Comment Pile Sharing (Score 1) 1870
All of you need to stop whining about your pile sharing. Wah, try buying something once in a while.
Submission + - Narcissistic college graduates in the workplace (bbc.co.uk)
SpuriousLogic writes: I work as a senior software engineer, and a decent amount of my time is spent interviewing new developers. I have seen what I would call a growing trend of "TV reality" college graduates. By this I mean that the kids that are graduating school in the recent few years, seem to have a view of the workplace that is very much fashioned by TV programs where 22 years olds lead billion dollar corporate mergers in Paris and jet set around the world. Several years ago I worked at a company that did customization for the software that they sold. It was not 100% full-on consultant work, but some aspects of it were consulting-like, what I would call a "consulting light" environment, and did involve travel, some overseas. Almost every college graduate I interviewed fully expected to be sent overseas on their first assignments, and they were very disappointed when I told them they were most likely to end up in places like Decater, IL and Cedar Rapids, IA as only the most senior people fly overseas because of the cost. Additionally, I see people in this age bracket expecting almost constant rewards. Once fairly new hire told me that he thought he had a good chance at an award because he had taught himself Enterprise Java Beans. When told that learning new tech is an expected part of being a developer, he argued that he had learned it BY HIMSELF, and that made it different. So today I see an article about the growing narcissism of students, and I want to ask the /.'s out there, what are you seeing? Are you seeing the same sorts of "crashing down to Earth" expectations of college grads that I have? Is working with this age bracket more challenging than others? Do they produce work that is above or below your expectations of a recent college grad?
Comment Re:Wow, what a moron (Score 1) 695
LOL Sorry, my point was that without electricity, I think the USA would be out of luck. People wouldn't know how to live without it. That was my point. :)
Comment Wow, what a moron (Score 1) 695
Ok, first off I work for Kentucky Utilities, the electric provider for a good part of (wait for it).... Kentucky.
ROUTERS, LAPTOPS AND LIGHTBULBS ARE NOT NECESSITIES. If they are, I can't imagine how you and others in this country would function in life if an EMP went off.
Anyways, yes, generators are good to have and I would suggest getting one for instances like this. But DO NOT go blaming the electric company every time your power goes out. Trust me, I've been through my share of storms and outages and power companies do EVERYTHING in their power to restore YOUR power ASAP.
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