What an asshole.

There are still afttershoks in my country (Chile) and over a year has passed since our earthquake.

My ex-GF's stripping video is "important" :D

Although I don't think the study was done with any brains, I think the real figure is not too far from that. In the case of pirated content most of the releases are done by very few 'scene groups'. Each scene group uploads the content only once to a certain site (ftp, of course) and then it's spread all over via whatever protocol. So, under that point of view, there's just as many 'main' uploaders as there are 'scene groups'... and I guess it's closer to 100 than 1,000 or 1,000,000.

In my country (Chile) you can even pay with your Mastercard or Visa for prostitution... plain and simple. Check out www.tuagencia.cl.

Give the guy a break. He's not guilty that you're all bitter and smart. Peace

Hobbits are so gay.

Hehe. I think the name shoud've been OfficeLibre. You know... like CubaLibre!

I read somewhere that only 1% of iOS developers make more than $500/month. I'll take my chances at the casino or the stock market.

That's only a short term view. In the long run the degree pays. What you propose is like doing an all-in rush in Starcraft. Maybe you will win, but if you don't, your mid and long term economy will suffer.

Agree. May I add that most large corporations now (and this is from this decade) look for an employee that not only is capable of performing his work 100% but also capable of looking around his context and propose new ideas to change/improve processes and intrapreneurship... and in order to do that you need to have other skills that an engineer learns in school, like statistics, economy, logistics, HR management and so on. I hope I explained myself.

LOL... then I have Alzheimer's already. It's called "a heavy case of ADD". I can even watch the same movies every 1 or 2 years and enjoy myself again. I also read and learn and then forget my new "knowledge". Some stuff sticks, but never too much... that's why I have to be studying constantly in order to stay competitive (in every aspect). My grandma died with Alzheimer's. I wonder if there's a relation between the two.

Right on... the point is that if you get Alz you will not suffer because you won't realize anything, much contrary to cancer. Only those who love you will suffer IF at all. I'm somehow different though because my grandma had Alz and I never suffered about it because I knew she wasn't suffering conciously. For me it's all that matters.

Guys, most of what you say is true. The carreer we studied (CS, SW Engineering, Analyst) is freaking hard and it doesn't pay way all along the way especially until old. If you don't beleive me compare yourself quickly with a lawyer, dentist, or some other similarily difficult carreer to study in the university. Coding (or any tech job) is VERY unrewarding finnancially and why not say it? Socially, too. Do you think a normal engineer gets the same respect as a MD or a lawyer? I work in a large telco... probably one of the most evil corporations ever (and which isn't) but at least here your knowledge LASTS some decades, unlike with languages/coding. I'm 38 now and I've moved to senior design. I'm no manager but at least I can see my colleagues and find out that they're actually older than me and, since their work is based on complex IP schemes and equipment (private WANS, IP Tel and IT/DC services for corps), their designs are (at a high level) valid for at least a couple of decades. Try that for software languages. Besides, software is not an atractive business in the long run. Big corps know it. That's why M$, IBM or SAP don't do any custom work. Do you think they are stupid? They don't even customize the setting for their apps... they have other smaller companies to do that. I'm a software engineer but I changed to this telco at age 32 because I was worried about obsolescence, putting in too many hours and tired of the technology changing too fast. I had to put up with a lot of studying since telecomms weren't my specialty. I also deal with clients and thank God that's gotten me to know a lot of people that can save my ass if I ever want to move to something like sales or product management. You might wanna play the "macho game" telling me I'm a pussy... but I'd rather go back home everyday at 6, have my daily beer, play a couple of Starcraft II games and watch a movie OR go hang out with my girlfriend. Everyday. But as I said... it is just me. As for the ageism I would say that yes, it is sad but true. Under similar conditions anyone would tend to choose the younger guy (read again... similar conditions) and that is just as simple as that. I'm not completely happy here, nor do I have "fun" at my day at work... but I feel stable and get paid well and don't feel they will kick me out for a younger guy under normal conditions.

It is you who doesn't adapt to a regular schedule. Not us. Haven't you wondered why work hours are just like they are? (and so many other things...)