I felt the condescension was in the "I assumed you'd be able to figure that out for yourself."

No, it was in the 'Wow, that really is pretty goofy. Sounds like...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/31/2014)

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GoofyGuy (3/31/2014)

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I agree with you, Eric; but I also feel that lower-income individuals may not be as aware of these opportunities, nor realise whether/if they...

Thanks, Eric, good reply. Well said.

skeleton567 (3/31/2014)

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"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that...

Eric M Russell wrote:

I actually think that Information Technology, especially on the application development / database administration end of the spectrum, is a relatively easy field to break into for...

skeleton567 (3/31/2014)

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"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that...

I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?

Race and gender...

Jim P. wrote:

... in the long run it worked out for me. ... The former company (a mid-size bank) is mostly closed and bought out. I am now able to...

I agree with something Gary Varga mentioned: that corporate culture often determines who gets fired and why.

Although I've never been fired, my performance has been praised by some employers, and...

I agree strongly with the preceding comments of Mr Chris Bargh. I too am a software architect and application developer, and frankly thought the article confuses application developers with vendors...

I think it would drive me bananas.

One of the other RDBMSs has a CREATE OR ALTER statement. Can't remember which. Oracle? MySQL?

... I believe that it would take people being sent to jail for certain people to accept that things do need to change.

Of course, although those people change their behaviour...

Don't get me wrong; I do not want to see people go to jail but I do want well known best practices applied and the employment of them actively supported...

Steve Jones wrote:

Which seems to be what products from cyber security vendors...