I get many of the following almost everyday:
Dear [My Name]
My name is [Indian Name] from [Very Generic Company Name], and my client is seeking for a Java Developer position in [Remote Town You Have Never Heard Of]. The duration is [Very Short Such as 3 months] and contact me if you have the following:
Mandatory skills
Spring/Hibernate: Expert level: DECADES of experience with it
WebService: Expert level: Decades of experience with it
Wacky various javascript frameworks: decades of experience with it.
We embrace Agile and so should you
Regards
[Indian Name again]
(800)123-4567
123 Obscure Rd
Remote Town, RT 12345
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Job market today
1. There are (almost) NO permanent positions, everybody just seeking temps.
2. and it is in remote little towns (not where you live)
3. Must stay current with tech. (How?*)
4. be ready to betray yourself to get hired such as say you embrace ____ even when you don't.
*I toyed idea of STARTING a company to get people updated with technology. You pay a small fee, and you get lectures of latest buzzwords and some hands-on classes. I pay an instructor $100, the students pay me $10... My cost is $100+x (where x is cost of operation) I need perhaps 15 students to become profitable!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
McDonalds Food Decay Study
I find this story amusing.
Someone put burger and fries aside for a YEAR to study how it decays.
I hope this person isn't asking research money for this "study".
BUT LOOK at those pictures... but why are the position changed? Do you just play around with it everyday and observe its decay? If you really think there is little decay, I challenge you to eat it.
Everyone knows McDonalds is not the healthiest food in the world, nor taste better than many other burger places. But you have to admit this is some VERY successful business..
Someone put burger and fries aside for a YEAR to study how it decays.
I hope this person isn't asking research money for this "study".
BUT LOOK at those pictures... but why are the position changed? Do you just play around with it everyday and observe its decay? If you really think there is little decay, I challenge you to eat it.
Everyone knows McDonalds is not the healthiest food in the world, nor taste better than many other burger places. But you have to admit this is some VERY successful business..
Friday, September 24, 2010
Java Creator left Oracle
Interesting reading:
Java Creator left Oracle.
Good luck to James Gosling, and I am not sure if Java is in good hands of Oracle.
But Java (in 1996) was such great thing... new programming language out of frustration and ugliness of C++.
But yikes, Java has grown some big and hairy. Come on, languages shouldn't need all the changes. May I say... things like annotations MESS UP the elegance of Java. I would even say templates (generics) are not needed. I don't buy a whole lot with a foreach loop either.
Unfortunately, Java itself is not useful enough.
One needs WebServices/Spring/Hibernate/crazy XMLs to find work if there is any out there.
Perhaps Microsoft wants to hire Gosling?
Java Creator left Oracle.
Good luck to James Gosling, and I am not sure if Java is in good hands of Oracle.
But Java (in 1996) was such great thing... new programming language out of frustration and ugliness of C++.
But yikes, Java has grown some big and hairy. Come on, languages shouldn't need all the changes. May I say... things like annotations MESS UP the elegance of Java. I would even say templates (generics) are not needed. I don't buy a whole lot with a foreach loop either.
Unfortunately, Java itself is not useful enough.
One needs WebServices/Spring/Hibernate/crazy XMLs to find work if there is any out there.
Perhaps Microsoft wants to hire Gosling?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Lost soul seeking moral code
I have iGoogle News, and it pulls this article out. Why is this on my list of news? Those that should show up on this list should be something particularly important for the day.
So this gentleman is saying we should toss every moral ideas from religious text we have and embrace scientists such as Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur and Charles Darwin, because science can make people make progress.
Sure, I admire each of the scientists here.
He says, "Science, freedom and the pursuit of personal profit -- if we can learn to embrace these three ideas as ideals, an unlimited future awaits."
Sure, I agree. WE ALREADY embrace these ideas now, not in the future.
From reading this, I sense the author wants to seek moral rules... but can't find it, and embrace science instead.
