Investigate the regenerative properties of some sea slugs?

Have you thought of Software Quality Assurance?

I work in a team of 7. We're a mixed bag of software, hardware, and systems engineering types, but we all have to do some programming as our primary function. When a team member leaves, the replacement gets all the lovely FNG assignments as their secondary role. That is, documentation, testing, and/or QA.

I got shoved into software QA when I arrived on the team. I joke about how I hate it and how my teammates hate me in that role, but I secretly relish it and my team mates know it has to be done.

Ask yourself these questions:
- Do you love processes?
- Do you find code reviews interesting?
- Do you like tearing into others' designs and implementation?
- Does it really jack your nads when the documentation doesn't jive with the implementation?
- Do you like audits?
- Do you like meetings?
- Do you like ISO 9001?
- Don't you just hate having to reverse-engineer a product because someone was lazy with the documentation?
- Do you like making/maintaining support tools?

Then Software QA is the move for you!

It is also a skill you can shop around regardless of the development environment (although some environments lend themselves to QA better than others).

My anecdote....

I was circumcised as an infant. My wife and I were born and raised in the US. 5 years ago we moved to the UK.
We had our first child a few years ago and we discussed the topic of circumcision. We did some research online and we came across similar data as presented in TFA. We didn't care about the aesthetics, but my wife did say that maybe we should circumcise due to the potential reduction of risk for UTIs, STDs, and other infections.
I thought for a second and then said that if we're relying on elective and unnecessary surgery to prevent our son from getting an STD, then we're doing it wrong.
We stopped considering the cut after that and now both of our boys are healthy and intact. We were also never pressured to go for the cut by any of the medical professionals here either.

My NHS blag....

Getting off-topic, but reading this parent post brought me back to all of the events surrounding the pregnancies, birth, and ante-natal care for our boys.
Throughout it all, the NHS has been OUTSTANDING.
Overall caring, professional, and knowledgeable staff from the GYN, midwives, EMTs, and ward staff.
The midwives, especially, deserve the bulk of the credit as they are the backbone of birth in the UK. I can't believe they aren't as prevalent in the US.
An OB/GYN seems like overkill for most pregnancies. Our second son was born at home in a birthing pool. This was done on advice from the NHS as this was a low-risk pregnancy.
The midwives showed up to our house and saw us all the way through.

Did I mention that we never had to worry about paying for any of this? I suppose I did make tea for the midwives; a fair bargain.
Now suppose there had been complications in the birth of either of our boys. Also taken care of by the NHS. My wife says she never wants to give birth again unless it's with the NHS (or other single-payer system). Mind you that we've never used the US system for birth so we have no basis for comparison. I'm a true NHS/single-payer convert. Sure it has some problems, but those problems are also present in the US system.
I'll take the higher taxes. I get good service when necessary, an increasing culture of evidence-based medicine (not just tradition/religious based), and not having to worry about being bankrupt.

I rue the day of going back to the US or having a future government dismantle the NHS.

...of the "tech literate". Politicians invariably answer more to certain interests of their constituency more than others. In this case Mr. Hansen may well end up listening mostly to those constituents which can use computers. So he will be giving those people their voice. It may not be an ideal, equitable representation, but I think it will be an interesting experiment* in the least. And judging by the comments I've seen on just about every news website there doesn't seem to be a bias to the left or right. You get the full spectrum of crazy.


* For those that think we shouldn't be experimenting with government, we've been dragging this one out for over 200 years...

Walking to buy a drink and some candy, rather than driving, may also incur the death penalty as provided by your neighborhood watch captain.

Because it's one of the generally accepted elements of style?

http://www.writersblock.ca/tips/monthtip/tipmar98.htm

Folks just don't understand proper writing anymore (my own posts notwithstanding)...

There are already some efforts in place around the USA, you just have to _look_ find them. I remember the the Velocipede Bike Project in Baltimore. Plenty of tools and advice to fix your bike from what I remember so long as you mind all the damn hipsters. Also, support your local Tool-Lending Library!

...you really haven't experienced Hitler until you have read him in the original Klingon.

You sure you want to do that?

I thought pancreatic cancer was killing jobs. (Too soon?)