a complete IDIOT to lie about t.... >> | |
| 23 Jun 2003 | interview questions .... | Savage, No firm goes thru an pain in the ass inte.... >> |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Would you move? | Yes, move. It's too early to sell out for st.... >> |
| 08 Jun 2003 | QA Contractor needed.... | What's the hourly rate? I may know someone...... >> |
| 03 Jun 2003 | Am I crazy? | You don't need a Master's or PHD to learn challeng.... >> |
| 23 May 2003 | matter of time | > as long as the 'high-tech' industry standartize.... >> |
| 11 May 2003 | Need a new job, and .... | > 5 years of experience, a CS degree, and I'm alre.... >> |
| 10 May 2003 | The generation gap | Disclaimer: I am not married or divorced or .... >> |
| NoName, Let's talk more about how divorce FUCKS .... >> | ||
| Cheeto, You stupid child. You don't even have a.... >> | ||
| > and the only reason they won't hit the 55 target.... >> | ||
| 07 May 2003 | cheeto, naive fool, you willl be supporting a fa.... >> | |
| 05 May 2003 | Programmers who are .... | PS: When you feel yourself getting tired of learni.... >> |
| > And if she gets laid off and/or has difficulty f.... >> | ||
| 29 Apr 2003 | Sooner or later domi.... | > We almost saw Microsoft lose it back in the 90s,.... >> |
| Nat, Just curious, how much money have you lost .... >> | ||
| 27 Apr 2003 | Actually, Ballmer said it's all about the 'Develop.... >> | |
| 24 Apr 2003 | Worst tools I ever d.... | Oracle Forms/Developer-2000 was the biggest POS I'.... >> |
| 23 Apr 2003 | Packing it in as a ".... | > Its happened before. There have been serious do.... >> |
| 22 Apr 2003 | startup company offe.... | I disagree. 3 days of REAL WORLD experience .... >> |
| 17 Apr 2003 | Is it Really that ha.... | l33t ? >> |
| 16 Apr 2003 | Of the 50 or so programmers I keep in touch with, .... >> | |
| > While not 'age discrimination', it is close. I .... >> | ||
| startup company offe.... | Yes, people are free to accept or reject any job t.... >> | |
| 15 Apr 2003 | bad decisions on com.... | Mike, Human nature also filters out the bad decis.... >> |
| 14 Apr 2003 | startup company offe.... | > Instead of 'Ok, you were laid off for 8 months' .... >> |
| Oppty cost? Displace him from looking for work? .... >> | ||
| 13 Apr 2003 | Professionals .... b.... | Tapiwa, I agree, the law seems to exist just to .... >> |
| startup company offe.... | > $12K/yr salary says 'almost no capital'. 12.... >> | |
| 10 Apr 2003 | > The company will never get anywhere. Says Yo.... >> | |
| > Who in their right mind would work for $12,000/y.... >> | ||
| Interface : widzard .... | Apples and oranges. Wizard is for forced seq.... >> | |
| 09 Apr 2003 | On the Fly JPG to BM.... | I use IrfanView also. >> |
| 03 Apr 2003 | Self Imposed Pressur.... | Bored, Don't charge your client for unproductive .... >> |
| 30 Mar 2003 | Am I being unreasona.... | I agree with you. For some reason, I have a .... >> |
| 29 Mar 2003 | average salaries of .... | What does a nice 2BR apartment go for in India?&nb.... >> |
| programming is diffi.... | > following tightly regimented procedures Clea.... >> | |
| Am I being unreasona.... | flipping burgers? Go read my posting history.... >> | |
| Salary Increase Nego.... | Anon, Please re-read my disclaimer. >> | |
| 28 Mar 2003 | Am I being unreasona.... | > They're written in lots of different languages, .... >> |
| Salary Increase Nego.... | I may be a little out of it, but Anonymous keeps q.... >> | |
| > I make $37,000.08 per year today. The average s.... >> | ||
| BTW, at 2 years of experience, you THINK you know .... >> | ||
| I never ever asked for a raise. As far I'm concer.... >> | ||
| Did Joel buy his cop.... | Logicworks >> | |
| 26 Mar 2003 | Coding: Means or End.... | > My hobbies are mostly things that require skill .... >> |
| 23 Mar 2003 | What One Recruiter R.... | To anyone who is angry about recruiter 'gouging', .... >> |
| I have never consulted through an agency. Do they.... >> | ||
| 22 Mar 2003 | Bella's Pet Peeve #542 >> | |
