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  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    Gary Varga (2/11/2014)

    djackson 22568 (2/11/2014)

    Gary Varga (2/11/2014)

    Craig-315134 (2/11/2014)

    Gary Varga (2/11/2014)

    Craig-315134 (2/10/2014)

    ...but the Darwinistic nature of capitalism sooner or later weeds out the bad ones.

    Oh, I wish I found that to...

    February 11, 2014 at 10:41 am

    #1688023

  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    Craig-315134 (2/11/2014)

    What I find funny is that the schools are teaching kids about the constitution, but telling lies about what the constitution means.

    I suspect neither of us are constitutional scholars,...

    February 11, 2014 at 10:39 am

    #1688020

  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    Gary Varga (2/11/2014)

    Craig-315134 (2/11/2014)

    Gary Varga (2/11/2014)

    Craig-315134 (2/10/2014)

    ...but the Darwinistic nature of capitalism sooner or later weeds out the bad ones.

    Oh, I wish I found that to be the case!!!

    But it...

    February 11, 2014 at 9:36 am

    #1687980

  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    Craig-315134 (2/10/2014)

    Nadrek (2/10/2014)

    Please don't conflate changing employers with changing jobs, roles, responsibilities, or tasks.

    True, large companies can offer a wide range of job opportunities.

    However, if one accepts the premise...

    February 10, 2014 at 1:13 pm

    #1687671

  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    hisakimatama (2/10/2014)

    Hm. Personally, I left my last job after a year and a half; things started out rather good, but after the first year, management became rather frustrating to...

    February 10, 2014 at 8:26 am

    #1687562

  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    Yet Another DBA (2/10/2014)

    Worked in too many companies that seem to keep the poor and ignore the talent (anything that is even slightly above average). Anyone given enough time ought...

    February 10, 2014 at 7:19 am

    #1687534

  • RE: Top Talent Leaves

    I agree with most of the posts so far. There is some value in turnover. One post mentioned five years as the longest to stay, which isn't...

    February 10, 2014 at 6:36 am

    #1687509

  • RE: Software Patents

    something_123 (1/30/2014)

    Do what New Zealand did:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/29/new-zealand-just-abolished-software-patents-heres-why-we-should-too/

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/29/new-zealand-just-abolished-software-patents-heres-why-we-should-too/

    Someone here pointed out how to use the IFCode shortcuts a while back, I had never seen them before. Call this paying it...

    January 30, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    #1684874

  • RE: Software Patents

    laren.hagen (1/30/2014)

    P.S.S. - These views are my own & not those of my employer.

    They are probably not the view of any employer.

    I see it this way: When company A...

    January 30, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    #1684867

  • RE: Software Patents

    call.copse (1/30/2014)

    Was there anyone whose heart's cockles were left unwarmed by this story? An oldie but goldie.

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/how-newegg-crushed-the-shopping-cart-patent-and-saved-online-retail/

    I LOVE Newegg!

    January 30, 2014 at 9:56 am

    #1684753

  • RE: Software Patents

    Software code should not be able to be patented. A copyright is more appropriate. There is little difference between me writing a book and writing code.

    If I write...

    January 30, 2014 at 9:52 am

    #1684752

  • RE: Management at Scale

    Sigerson (1/27/2014)

    Agreed. You make a nice distinction between the types of companies and how they treat employees.

    I strongly believe that an enlightened company which truly values its people...

    January 27, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    #1683683

  • RE: Management at Scale

    Sigerson (1/27/2014)It's a free market and you get what you pay for. It will always be a sliding scale. In my experience, companies act like they exist in...

    January 27, 2014 at 11:53 am

    #1683669

  • RE: Management at Scale

    Gary Varga (1/27/2014)

    djackson 22568 (1/27/2014)

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/25/2014)

    Comments posted to this topic are about the item <A HREF="/articles/Editorial/106276/">Management at Scale</A>

    Steve, which came first, the chicken or the egg?

    I...

    January 27, 2014 at 8:49 am

    #1683592

  • RE: Management at Scale

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/25/2014)

    Comments posted to this topic are about the item <A HREF="/articles/Editorial/106276/">Management at Scale</A>

    Steve, which came first, the chicken or the egg?

    I recognize that you are...

    January 27, 2014 at 8:13 am

    #1683569

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