I’m 51 and been through many variations– upsized, downsized, self-employment, public, private, smalls, large, leveraged buyouts you name it.
. I’ve left for money, I’ve left bad bosses, I’ve left for security, and I’ve left for geography. Also know that I’ve never had any difficulty getting a new job at any age. I just jumped companies last year at age 50. Once I decided on a change, it took 3 months to find a new job across the county while keeping the old gig. (Middle age crazy, wanted a climate change). If you’re competent and can communicate, there is a need.. Granted I’m in management now (10+ years) rather than programming and we have to maximize the skill set we have as well as always keep growing.

Outside of Government work, if your name isn’t over the door, you (IT) are a disposable commodity. You are the first to get cut in lean times and the last to get hired in good ones. Also, know that nobody is ever indispensable. Leverage and balance those facts to your advantage. Nobody will watch out for your ass but you.

To answer your question: Know what makes you happy. Form an ultimate game plan of what you want and where you want to end up. Every opportunity must past a simple litmus test: Does it lead you closer to end game? Only you can answer that. Good Luck.

$16B!! Are they nucking futs? It feels to me – as someone who worked through InetBubbleBurst 1.0 - like FB is flailing at something, anything, using the huge cash cache it’s currently sitting on in a feeble and misdirected attempt at non-relevance. Just proof that huge dollars huge brains.

Shuttleworth ... Take heed from ... well ... everyone and dump Unity.

I hope they realize they are outlawing the teaching of Creationism and intelligent design as well.

Between Unity just plain sucking, and Linux Mint update crashing my os... I'm done with tinkering. I want something that just works. I'm back to windows

I will answer the question with quotes from 2 founding fathers:

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government." Patrick Henry

"Any people that would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin

Does any more need to be said?

I stand corrected.

Evolution does not equal God... it's just explains change over time.
Many, many theists believe in evolution.
For you, a self-proclaimed member of the scientific community to claim to NOT believe in evolution puts you in the sub 10% of your peers.
You are the one making a claim that contradicts both evidence and majority belief.
As such, being the one making the egregious claim, you bear the burden of evidence for said claim.
Without evidence, you are one of arrogance and bigotry

In case someone missed it, FB admitted a month ago that teens are leaving in droves. Their belief however, is those users will come back when they age to re-connect with lost friends and family. Big words from a company that that has yet to exist through even 1 partial generation. My 17 year old daughter says – and I quote – “nobody uses facebook but old people and ghetto kids”. As far as using FB as a login verification, I doubt it. I refuse to use it and won’t post to sites that require FB log in. I detest their cannibalizing everything I do online for marketing and profitability.

I setup an ssh linux server and run port forwarding with putty and remote desktop over an ssh tunnel. Easy, no cost and I've done this for years. http://www.dslreports.com/faq/...

I didn't say it was good or bad. I'm just saying it was a different time, with different social stigmas. As far as man slaughter... The former Governor for a State was notorious for speeding and blowing stop signs. Have been pulled over by law enforcement dozens of times.. He finally blew a stop sign at 80 and killed a motorcycle rider. No charges... Just a year before in the same State a poor single mother ran a stop sign, killed a man on a motorcycle and is spending the rest of her life in jail. Legal fairness in the country is only a matter of wealth.

When I was in high school, society looked at drinking and driving very differently than today. The drinking age was 18. We would often drive around with several friends drinking. Be it driving or parked somewhere, just sitting, talking , whatever. When the cops would come, if you weren’t a complete mess, all they would do is take your beer and tell you to go home. Additionally, many activities for teens centered around driving. We would go ‘cruising’. A local area where teens would all drive an congregate. Many cities have outlawed it. In addition to social and legal change in drinking attitudes, there are now automated speeding tickets, the cost of insurance, being harassed by law enforcement if just a few teens hangout somewhere. The change is more than the automobile. It’s a social political change that generally looks at young people congregating in public with negativity.

Really? I woud love to ask you some questions - if you don't mind: First, where did you get your physics degree? Second, Why do you not believe in evolution? Third, What do you believe in as an alternative to evolution?

I remember during one of the Bush 2 nationally televised debates; All of the Republican hopefuls were on stage and the question was asked “do you believe in evolution” – not a single one on stage raised their hand. It’s a sad state when the leader of the free world can’t have a foundation in science or critical thinking as a prerequisite to the job. There is not one single example in the history of mankind of a successful theocracy. The evidence tends to point to the exact opposite – the increase of religion leads to the downfall of any given society.

The GOP doesn't care of the negative effect, they only care about slashing costs. As to that end, it will not increase costs. If they're poor, then they're on medicaid or medicare. Both programs will get slashed if the Grand Old Party has it's way. Cut food stamps, cut health care, no increase in costs, no problem.