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  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    J Thaddeus Klopcic (7/15/2011)


    $50k - $75k plus nice benefits isn't enough? Sorry -- our systems can't spin gold from straw.

    Um, no, not even close. The going average rate...

    Dave

  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    cengland0 (7/15/2011)


    J Thaddeus Klopcic (7/15/2011)


    What I can't understand is: If there are so many of these talented American programmers who have been replaced by offshore contractors, why are 95%...

    Dave

  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/14/2011)


    Comments posted to this topic are about the item <A HREF="/articles/Editorial/74431/">Outsourced = Laid Off?</A>

    I want to say that in this economy I think posting an...

    Dave

  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    J Thaddeus Klopcic (7/15/2011)


    What I can't understand is: If there are so many of these talented American programmers who have been replaced by offshore contractors, why are 95% of...

    Dave

  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    sturner (7/1/2011)


    Freddie-304292 (7/1/2011)


    Personally I would turn down any company that expected me to work weekends before they were even paying me. Some of us have lives, you know ;-)...

    Dave

  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    Freddie-304292 (7/1/2011)


    Back to the topic at hand...I think it's damn near impossible to get at this info in the context of an interview process.

    Innit. Having been on both sides...

    Dave

  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    Jeff Moden (6/30/2011)


    OCTom (6/30/2011)


    Teamwork is overrated. I think the skillset and the willingness to learn new skills is more important. I have yet to see an employer value teamwork highly....

    Dave

  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    Freddie-304292 (6/30/2011)


    I don't understand why you'd want to be honest with a prospective employer. As long as you're sure you can bluff your way through whatever you're lying about,...

    Dave

  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    OCTom (6/30/2011)


    Teamwork is overrated. I think the skillset and the willingness to learn new skills is more important. I have yet to see an employer value teamwork highly. They speak...

    Dave

  • RE: A Little Interviewing Advice

    sushila (6/30/2011)


    "After all, companies lie in interviews almost as much as candidates"!

    How very true and sad that is!

    Sad, yes. True, not if we leave the phrase "almost as much"...

    Dave

  • RE: Cost of the Cloud

    David.Poole (6/28/2011)


    The "Cloud" is a broad description that ranges from your own virtualised server infrastructure, through virtual servers in someone elses data centre and on to virtualised facilities in the...

    Dave

  • RE: Cost of the Cloud

    blandry (6/28/2011)


    What is absolutely frightening though is the dynamic where marketing convinces otherwise smart people that they "need" something. All I can think of is Jim Jones, the maniacal...

    Dave

  • RE: Cost of the Cloud

    Elliott Whitlow (6/27/2011)What I mean by companies that wouldn't otherwise exist really comes down to this, they couldn't afford to drop $10-20K for a few servers and the required licenses...

    Dave

  • RE: Cost of the Cloud

    Elliott Whitlow (6/27/2011)


    There are definitely some areas that the cloud makes sense for. Small companies that can't afford large hardware and software outlays can definitely benefit or companies that...

    Dave

  • RE: Cost of the Cloud

    Is "cloud" the future? I am not qualified to decide that. My opinion however is based on history.

    Lots of things have come to pass that I never thought...

    Dave

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