... somebody who can turn off emotion like a switch and only turn it on when it suits them
I think the problematic phrase is "when it suits them" and I would speculate that it rarely suits them to turn their emotions on and empathize with others, especially when doing so would conflict with personal gain.
The other method is to simply be born a psychopath with an absence of conscience. So what point the test when 1% of the human population, 20% of the prison population and 50% of violent crimes are the statistics for psychopaths.
And, apparently, many (most?) CEOs are psychopaths. Which Professions Have the Most Psychopaths? (there's a list):
CEO is the profession with the most psychopaths.
Also noted here and here and
The articles to which TFS links point have more than a few links and references to other articles, blogs and books (yes, "see my article/book") written by Andy and the "gang of 17". Not exactly astroturfing, but certainly rather self-promotional. "Agile" is one methodology, appropriate for some situations, but certainly not the "one ring to rule them all." (if I recall, wearing that ring had some negative effects...) Now he wants us to move on to: "The GROWS (TM) Method."
All this probably benefits someone, not sure it's always us.
... as the turbine entered overspeed and the turbine blades liberated.
See. It's not just software. Turbine blades want to be free too.
Why in the hell would anyone train their replacement though? If you see your job forcibly being taken over by someone else, I would say screw you and walk away.
I imagine their severance is dependent on them training their replacements. The deal probably was: (a) walk now w/o anything or (b) stay for $X weeks, train your replacements and get $Y weeks severance with $Z weeks of medical benefits.
Part of the qualification was their cost. I bet they failed that one.
The question is: Did management give the workers a choice to work for less money? My guess is probably not. Sure, some (many?) may not be able to work for less, and I imagine that management would assume anyone choosing that would only stay until able to find another job for more money, but that's not always the case.
I"m 52 and I know I can work 1/2 time (for 1/2 pay) and still have money left over for savings and I have offered that option to my employer as an option to save either my or another person's job on my team should the upcoming layoffs affect us. Judging from their attitude, however, they'll probably just lay me off anyway.
Thankfully, I'm debt-free with enough savings for
...output per worker fell by 1.9 percent during the first quarter of 2015.
Because the current/remaining employees are being ridden hard and put away wet. Employers are squeezing what they have, instead of hiring, to be "competitive" - even though profits are up and shareholders are happy. Or it could be because of things like this: Georgia Businessman Refuses to Hire Until Obama Is Fired (there are others):
Bill Looman, owner of U.S. Cranes LLC, said he is fed up with the bad economy and D.C. politicians who do nothing to solve the problem. So until there is a change of leadership, his company trucks will bear the message: “New Company Policy: We Are Not Hiring Until Obama Is Gone.”
Or that that the top priority of Mitch McConnell and the GOP was/is to make Obama a one-term president (which didn't go so well) and prevent any successes for the President or the Democrats - instead of actually working to fix the Economy. (Yes, the Dems are a problem too, but mainly because they're inept, not actively evil, hostile and uncaring toward those who are not rich, old, white and male - like the Republicans.)
Which means it's probably even flatter than Kansas.
The band or the state?
Given how bad the traffic is in and around NYC and New Jersey, as well as the bridges (thanks Gov Christie and flunkies), perhaps La Guardia can be re-purposed using smaller planes - on those smaller runways - to simply ferry people to/from JFK and Newark airports.
Millennials are also expert users...
and due to Obama's handing tens of billions of dollars of our money to the insurance companies
Technically, you mean the House and Senate handing that over, as they create the laws in this country.
The staff working at the clinic should be paid by the clinic.
Ya, but then the staff would be employees, not "independent contractors" and the clinic would have to treat them as employees and provide them with things like overtime (for part-time employees) and health insurance - oh wait...
This is one of the biggest bullshit issues with the system. Why is a simple prescription $550 "retail" but the negotiated insurance rate is 1/5 of that? It's like they are trying to screw over people who have to pay out of pocket.
Real-world example: When my wife, Sue, was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma multiforme (brain tumor) in Nov 2005 (she died 7 weeks later) the list price of a 1-month supply of her chemotherapy medication Temodar was $11,000. The co-pay on my BC/BS plan would have been $1,100 (10%). The co-pay on her Optima plan was $40.
Pro-tip: It's never a good thing when the pharmacist says, "I hope you have insurance."
Nice that TFA titled, "Should You Learn a Little-Known Programming Language?" shows a screenshot of JavaScript, but I digress.
Little known languages aren't always actually little known or used, just less and/or not main-stream. They are often languages used in specialized areas or use less common syntax and or structure - like PROLOG and LISP. As such, using them can often help a programmer think and problem solve in new/different ways that may help programming in more common languages. I know learning LISP help my recursion skills.
My LISP and PROLOG skills two are a bit rusty, but I've used (and was proficient with) several dialects of LISP and would probably enjoy a job using either language again.
Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.
