Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ mike ] on Tuesday 06 March 2007 02:44 \__
>>
>>> in addition to the outsourcing of jobs, let's not forget the considerable
>>> number of people (outside of microsoft) who left the computer field
>>> because they found it too much of an insult to their intelligence to be
>>> spending all their time supporting that which is always and by far the
>>> weakest link in any computer infrastructure -- microsoft.
>>
>>
>> My partner (as in co-editors) at BoycottNovell.com seems to fall under this
>> category.
>>
>>
>>> i've watched
>>> over two decades the inverse relationship between prestigious jobs in the
>>> computer field vs. the growth of microsoft such that computer science now
>>> ranks near the bottom of the academic desires of college students.
>>
>>
>> Indeed. Bill Gates keeps whining about the lack of decent candidates, having
>> poisoned the entire industry. I advised my brother not to study CS, but he
>> made this choice nonetheless. Concentrating on hardware is what I advised
>> him. Free software is not the real issue here. Au contraire. Free software
>> innovates. It gives control to the programmer and the user/client while the
>> typical software house mimics, reinvents the wheel, and tests endlessly. If
>> marketing does a good job and some money flows in, then the Microsoft radar
>> gets the 'scent'. Sooner or later it steals your 'food' (never mind IP) by
>> prebundling, 'extending' protocols, making use of hidden APIs, technical
>> sabotage, FUD tactics...
Nice post, so far.
>>
>>
>>> and
>>> who can blame them, working in computers has become synonymous with
>>> supporting microsoft and one can find a more rewarding and respectable
>>> career as janitor at the local sewage & wastewater treatment plant.
>>
>>
>> The competition in the computing sector (they call it "IT" here) has led to
>> mistreatment and pressure. IT is said to be one of the most (if not /the
>> most/) stressful jobs one can embard on. There are a few exceptions of
>> course, but 90% (or maybe it was 99%) of the people who work in IT over here
>> dread going to work.
Neat.
>> I have an interview with Google tomorrow
LOL LOL LOL. Thats so funny. Good luck - you will need it. They will
look up your troll and garbage and offer you the Janitor's position.
Well, err, no. Not even that because you dump more garbage everywhere.
Some mock questions:
* Mr. Schestowitz, we see that you have been posting thousands and
thousands of off topic posts on USENET. What is the guarantee you won't
do that at Google?
* 45x32 = _____. Fill in the blank.
* You claim to have enrolled in a PhD program but you have zero
publications as a first author? Apart from trolling, what else did you
do in your PhD program?
* Can we see your references? Mark "the pedophile" Kent - no, not that
one. Any credible references? Umm, no? Okay.
* You are pro-linux, which is outstanding. Other than aggregating news
and distributing them, what else can Linux be used for?
* Why should anyone offer you a job?
* What was the last time when you were proved wrong, and how did you
take it?
>> but even jobs
>> at the #1 company for worker satisfaction (and Linux everywhere), according
>> to an American survey, doesn't seem rewarding. At least I'm honest when I
>> speak to them. They actually tried to take credit for Google Earth (Keyhole
>> acquisition).
>>
I really hope you get a job at Google. At least you will know what
*real* work. And no, posting lame Microsoft related topics on COLA is
*not* real work. Your gang will be totally disoriented then.
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