Comment Re:Elsewhere (Score 1) 943
So use $2 bills!
Comment Re:metroid capture (Score 2) 92
Tell that to Samus Aran.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What to ask salary-wise after 9 year 2
superslacker87 writes: I've been working as a network administrator for 9 years in the military, and have been on a fixed salary (2011 income $26k) for some time. From what I understand, that is considerably lower than even the entry-level salaries in the IT field. I will be exiting the military in a few months, and I am always regretting the dreaded "salary" question during interviews because honestly, I don't know. I'm always afraid of scaring potential employers away because I either ask for much less than I'm worth or worse, put myself way outside of the ballpark on the other end.
I have no certifications, but am working on Network+ and Security+, and will have my bachelor's degree in MIS within a year, as well as a secret security clearance. I'd say that my experience levels even without the certifications and degree that prove it would put me probably at mid-level administrator, but I really don't know what to say.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
I have no certifications, but am working on Network+ and Security+, and will have my bachelor's degree in MIS within a year, as well as a secret security clearance. I'd say that my experience levels even without the certifications and degree that prove it would put me probably at mid-level administrator, but I really don't know what to say.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Comment Re:Funny - yes - but true (Score 1) 230
Comment Is that really a bug? (Score 1) 287
I'm not sure if I'd call having twenty-one different email systems a bug, but it is definitely inefficient. A bug is something that is an error in a program, not an error in the implementation of a program.
Comment Well this is disappointing. (Score 4, Interesting) 301
I remember when the community broke the TI-92. What did TI do then? Release an upgraded version of it and made it easier ton write in assembly. What happened, TI? I no longer need your calculator products, but this is a sad thing to see.
Comment Re:Just some of the stuff available (Score 1) 80
This is true. The developer (a student in the 25A Functional Area 53 (IT) officer's course) is not an Army developer, but is working on apps to show they can be of use to the Army. I know that I've use the PT app on more than one occasion and have looked at the others. There is a small group of the students who do the programming. My guess is that the main owner of FA53 is a Lutheran and thus wanted that published. Probably should have used a different account, but I'm not worried about it.
Comment Just some of the stuff available (Score 1) 80
To the general public. Search for developer FA53 on the market.
Comment Re:Huge loss (Score 1) 336
Heh. When I was on Myspace, the first thing I did was defriend him.
Comment Re:Good. Deserved. (Score 2) 669
Wait... pedophile + rapist = suspension, while bipolar = expulsion? Where is the logic in that one?
Comment My Cousin Posts Stuff Like This (Score 1) 669
About her math teacher. I think that it is dumb for the very same reason that these kids got in trouble. But, in retrospect, I'm 31 and she is 13 and I certainly wouldn't have made the connection that saying my math teacher was stupid on the Internet would have major ramifications at that age either.
Comment Re:double standard (Score 1) 177
It's not the arsenic that kills you, it's the old lace.
Comment Re:Smashing my keyboard! (Score 1) 460
Then why do 16 year-olds take Driver's Ed?
I believe you mean "you shouldn't have to know how to replace a cracked head gasket in order to drive a car" or something along those lines.
Comment Re:suckers (Score 2, Interesting) 156
I bought my last laptop from Best Buy. It wasn't for me, it was for my wife. She's perfectly happy with all the crapware that's installed. I shudder at it. The computer I purchased for myself came from a military base and was too (probably) loaded with junk. I wouldn't know. I had wiped it before I even had a chance to read the Vista license agreement. Now that said system dual boots Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Not a single bit of crapware in sight on either one.
Oh, as for my wife's system, the only thing I did when she wasn't looking was remove Norton and put in Microsoft Security Essentials. She hasn't noticed a thing.
Comment Well, this finally answers my question. (Score 1) 572
I'm majoring in MIS at a university where Statistics is a required core course for every major, including the computer programmers. All along, I didn't get why I have to take it. I am now, and hopefully will get through it. I'd like my degree.
