I'm with you, Bill. My phone makes and receives calls - period. I think
you might be able to text on it (remember having to press 3 numbers to
get 1 letter?) - but I don't use it. The best part - it costs me
$99/year! And no, I don't talk on it while driving.
Charlie
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On 11-01-2012 9:49 PM, Bill Haskett wrote:
Kind of reminds me of my phone. It's gotten so many functions, that
barely work, now I can't even make a simple phone call. So I ditched
my Android and went to a pay-as-you-go simple phone. Now I can
receive and make calls without any problems. Who'd have thought? :-)
Bill
P.S. Now I'm waiting for the new Thinkpad X1 to get a better docking
station and offload my business email to the cloud, where I can
securely store and access 10Gb of archived email. Then I'll just walk
around with a phone that works and an ultra-thin ultra-fast
workstation I can open up and access the internet in a few seconds, to
get whatever I need (and be able to read it and interface by typing 70
wpm). Ahhhhhhh.......
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----- Original Message -----
*From:* 3xk547...@sneakemail.com
*To:* u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
*Date:* 11/1/2012 4:25 PM
*Subject:* Re: [U2] Another job ad written by people who have no clue
In the mainstream, it's generally understood that one must be in a
constant learning cycle, or skills get outdated in a matter of 6-18
months. So .NET people need to understand the difference between
WebForms and MVC, and adapt to generics, lambdas, and dynamic types.
Java people need to adjust to changes in frameworks, networking,
security, and XML parsing. PHP people need to understand competing
frameworks as well as balance their server-side skills with JavaScript
and related client frameworks. Any browser developer needs to shift
with browser changes, now HTML5, CSS3, etc. And some of us need to do
all of the above and then some.
But what changes in the Pick world? Not much. And how do a lot of Pick
people respond to that? By not feeling a need to do anything but
R83-compatible BASIC.
There are a lot of jobs out there for developers of new UI's for
existing MV apps, but few people available who can satisfy the demand.
And yet Pick people have had nearly two decades to improve their
skills. Every developer here should be qualified for the job
associated with this thread, because that ad looks pretty much like
any other ad in this industry these days.
I'm not trying to paint every Pickie as a dinosaur or a laggard - far
from it. I'm just saying there are too many people who still only know
BASIC while there have been any number of opportunities to move beyond
that. And there are any number of examples of people in the mainstream
who are in a constant mode of adaptation to prove that this is not
only possible but the established norm.
We are where we are in the Pick industry because Pick people generally
become complacent in the belief that they are already using the best
database in the world, so they don't need to learn anything else.
That's just wrong at so many levels. That cripples the industry,
making it more difficult for VARs to sell their software and for the
DBMS providers to continue investing in this niche market.
And let's face it, the additional problem that many here face is that
the developer base is now aging, and it's difficult to start from
scratch and jump on Mr Toad's Wild Technology Ride. We just can't do
that anymore - myself included. What this means is that many people
need to recognize their own limitations, and transition their approach
to finding employment and consulting gigs. Position as a manager
rather than as a programmer. Profile your skills as a problem solver
who can get qualified people to write code, rather than competing with
a million people who can write code but can't solve real world
business problems. Sell your understanding of business rules, because
this is an area where you excel compared to all of those people who
can write code but have no idea what to write.
T
From: John Lorentz
David Jordan wrote:
you have to change the way you get the job interview.
Only works if there are jobs available.
In Portland, the long list of what people are looking for in skills
when
hiring does not include "Pick" (or other varieties). And "years of
experience in the field" plus "knowledge of xxx" (say, "PHP") does
not
equal "five years of experience in PHP specifically using tools x
and y"
in their equation, and you don't get past the initial screening.
So I scramble to get what I can. Right now, I'm working QA on a
contract and haven't had a chance for a permanent job for seven
years
now.
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