Hmm, makes me wonder.. DO YOU KNOW ANY SCIENCE?
Science... tells you how things work. Scientists experimented and discovered (many, perhaps not yet all) rules within the world, such as things drop at 9.8 m/s^2.
It doesn't tell you moral: is it a right thing or wrong?
Moral is human collective wisdom... something passed from generations to generations.
I suggest the authors to pick up some classic text, such as those from Plato, Socrates, Aristotle to find out what ideas they have. Look BEYOND those religious text or classic Greek text.
Also look at eastern philosophy such as Confucius. Don't restrict yourself to any particular text.
Good news is: you do or do not have to agree with any of the great philosophers.
Discuss moral questions... to your professors. This is part of a great education.
Moral... is it right or wrong? There are white/black areas, and there are gray areas worthy of discussion. But science does not tell you moral.
So this gentleman is saying we should toss every moral ideas from religious text we have and embrace scientists such as Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur and Charles Darwin, because science can make people make progress.
Sure, I admire each of the scientists here.
He says, "Science, freedom and the pursuit of personal profit -- if we can learn to embrace these three ideas as ideals, an unlimited future awaits."
Sure, I agree. WE ALREADY embrace these ideas now, not in the future.
From reading this, I sense the author wants to seek moral rules... but can't find it, and embrace science instead.
Hmm, makes me wonder.. DO YOU KNOW ANY SCIENCE?
Science... tells you how things work. Scientists experimented and discovered (many, perhaps not yet all) rules within the world, such as things drop at 9.8 m/s^2.
It doesn't tell you moral: is it a right thing or wrong?
Moral is human collective wisdom... something passed from generations to generations.
I suggest the authors to pick up some classic text, such as those from Plato, Socrates, Aristotle to find out what ideas they have. Look BEYOND those religious text or classic Greek text.
Also look at eastern philosophy such as Confucius. Don't restrict yourself to any particular text.
Good news is: you do or do not have to agree with any of the great philosophers.
Discuss moral questions... to your professors. This is part of a great education.
Moral... is it right or wrong? There are white/black areas, and there are gray areas worthy of discussion. But science does not tell you moral.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Life Statistics
People compete and chart against each other even BEFORE you are born. That ultrasound... is the fetus of normal size? After the baby is born... how many percentile in circumference, length, weight? (How come no one is interested in the radius).
After a few months you get this survey: can your baby do this or that by certain time, such as lift head, turn over, crawl, sit, etc. We are bench marked since the beginning of life!
If the baby looks healthy, looks happy and intelligent, there is little to worry about. So what if some other baby can do other tasks earlier.
Your little survey say my kid has little problem solving skills? I beg to disagree. He may not be able to do it now, he may be able to do it better than that person writing the survey later.
I've heard some parents claim their kid can do fractions at 2. That's Amazing. Ok, I'll quiz that kid on the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus a month from now. Folks, there is no difference if you know the fractions or the Fundamental Theorem at 2.1 years old and when you are in 18, unless you can bring something MORE to the world, like Eistein breaking though classical Newtonian physics.
I try not to let fantastic kids stories or percentile statistics to bother me... until a few years from now. I will not strive to make his score high. But to HELP him understand things.
For those people can't help but look at the statistics. Let me tell you this: a certain percent will fail school, a certain percent will DIE because they drink-and-drive. A certain will DIE because of bad illness. A certain percent will make you a grandparent when they are in teenage.
After a few months you get this survey: can your baby do this or that by certain time, such as lift head, turn over, crawl, sit, etc. We are bench marked since the beginning of life!
If the baby looks healthy, looks happy and intelligent, there is little to worry about. So what if some other baby can do other tasks earlier.
Your little survey say my kid has little problem solving skills? I beg to disagree. He may not be able to do it now, he may be able to do it better than that person writing the survey later.
I've heard some parents claim their kid can do fractions at 2. That's Amazing. Ok, I'll quiz that kid on the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus a month from now. Folks, there is no difference if you know the fractions or the Fundamental Theorem at 2.1 years old and when you are in 18, unless you can bring something MORE to the world, like Eistein breaking though classical Newtonian physics.
I try not to let fantastic kids stories or percentile statistics to bother me... until a few years from now. I will not strive to make his score high. But to HELP him understand things.
For those people can't help but look at the statistics. Let me tell you this: a certain percent will fail school, a certain percent will DIE because they drink-and-drive. A certain will DIE because of bad illness. A certain percent will make you a grandparent when they are in teenage.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Teaching is not Recession Proof
Headline says teaching is not recession proof. Oh, you go to teaching because of job security?
Waita minute, you go to teaching because you want a job, and not because you want to teach, make a difference, impact the new generation? That needs to be fixed first.
It IS unfortunate that teachers can't find jobs... got to wait til somebody die or retire.
Sigh, where are the jobs?
I suggest the person in that CNN story to team up with some friends with some money to open up a daycare. It is still teaching.
how about learn something so you can give private lessons: like Karate, violin, piano.
How about work for things like Kaplan for tutoring someone with ACT, SAT, etc.
Don't get stuck.
Waita minute teacher, "kinda stuck" ain't no standard English? I demand more from teachers. :)
Waita minute, you go to teaching because you want a job, and not because you want to teach, make a difference, impact the new generation? That needs to be fixed first.
It IS unfortunate that teachers can't find jobs... got to wait til somebody die or retire.
Sigh, where are the jobs?
I suggest the person in that CNN story to team up with some friends with some money to open up a daycare. It is still teaching.
how about learn something so you can give private lessons: like Karate, violin, piano.
How about work for things like Kaplan for tutoring someone with ACT, SAT, etc.
Don't get stuck.
Waita minute teacher, "kinda stuck" ain't no standard English? I demand more from teachers. :)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Frozen Dinners
Americans like frozen dinners for lunch. Look at them: small plate, cold, frozen, unlively. But the amazing power of microwave... at least 5 minutes of it... give it LIFE! Their buyers happily chow it down.
Do they taste good? Probably won't be. But better than nothing.
But it is probably better than that expensive, high-calorie, isn't-so-good-either burger/fries/drinks at the fast food restaurant.
What's so frustrating about frozen dinner is that they take up precious time in the microwave when they are most needed... in the lunch hour. After 5 MINUTES of waiting, some guys dare to stir it around with the fork, boom close the door again for additional 2 more minutes.
We need a Constitutional Amendment! These guys SHOULD GO TO THE END OF THE QUEUE.
It is better to cook yourself than eat those pathetic frozen stuff. I hope you can find time to the supermarket and learn a recipe or two. Bring lunch. Spend 2.5 minutes a the microwave only AND DON'T stir your stuff then SLAM THE DOOR again for more time.
Alternatively, eat out. Don't block the microwave.
The world needs more of: affordable restaurants with good food, low price, low calorie.
Do they taste good? Probably won't be. But better than nothing.
But it is probably better than that expensive, high-calorie, isn't-so-good-either burger/fries/drinks at the fast food restaurant.
What's so frustrating about frozen dinner is that they take up precious time in the microwave when they are most needed... in the lunch hour. After 5 MINUTES of waiting, some guys dare to stir it around with the fork, boom close the door again for additional 2 more minutes.
We need a Constitutional Amendment! These guys SHOULD GO TO THE END OF THE QUEUE.
It is better to cook yourself than eat those pathetic frozen stuff. I hope you can find time to the supermarket and learn a recipe or two. Bring lunch. Spend 2.5 minutes a the microwave only AND DON'T stir your stuff then SLAM THE DOOR again for more time.
Alternatively, eat out. Don't block the microwave.
The world needs more of: affordable restaurants with good food, low price, low calorie.
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