| 18 Mar 2003 | Boomerang of offshor.... | Let's make it simpler. Find ANYTHING I've sa.... >> |
| 17 Mar 2003 | > Aren't you the one BELLA that was swaggering aro.... >> | |
| 16 Mar 2003 | Oracle Developer 2000 was the biggest piece of shi.... >> | |
| > Stop bullshi**ing your customers with buzzwords .... >> | ||
| > Most of the stuff I've seen offshore is either l.... >> | ||
| I have a confession .... | You should be fired. You NEVER make a change.... >> | |
| job prospects | Here is some more simple probabilty theory. P(g.... >> | |
| Seth, It's no wonder you're unemployed. You're .... >> | ||
| Is Inheritance a Pil.... | Anyone who thinks Inheritance is interchangeable w.... >> | |
| 15 Mar 2003 | Boomerang of offshor.... | > Maybe the question to ask is, Why should ANY job.... >> |
| > - Indian companies are very hesitant to lay peop.... >> | ||
| Is FogBuz really req.... | MS-Excel is fine for many projects as well. .... >> | |
| job prospects | > What happens to a new hire when a software proje.... >> | |
| > Given 3 interviews in 3 weeks for developer posi.... >> | ||
| 11 Mar 2003 | "We're in a time cru.... | Haha, that brought back such fond memories of proj.... >> |
| Management buying so.... | > I don't see how your statement logically flows f.... >> | |
| 10 Mar 2003 | Many development teams are filled with people who .... >> | |
| Is management getting kickbacks and perks from the.... >> | ||
| Money, taxes, and wh.... | It's not about raw salary, its about the personali.... >> | |
| Parade Magazine - Wh.... | At my previous company junior programmers Right ou.... >> | |
| Why, My wife and I both work part time, she studi.... >> | ||
| > In any case, you should expect to be making a lo.... >> | ||
| 09 Mar 2003 | He may not be a programmer at all. "Computer.... >> | |
| I was going to spout off about how people always i.... >> | ||
| 05 Mar 2003 | What do you do with .... | When I last moved, I trashed an entire bookshelf o.... >> |
| 02 Mar 2003 | Philosophy of long h.... | Regarding all this talk about programmers being ge.... >> |
| 01 Mar 2003 | Not Programming | http://www.theonion.com >> |
| www.theonion.com is the most clever humor you will.... >> | ||
| 28 Feb 2003 | how many people to i.... | Resumes that sport the 'movie rental app' bullshit.... >> |
| > Use the phone to screen people. I agree. As .... >> | ||
| 27 Feb 2003 | If you know how to filter a resume, AND you know w.... >> | |
| Philosophy of long h.... | > Seriously, resist by working smarter and more pr.... >> | |
| 26 Feb 2003 | Administering Many F.... | Creating a new login (and FTP acct) can be done on.... >> |
| 25 Feb 2003 | How to get a part-ti.... | Be a salesman at CompUSA. Sounds like this i.... >> |
| interview | It all depends if there's somoene else with more e.... >> | |
| 23 Feb 2003 | GPA | > A degree indicates that you don't have a serious.... >> |
| I will say this. People without college degrees a.... >> | ||
| Favorite telnet clie.... | Don't forget all the Macros you can create with eX.... >> | |
| 22 Feb 2003 | GPA | Skills and experience are all that matter in this .... >> |
| You want people with the lowest GPA's working for .... >> | ||
| Favorite telnet clie.... | I've used PuTTY for ssh (secure shell), but I've u.... >> | |
| 21 Feb 2003 | Least admirable peop.... | 'Media types', like writers for things like TechoW.... >> |
| Ever get screwed wit.... | In #1, I agree with the replies. Miscommunication.... >> | |
| 20 Feb 2003 | Ever get screwed without a contract in place? >> | |
| 20 Feb 2003 | Sole proprietorship | True. Contract. Also, make a nice simple invoice.... >> |
| Techie, If youre contracting for 3 weeks on a 1.... >> | ||
| If you do not know how to research this yourself, .... >> | ||
| tester or developer? | I didn't reply b/c I didn't need to dignify your '.... >> | |
| I will stick to my OPINION that it's easier to mov.... >> | ||
| Try for the developer not tester. You can alwa.... >> | ||
| Worst interviewer ev.... | What is there to explain? He finds it accept.... >> | |
