I think a problem with not blaming people if they don't have a job because their is no work is we will anyways. Everyone might be using their free time...

I'm not sure what mode this guy was doing the upgrade in. I've upgraded a few computers and even upgraded and then recovered/fully paved over one of them. Never was...

I love how "total motivation" only includes 3 of the 6 factors. Management doesn't like to think that people are economically motivated because that means they might have to pay...

Rocket science always makes me laugh. It's turtles all the way down of course so you can always get more and more detailed. But the basic physics of rocket science...

Maybe not perfect from MSs prospective but how about the core DBMS is free. They sell enterprise features on top of it. I'd imagine some/a lot of the logic required...

I agree you can learn quickly but I think most modern languages will take longer. It isn't just th syntax it is knowing the libraries and namespaces. Those can be...

Well it is also a matter of often the reason why we are working long hours are outside of our control. Coming right out of a Dilbert cartoon: sales guy...

I think you missed an and: compensation should be about results AND hours. Example being the go to ninja to fix all the companies woes should be valuable. But often...

I think sometimes the companies' don't even care if you are more productive. The bosses became bosses because they wanted the power to set the rules. If they can't set...

About 10 years ago I worked at a hospital and they had $1 casual Fridays. The charity was themselves so kind of a conflict of interest: make a rule people...

Higher bar: oh know people that know what they are doing will be in charge.

That is what the industry needs. Companies will still make the bits that they need customized...

The whole problem is the "not a national security threat" part of the premise. I might argue even for the national security case as my personal/family security > national security...

I don't know after the file has been edited another dozen times do you really want to walk through the source control history and try to figure out which code...

Somewhat related I guess as there was something to do but it was never done:

// Don't touch: I don't know why this works.

Followed by an obscure api call/bit twiddling (can't...

Or applications that sit on top of someone else's database: say health care systems, CRM etc. Often it becomes the job of the front end guys to quickly re-wire their...