Are you kidding? I hear there's some great hiking up along the border.

( god damn retards )

No, I'm the poor bastard that continually gets sucked into meeting after meeting with ignorant salesdrones spouting nonsense like "Internet of Things" and "Clouds" ( when they, themselves, haven't got a god damned clue what they're saying ), wasting time I should be spending on actual IT work.

High enough to be technical lead, not high enough to farm that shit out to my staff.

Ah, but if I don't go to it and correct the bullshit as it happens, it will have time to implant itself into management's head, and by the time I become aware of it it's already gained enough momentum to be called a "Project".

So I guess we've moved on from "TEH CLOUDS" to "The internet of things"?

Fucking shoot me.

Because he's a politician. By that very definition, he is not to be trusted. His motivations and intentions are suspect, and always will be.

Trust a politician, and you get what you deserve.

Well, I think it might be more accurate to say that he *gave* a valid reason, but I hardly expect that was his primary motivation.

Still, the enemy of my enemy and all that..

Not that I'm opposed to any of those necessarily, but #3 is unworkable. Who calls for the No Confidence vote?

cannabis is remarkably easy to grow. It's a weed, probably literally.

Checkmate, suckers.

Perhaps if you all show enough deference, I'll take you with me to the top.

Shouldn't that result in the patches being released for anyone to use?

AHAHAHAHA, sorry. Had to make the joke.

...but this is SyFy, it'll end up being some kind of wrestling show.

Granted, probably with a bad paranormal twist.

How do you suppose they advertise this? "Need subjects for really cool study! $10s and all the ice cubes you can eat! Must have own gun/knife."

You may want to take a seat, this may be a bit of a shock to you; this is a website about technology. Perhaps surprisingly, the desktop many of us have to support counts as "technology". Therefore, the company behind the OS on these desktops gets attention. More so when they make as many boneheaded moves as MS has over the past several years.

For a while there, MS was doing "OK". Windows 7 was decent ( even though they moved shit around on me and broke some functionality that was useful to admins in xp...but I digress ), security was 1000% better than it used to be. They were really picking up steam, especially after vista.

I was worried about BTC crashing, but thankfully they're looking to outlaw it.

Investment secured!

I have always felt that "Ask Slashdot" is the haven for the "simplified answers".

I'm not going to try to break down the variety of scenarios where he should or shouldn't make the leap. Rather, my focus is on the "big picture"; if he has a family, it's not about his selfish needs anymore. If he doesn't, he can be as selfish as he wants.

If you have a family to support, stay put. You have a good, stable job. Your "boredom" is immaterial to providing for your family. In short, get over yourself. You are working for more than just yourself now.

If you don't have a family to support: Take it. Now's the time to make your mistakes. The worst thing that happens is that the company goes bust, you have some peanut butter and ramen days as you find another job. If it's just you, then it's no big deal, right?