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by jazzyk 12y ago
There is also Spring Boot, which is very similar to Dropwizard. Both wonderful frameworks.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
An why not? The economic cycle has been known since biblical times (7 years of prosperity, 7 years of famine). The preaches of "saving for the rainy day" have been present in most fables/folk stories in many cultures. BTW, th
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by jazzyk 12y ago
>But if everyone avoided debt at all turns it would not be good scenario for the global economy With the government debt over 100% GDP and unsustainable personal debt levels in the US, it is not going to end well, no matter what. In an i
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by jazzyk 12y ago
I can;t comment specifically on the Linux group, but in general you are absolutely correct. As a consultant, I see it daily in my practice. When I talk to people individually, they seem smart/knowledgeable, but as a group, they often m
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by jazzyk 12y ago
100x this.
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Not sure why the above statement was downvoted. The three major expense areas in every family's life: - housing (the rates depend on the market) - health care (12-15%/year) - college tuition (5-8%/year, perhaps a bit lower re
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by jazzyk 12y ago
I think the poster above is talking about the trends, not the absolute level of wealth. The standard of living in the US has been stagnant (even declining, for the lower-middle class) since 2000. Japan has been stagnant since the real-esta
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Where did the government funding go? Here: http://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/
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by jazzyk 12y ago
So you (just like the US government/NSA) think that the people of this country are the enemy.
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1. Social Security 24% 2. Military spending 19%: over 900 bases in 130 countries
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by jazzyk 12y ago
All I am saying is that importing a small number of really bright, highly educated MS and PhDs _is_ beneficial to _everybody_ in the US(creates jobs, etc). Yes, it is brain drain. I am not sure why the US needs to provide work places for C
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by jazzyk 12y ago
Don't know about the whole STEM industry, I can only offer anecdotal evidence: almost every big corp I consulted for had FLOORS of Indian people, many of whom barely had community college - equivalent diploma. H1-B has its place, but i
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by jazzyk 12y ago
1. It is primarily economics (though politics is always involved when it comes to money). 2. I understand that the IT market has grown immensely over the last 20 years, needing more people, it is not a zero-sum game, however: 3. If the job
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by jazzyk 12y ago
It does NOT matter what the average/median salary is (although you might argue that even 100K in SV is not that much). What _matters_ is - what would the salaries have been, if it were not for the mass import of workers from India. You
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by jazzyk 12y ago
The only sustainable way to insure everyone is to lower the cost of healthcare. My insurance premium went up 15% since Obamacare was introduced (as opposed to "mere" 11% in previous years). I don;t know what I am going to do next
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by jazzyk 12y ago
What does national defense cost have to do with it? France, ranked consistently as one of the countries with the best health-care, spends 12% vs the US (ranked waaay lower) spending 18%. Several other countries have even better quality-to-c
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by jazzyk 12y ago
"paying such high wages" High wages? Not compared to doctors or lawyers or mid-level business folks. My friend is a marketing manager (a glorified secretary/copy writer with an MBA, by her own admission) and she makes more or
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by jazzyk 13y ago
Ah, yes the "get rich through stock options" myth again. It is funny how everyone uses Facebook and Google as examples not realizing that they are pretty much unicorns. The truth is that 7 out 10 start-ups fail, and your options w
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by jazzyk 13y ago
Compared to what other members of the professions make, yes, it is reasonable to complain. How come when a lawyer charges $400/hr or a surgeon makes $800K/year nobody bats an eyelid, but when an engineer gets $240K he should be d
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by jazzyk 13y ago
And how many Cobol jobs do you see advertised? Close to zero. I am an independent consultant, with 20+ years of experience. Let me tell you, noone who is looking to hire me gives a damn what I did 5 or 10 years ago. The technical problems (
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by jazzyk 13y ago
No, I don't find it amusing. I think you missed the point. What is being discussed is _relative_compensation. Relative to additional revenue generated, or relative to what other professionals (doctors/lawyers) make. Keep thinking
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by jazzyk 13y ago
Amen. It is the Jobs-Wozniak syndrome re-played again and again. We focus on technical issues and (mostly) ignore the business value we produce (aesthetics included). Guess what, the money is being made not because of code quality only, b
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by jazzyk 13y ago
Unlike English majors, software job requirements change practically quarterly. Companies (mostly start-ups) always appear to look for min 2-year experience in some latest, hottest, tech/framework, which has barely even been available t
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by jazzyk 13y ago
But THERE ARE trade barriers for other professions. How many H1B CEOs are in the US? How many lawyers or doctors are on H1B visas here (or their work outsourced off-shore?) Software development appears to be the one the most exposed to chea