| > And, while I do discriminate against people who .... >> | ||
| 19 Feb 2003 | Age discrimination is a pathetic excuse >> | |
| 19 Feb 2003 | Age discrimination i.... | > Bubble kiddy tech. managers can not cope with a.... >> |
| > The bottom line is, in this field as in all othe.... >> | ||
| Advice for a first-t.... | The only reason he is W2'ed is b/c the agency has .... >> | |
| 18 Feb 2003 | Worst interviewer ev.... | > I haven't half got fed up of the stupid conversa.... >> |
| > - Jews are more prone to certain debilitating ge.... >> | ||
| Cheapest VC++ Profes.... | >> Cheapest VC++ Professional? Yea, his name .... >> | |
| 17 Feb 2003 | Advice for a first-t.... | He clearly stated he is going to be a W2 employee,.... >> |
| It's amazing how many people either did not read t.... >> | ||
| Worst interviewer ev.... | Asking 'Do you plan on getting pregnant?' is prett.... >> | |
| In some cases, whether someone is married MAY have.... >> | ||
| How soon would you f.... | > If I were in the position to fire this guy, I wo.... >> | |
| Work hours/week? | > It's no wonder all those CEOs are running off wi.... >> | |
| 16 Feb 2003 | How soon would you f.... | > I'm sure the rest of the team will get right ba.... >> |
| > I disagree with that scheme of removing an emplo.... >> | ||
| > It's much worse, the return rate of incompetent .... >> | ||
| Verify proper policy with HR. If you don't have H.... >> | ||
| 15 Feb 2003 | Dot com movie titles >> | |
| 15 Feb 2003 | Work hours/week? | > She asked when I'd be finished (its almost done.... >> |
| 14 Feb 2003 | How to ask for a rai.... | Perhaps get another job offer in writing so your k.... >> |
| Work hours/week? | > It's always amazed me how brilliant 130+IQ types.... >> | |
| > So since then, I refuse to work 1 minute past 5p.... >> | ||
| 12 Feb 2003 | Out of work? Don't t.... | Ask yourself if its a DEGREE you're after, or the .... >> |
| 11 Feb 2003 | Add/Remove Programs .... | The 'Add/Remove programs' is an app. An applet is.... >> |
| 07 Feb 2003 | Do only geniuses get.... | > As long as the company needs new people - people.... >> |
| 01 Feb 2003 | Fear... | > Now, several years later, she has only Indians .... >> |
| volunteerinng | It's simple supply and demand. If circumstan.... >> | |
| 31 Jan 2003 | Unpaid Internships have been around forever. .... >> | |
| Good developers don'.... | I absolutely loved programming. Being able t.... >> | |
| Contract-to-hire | Here are other potentially helpful links I had boo.... >> | |
| As a consultant, you buy liability insurance. Som.... >> | ||
| > In fact, I did'nt mention your tone. > The p.... >> | ||
| This is all I have meant to say in this thread. .... >> | ||
| 30 Jan 2003 | random programming g.... | There are 2 cases I see: a) You have been worki.... >> |
| Contract-to-hire | Well, I may have not properly distinguished contra.... >> | |
| Contract work: You want to pay me TWICE as much t.... >> | ||
| 29 Jan 2003 | random programming g.... | > My question is, do companies actively hire peopl.... >> |
| Contract-to-hire | You have 4 months of experience. In a word, .... >> | |
| 28 Jan 2003 | > I've avoid contracts like the plague. Nothing wr.... >> | |
| > I've avoid contracts like the plague. Nothing wr.... >> | ||
| YOU are unemployed. Take the contract gig. Contr.... >> | ||
| 26 Jan 2003 | IS it bad to charge .... | If you are fair, your business will flourish. If .... >> |
| Another lesson... | Backup plans should have nothing to do with whethe.... >> | |
| 20 Jan 2003 | Why didn't you tell .... | O'Reilley books are generally very good. Sti.... >> |
| 19 Jan 2003 | Thin = http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/ >> | |
| 14 Jan 2003 | impending doom? | Hiding knowledge could be classified as "politics".... >> |
| 13 Jan 2003 | Best Computer Scienc.... | > If you live in india, you are fucked anyway, so .... >> |
| impending doom? | Doomed, you should mention what you know. Ne.... >> | |
| 08 Jan 2003 | Does your work give .... | For example, a single techie making $70k, could.... >> |
