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Just one example of one of these exceptions is government work. The government requires it's computer scientists to have a degree, and has a rigid pay scale tha

Just one example of one of these exceptions is government work. The government requires it's computer scientists to have a degree, and has a rigid pay scale that uses highest degree earned as a factor, along with years of experience, and leaves little wiggle room for any actual demand for your skills. I self taught for the most part, but had to get that piece of paper anyway, because I have ties to the area I live in and the only reliable employment here is the FAA. Moving or commuting to the nearest big cities just wasn't for me. I'll probably also have to go back and get an MS at some point to be able to progress up the pay scale.

e12e 11y ago
I certainly hope that remote work, if it's not an option now, will be over the next ten years. It's really sad that we have all this (Internet scale) networking and communication technology, and still demand that people sit like hamsters in little cubicles, getting less done, than if they could sit in a comfortable home office... Yes, there are great benefits to meeting face-to-face etc, but it's still sad. I mean, if people can build and maintain the kind of organizations you see in EVE online and other MMOs without (mostly) meeting -- why not for work?
- bryondowd 11y ago
  Yeah, it would be nice if there were more remote options, especially outside the area of web development, which never really got my interest. Federal employees here seem to get some leeway with regards to actually coming in versus working from home, which is encouraging, but contract employees are on a tighter leash (or straight up second class citizens, depending who you ask). But there are plenty of things we do that just couldn't be efficient remotely, since there's a lot of custom hardware and lab-testing involved. Btw, I'm not really complaining. Working on air traffic control systems is a pretty damn cool career, imo. It's fun to make a small stretch and answer, "What do you do?" with, "Oh, I just keep planes in the air."

e12e 11y ago

I certainly hope that remote work, if it's not an option now, will be over the next ten years. It's really sad that we have all this (Internet scale) networking and communication technology, and still demand that people sit like hamsters in little cubicles, getting less done, than if they could sit in a comfortable home office... Yes, there are great benefits to meeting face-to-face etc, but it's still sad. I mean, if people can build and maintain the kind of organizations you see in EVE online and other MMOs without (mostly) meeting -- why not for work?

bryondowd 11y ago
Yeah, it would be nice if there were more remote options, especially outside the area of web development, which never really got my interest. Federal employees here seem to get some leeway with regards to actually coming in versus working from home, which is encouraging, but contract employees are on a tighter leash (or straight up second class citizens, depending who you ask). But there are plenty of things we do that just couldn't be efficient remotely, since there's a lot of custom hardware and lab-testing involved. Btw, I'm not really complaining. Working on air traffic control systems is a pretty damn cool career, imo. It's fun to make a small stretch and answer, "What do you do?" with, "Oh, I just keep planes in the air."