The best part is when you find out that the "other guy" who put in the stupid code is you from months or years ago. You start to get incensed and rant about what idiot would write such awful code, check the commit logs, then facepalm as you realize it was you.

I occasionally wonder if that kind of thing would happen less frequently if our profession wasn't so quick to fire the guys whose gems turned black.

That's only because for some reason, the news of coal seam fires is virtually non-existent. Everyone can point out Chernobyl or Three Mile Island, but very few people are aware of Centralia (except perhaps Silent Hill enthusiasts).

I'm not so sure that it's that AT&T doesn't know the fiber is there. They just do not offer fiber services currently. It's the same story here in Kansas City. I can see plenty of orange fiber markers along some of the major streets, but the service is not offered.

It's quite possible that AT&T is going to roll out fiber service, and it won't cost much: in some areas, they merely have to switch on the lines already in place.

I'm sure he means quality-of-life things from a worker's perspective. This includes (but is not limited to) things like flex hours, telecommuting, normal hours (sad that a 40-hour workweek is a perk in IT-related fields), and other benefits.

Money is still important, but once the salary passes a minimum threshold, I have no problem choosing a lower-paid job if it comes with other benefits I feel make up the difference.

A big cash hoard is a bad thing. It represents money which could be re-invested in R&D, given to investors as dividends, used to increase salaries/benefits to make it a more attractive employer, given to charity to increase PR, or any number of things.

Besides, there are all *kinds* of ways to make someone deaf again if they really want to be.

After all, everyone knows that free pizza makes everything better after an event like this.

Maybe you should watch it again. Forward the video to 2:54, where it narrates the following quotation:

As the quote is read, it shows an Appe II, then a Macbook. Immediately afterwards, it shows an iPad and an iPhone.

IT technology isn't always moving forward. Occasionally, it just moves sideways, or it even moves backwards. This is largely due to how immature IT is as a discipline, which is ironically because IT workers are disposable.

Why not? They know all about gaping holes... in security, among other things.

It became acceptable (to those making the statement) around the time it became obvious that you cannot concentrate the wealth of the world much more than it already is without placing most of the population into poverty.

Devalued content helps the consumer all the way up until the flow of new content stops, and there is no indication that it would, even in a world where all content was distributed for free. I might have more sympathy for the guy if the big content producers didn't also bribe Congress to extend copyright duration to a point where something produced in an average person's lifetime will not enter the public domain until after they're long dead.

The comment I am reading is still valid and accurate.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Sharing a hyperlink is no different than pointing at a bulletin board in plain view of the public. Neither the bulletin board nor the act of pointing to it should be illegal.