If it's mostly glass and steel it's probably not as expensive as you think it is. I work for a fortune 200 company and we just completed a new HQ campus. It looks dramatically more expensive then it really cost to build and makes perfect financial sense given trying to lease the amount of space we needed house all the employees.

I work in IT for a large multinational company and the issue I see with our approach to developers is better, faster, cheaper. In reality what this boils down to is cheaper and good enough. Projects tend to drag on for longer then they should but the development expense from a salary perspective is fairly minimal because the bulk of it is being done offshore.

I think if you want to earn the big dollars as a programmer either need to be the best in the field working for one of the big tech guys like Apple, Google, Etc... Or you need to go work for a start-up for bad starting wages but a percentage ownership in the company.

The only other option I see is going out on your own and starting your own development company but then if you earn big dollars it's because your business is doing well not because you are programming most of the time.

While I really agree with what you are saying... The market has not demonstrated that it cares about this type of behavior. Joe Six Pack continues to pile on more and more devices onto the Verizon network without a second thought to privacy. If you think I'm wrong look at the 6-strike rule in their Internet business... This hasn't hurt them one bit.

The average person simply doesn't understand the behinds the scenes technology well enough to care.

I'm curious to see how this stacks up against BMC's control-m product. These schedulers are useful when managing 1000's of machines running interdependent jobs.

Dell 1950's aren't expensive anymore. You can buy a complete drop in replacement system from eBay for 200 to 400 bucks depending on the options you need.

If the bios update isn't security related and you aren't experiencing the described issue or condition I would likely avoid doing the upgrade entirely.

Why open yourself up to the risk?

Unfortunately it's poor ownership and overall lack of leadership that is forcing you to suffer season after season after season of terrible records.

This team is hopelessly lost. They have not made the playoffs since 1998 and haven't had a winning record since 2003.

Invest in proper coaches and support staff. Commit to building a franchise instead of quick picks that you think will instantly win you a super bowl. Teams don't win with one or two guys. It takes a good (not great) quarterback, a good running back (not great) and a couple of good receivers. Couple that with a consistent defense and you can win Championships.

Look at Pittsburgh or New England. Year after Year these teams are in the hunt and have won a truck load of trophies.

It's very likely that it will cost the same or less and will lead to more gainful employeement later.

The point of all the extra non-computer science classes is to teach you how to learn and process new material.

Having a 4 year degree from an accredited and respected school will also serve you well.

Here comes the rub... Most start-ups and even smaller mid-sizes might not care or hold it against you but then if you can impress them now why go to school at all?

Just my two cents from a guy works in the fortune 200. Right or wrong I see good people held back by lack of a 4 year degree all the time.

I've owned and maintained an LLC for about the last 3 years. I own 99% of it and 1% is controlled by my father. I did this so I could continue to maintain the protection that the LLC structure offers. In the event that I would ever get sued my personal assets should be shielded from the lawsuit. (Not that I plan to get sued but you can never be too careful).

I was able to incorporate in the State of Pennsylvania (where I live) for a filing fee of $125. I was also able to to register for an EIN with the IRS for free. From there I opened a bank account and got moving. I do limited consulting from time to time as well as manage a couple of servers for some folks. I keep everything totally separate. At the end of the year I work with a local accountant who charges me $125 to $200 to complete my LLC taxes with the State and the Fed.

There are some inherent benefits to having an LLC. I'm able to purchase business equipment such as laptops, computers, supplies, etc... with pre-tax money which lets my dollars go much further.

Additionally other businesses automatically seem to take me more seriously when I reach out to them for software, equipment, services or as a potential client.

If you are already tracking your spending it's honestly not a lot of work. You just have to keep track of your income and expense for your business. If you are small a spreadsheet and some folders for paperwork will work just fine.

The LLC structure has been extremely easy for me to manage and most months I don't even think about it. The only advice I have is avoid those "we incorporate you" websites. Chances are pretty good if you do a little bit of research you will be more then able to handle this yourself. Also reach out to the state that you are incorporating in, you'll be surprised at how helpful they can be with the process.

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns, I'm happy to help.

Dude!

The first rule of usenet is you do not talk about usenet!

You are certainly right about the noise! It lives in the basement in a rack. Since the basement is only semi-finished we're never down there so it works out well.

I can offer a couple of suggestions... What I did was buy a used Dell Poweredge 2950 on eBay for about $500 bucks shipped and I added 4 x 1tb SATA drives to it and I run a raid 5 setup with 3tb of usable space across the four 1tb drives. This solution cost me less then $1000 and I have a nice playground to experiment with VMWare ESXi.

I know that's not exactly budget conscience but it works great for me.

If I were on a tight budget I would just buy a 2tb USB drive from Newegg or somewhere similar. It looks like you can buy a name brand for about $130 bucks.

If you have a little bit more money to spend you could always buy a couple of 2tb internal SATA drives and run RAID-1 mirroring on them. You could put these into an old computer and make a little NAS linux server...

If you're saying you have no money to spend then maybe you need to consider cleaning up your data. Often times all those "personal files" that you think you need to keep... Really aren't required. Just my 2 cents but this problem is very solvable.

I'm not sure why we should immediately assume that GoDaddy will suck just because they were purchased by a private equity firm. GoDaddy had every intention of going public but choose not to because of how they would have had to report their earnings/recognize revenue. From what I remember they would essentially split the revenue of a domain registration out over the life of the domain registration as opposed to immediately upon payment.

GoDaddy is a cash cow that will likely continue to be a cash cow if they parent firm let's GoDaddy continue to operate in the manner they have done so since they were founded.

I'm not an investment equity firm but if I were I would look to maximize revenue over as long of a timeline as possible. GoDaddy has no real tangible assets to come in and suck dry like a large manufacture might so sucking the life out really doesn't make a lot of financial sense.

I've been happy with GoDaddy over the years and will continue to use them until their service slips or their prices get out of control.