re: how can you have 9.2
in silicon valley especially, software has an uncanny way of mysteriously getting downloaded onto techies' machines...but not mine
...i have a guilty complex so i get the software after everybody else does and buy it in the store because i see how how my softare techs work for thier money
hour for hour, they are not paid nealy as much as hardware techs who can make good money on the side, if they work for a company, too whereas software people can't come over to aunt bee's house and say, "would you like me to design a piece of software for you
looking at salaries, it was amazing to see how much more the hardware techs made than the software techs...starting salary-wise
the ee and els still bring in the big bucks even though the software guys have to learn all their stuff and have to keep up since it is always changing every five seconds
i tip my hats off to the mcsd's, in the pc side where i work, and their hard work at constantly having to relearn computer languages while the hardware guys/gals get most of the promotions because of their ususally more personalble and non-shy personalities (network admins, desktop support engineers, on-site techs, chip design engineers, and mba IS and telecommunications managers)
so therefore, i don't knowingly pirate any software and that is my way to say "thank you" to the hard work and unseen sacrifices of my software side brothers and sisters in IT
i can't think of any more manisfesto and geek right's propoganda for now...it is just that i am strying to catch spikey and do it with somewhat relavant posts that, i hope, will enlighten someone out there who has "theories" about what it is like to be a tech in or near that mythical place some call "silicon valley"
for those of you who are young and thinking of entering the field...it is the number two burnout field next to air traffic controllers but i believe that to be bullshize...IT people are the singe most unhappy group of people i have ever seen...nothing is glamorous about more than 40 hours, more than 60 hours, working late, working weekends, having non-techies treat you like dirt, broken marriages due to never being at home, the fast "leave you behind or else" pace, the greed monger mba's you might have to work for, the greedmongers who like easy money, the pretty girls who may really only be golddiggers, etc. etc. etc.
what a mess this field is...IT is hell on earth and i only do it because i am strange and i like it...i mean, i go to a party of techies and i am the only one talking IT, the rest of those poor buggers are talking about finding a new career but unfortunately, many of them do not possess personal skills good enough to give them another field to work in (that i could think of)
so if you are thinking about IT, ask a real vetran of five years or more and get the scoop on the poop...nothing in this world is glamorous when it comes to work and paying bills
geez, i sound like some old guy who is 40 or something!
