Comment Re:Jane is Lonny Eachus is a pathological liar (Score 1) 765
Some dude on Slashdot who writes long posts with the goal of discrediting others. Initially entertaining, but ultimately just boring.
Some dude on Slashdot who writes long posts with the goal of discrediting others. Initially entertaining, but ultimately just boring.
TL;DR - just visually skimming your post, I thought for sure it was from apk. Same style to a tee.
Loved that last exclamation mark. Made me LOL!
I have found (while reading through resumes trying to find candidates) that the response of most applicants to this phenomenon is to just apply for jobs for which they aren't really qualified at all, because no one is completely qualified. Which leads to probably the exact situation employers are trying to avoid (having tons of unqualified people apply)
Indeed. I post a job requiring 10 years' C development and I get new college grads applying. Come on!
I'm not sure how to solve it. Recruiters aren't the answer -- they're often the offenders in this case, editing the candidate's resume. I think the only "solution" would be to guarantee at least a phone interview to everyone who applies, just as a basic BS filter. That doesn't scale, but if candidates can't trust job descriptions and employers can't trust candidates, what's the fix?
This. I finally realized, after several extremely BS'd resumes, that I need to phone screen candidates in order to not waste my team's time on interviewing such exaggeraters.
Also, most recruiters aren't the answer, as you said, but if you can find the *right* recruiter, it can really make your life easier. I finally found a decent recruiting agency, and they are feeding me much better candidates than any internal recruiters ever did.
Hiring is a tricky business.
Agreed!
An appropriate degree from a decent school tells me a lot about you, along with your past work experience. The lack of a degree isn't a dealbreaker but you better be damn impressive everywhere else.
I disagree. I have interviewed people with and without degrees, or with degrees in a different field (physics instead of CS, etc.), and there seems to be very little correlation between a qualified candidate and one who attended a decent school with the appropriate degree.
As for past work experience, many people embellish their resumes with their team's achievements, such that you need the interview just to figure out what they actually have done in their career. Same goes for the "skills" portion of the resume. So, you know assembly language? "Yes, I took a class in college." So, you have experience in Python? Oh yes, I've written several text processing scripts. I wish candidates would annotate their listed skills, such as "3 years Python development" to at least distinguish themselves from people who have simply heard they should put Python on their resume.
So by your logic, any CEO or famous actor who runs cannot be called a runner. Or one who plays golf cannot be called a golfer. Only if running or golfing *is* your claim to fame can you be called one of those terms.
Yep, makes sense to me!
How is a logic analyzer going to help? During bootup, the microcontroller is going to read encrypted firmware code from the flash, so snooping that will be useless. The decryption process itself will take place in the RAM internal to the microcontroller, which isn't exposed on any external pins, so no snooping.
If somebody REALLY wanted to rip off the firmware, they'd just unsolder the chip and buy a matching reader for about $50 from digikey.
I just posted this a few comments up, but applies here, as well:
For microcontrollers that have firmware stored in an external flash, any company that values their IP will encrypt their FW before writing it to flash and decrypt it during boot up.
Very often the JTAG port is simply left open.
Most any project engineered by smart people will indeed have disabled JTAG for production units. To not do so is to invite security, IP and possibly liability issues.
The CPU is typically connected to external flash anyway. Worst case you have to unsolder the flash and read it that way.
Many microcontrollers have onboard flash, whose contents can be configured to not be readable by external means (i.e., address/data pins). For microcontrollers that have firmware stored in an external flash, any company that values their IP will encrypt their FW before writing it to flash and decrypt it during boot up.
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Same here. I stopped wearing watches because I had allergic reactions to the metal, and for the past 15-20 years I used my cellphone as my watch instead. I don't often need to check the time, and when I do, odds are I'm behind a computer anyway. When I ordered my Pebble, I was a bit concerned because I didn't know how my skin would react to the plastic, but fortunately, the Pebble didn't provoke any reactions.
You can easily replace the Pebble's watchband, as it is standard 22mm. I hated the original silicone watchband and bought a nice leather one on Amazon for $20. Now the Pebble feels and looks nicer.
Actually, the smart customers can be the worst. There's a reason that they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Engineers work with customers. But if the customer want something unrealistic, the engineers push back. If what the customer wants is too far out of line, they don't merely advise, they refuse. Same with architects and physicians.
One of the hallmarks of being a professional is that the professional is expected to have experience and understanding and the autonomy to say "no". If you don't have that, you can't count yourself as a professional.
Agree 100%. My team and I have said no to some pretty big/important customers. However, the customer will occasionally escalate the issue, sometimes to 2 or 3 levels above me. At that point it's a coin flip as to whether upper management listens to engineering reason or to the customer.
TL;DR: Read more carefully, use both, and stop posting tirades. We'll all be happier, you included.
Nicely measured response! Usually such responses fall on deaf ears and only invite further flame from that guy, but it looks like you (to use that guy's lingo) destroyed him.
It's not the web designers' fault! I'm a small time self employed web designer. When it comes to designing a website, we don't do what we want! We don't even do what the customer needs. We end up doing what he asks. Most of the time what they ask for sucks, and that's what they/you get.
If you have so little input into the process as that, you're not a technical professional, you're a prostitute.
Have you ever worked directly with customers? Not all customers are savvy or intelligent, and your advice to change their foolish request will fall on deaf ears. It is a genuine pleasure to work with smart customers, because they will generally listen to design advice and understand the concepts.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein
