Comment Re:Don't bother (Score 1) 239
was going to post similar story. Yours covers it just fine.
was going to post similar story. Yours covers it just fine.
Please get a Masters!!
Sure work experience is what get's you a foot in the door (past the HR filter) and your personality should do the rest during the interview....
But how about 10 years later? At the senior staff/ principal engineering level you had better be a genius to advance without a decent degree.
In short I see the following:
Work experience only = programmer
Education = engineer
I know I'm stepping on some toes here, but this is my experience (MSCS 1996, Senior Staff Engineer/Mgr)
Maybe it's my personal experience, but every single person I have talked to has said it is not faithful in it's representation of star trek and was not worth viewing.
Maybe you and all your friend should go out more.
That's all cute and all, but until I see it I'm not convinced that digitized versions can replace the real thing. As far as I am concerned we are at the worst part of the 'uncanny valley' right now. Sure it will get better but that could be a while out.
Also, I think it will eventually work great on those actors who *cough* can't act. A digital Bogart doesn't make a great movie.
From an article in Live Science, researchers have found that subliminal stimulation can be used to stimulate people to work harder. How long before we see this in the workplace masked (or buried) in the background hum in an office?
http://www.simpletechnology.net/has-the-cell-phonAt this pace, there's no stopping cell phone development. We're just really anxious for the fully-automated robot cell phone that'll go to the grocery for us, walk the dog, wash the car...
Going the speed of light is bad for your age.