| Mentors and Software.... | Mentoring is one of the most ideal ways to utilize.... >> | |
| Shelf-Life Of A Prog.... | > You can count on doing it until retirement, even.... >> | |
| 07 Jan 2003 | The real issue is when people hit 30, they start o.... >> | |
| 06 Jan 2003 | Teaching Programming | Ha, I remember typing in all those code passages f.... >> |
| 10 print 'Bella' 20 goto 10 Or to get real fan.... >> | ||
| 02 Jan 2003 | What Should I Do Wit.... | > Why is someone who had a high powered high stres.... >> |
| 31 Dec 2002 | Living and Working i.... | >Example: my current client company has *NEVER* us.... >> |
| Marriage == Career D.... | Marriage == Career Death? Yes. B/c Marriage i.... >> | |
| 24 Dec 2002 | old dog, new trick? | You should opt to be paid hourly. The ineffi.... >> |
| Marriage == Career D.... | Not sure of your point. Another strike agais.... >> | |
| Bottom line: NO ONE can put in the time that an u.... >> | ||
| 22 Dec 2002 | Stephen, Would you like to point out what other p.... >> | |
| changing skill sets | bdw, I know several 'quants' and tekkies with in.... >> | |
| 21 Dec 2002 | Marriage == Career D.... | So couples who get married first, then live togeth.... >> |
| changing skill sets | Do you even work in America? You show such a lack.... >> | |
| 20 Dec 2002 | Marriage == Career D.... | “People never ask for advice unless they already k.... >> |
| More tangentially related posts: ==============.... >> | ||
| The difference b/w living together and being marri.... >> | ||
| changing skill sets | Have you opened a newspaper in the last 2 years?&n.... >> | |
| 19 Dec 2002 | Tapiwa, Get a clue. Investment Banks have been l.... >> | |
| Career Path for Prog.... | Investigators are hired on a freelance basis by in.... >> | |
| 15 Dec 2002 | Mr. Moneybags | > Making money is a separate set of skills entirel.... >> |
| 14 Dec 2002 | You may want learn a little bit more about the con.... >> | |
| 13 Dec 2002 | Changing jobs | Too many jobs may make you appear unstable. Then .... >> |
| 11 Dec 2002 | No more OS/2 | OS/2 is a "never was". >> |
| 10 Dec 2002 | strategies for copin.... | > What to do when you've got a good gig that just .... >> |
| I agree. A good remedy to burnout is absense.... >> | ||
| Unemployment Woes | You're the 75c (or 75k) can of coke. You nee.... >> | |
| 09 Dec 2002 | Intelligence | tapiwa, GREAT quote !! and so true. Pe.... >> |
| 08 Dec 2002 | I am convinced that the ratio of happiness to mone.... >> | |
| Many people with money in the bank are very unhapp.... >> | ||
| Then again, it all depends on your definition of ".... >> | ||
| Swing UI? | Serious question. (Perhaps b/c I lack VC++ experi.... >> | |
| Unemployment Woes | effort = f(passion) skills = f(effort) >> | |
| 05 Dec 2002 | Swing UI? | If you are simply building a Windows GUI app, can .... >> |
| Looking for an evite.... | You get what you pay for. Dont look a giftho.... >> | |
| 04 Dec 2002 | Why not just use whatever's out there, and get on .... >> | |
| Unemployment Woes | > in theory i could have put that money into some .... >> | |
| 02 Dec 2002 | When are web-based a.... | Frederic, Why are you rewriting these existi.... >> |
| 01 Dec 2002 | Unemployment Woes | Prakash, info about s-corps: http://www.ccsfo.co.... >> |
| Very interesting stat, Prakash. People who are in.... >> | ||
| > Bella's just upset because he's been building ba.... >> | ||
| > That cost me all of my savings and quite a consi.... >> | ||
| What will you do aft.... | travel log, I thought we were discussing 'Life a.... >> | |
| 30 Nov 2002 | Unemployment Woes | Boy, these 2 lines are gems. Understanding this i.... >> |
| Actually, I take back my comments about salary. A.... >> | ||
| > I imagine that you probably had to face the fact.... >> | ||
| What will you do aft.... | Rikard, nice fantasy life. Would you like to.... >> | |
| 28 Nov 2002 | Unemployment Woes | Well, it makes sense to me. If salaries DID .... >> |
| I need fast image co.... | ||