pxsant

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by pxsant 6y ago
From what I have seen, the cost of Internet-based courses is generally pretty high. Seems like you would be paying a high per credit cost minus the on-campus costs like room and board. There are going to be exceptions but that seems to be
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by pxsant 6y ago
My brain works fine. My body - not so much. I tire more easily than I did 20 years ago but so what. I get up at 4:30 AM every day and work at something until about 8 PM and then am in bed by 8:30. The absolute worst thing you can do is r
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by pxsant 6y ago
A bit of commentary on age discrimination in IT. Of course, it exists. If you are over 40 and go on an interview where the interviewer is a 20 something kid you know what I mean. My approach to age discrimination can be summed up this way.
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by pxsant 6y ago
That's for sure. I just went to my granddaughter's 18th birthday party. She knew I was still working full time and she couldn't figure out how old I was so she asked me. When I told her I was born before the 2nd World War
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by pxsant 6y ago
Someone below mentioned remote. When I first started there was no such thing as remote learning. These days even the most prestigious universities offer BSc programs where you never have to set foot on campus and can do it all over the i
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by pxsant 6y ago
I took two years off to complete my PhD when one contract ended and could not immediately find another. I thought at the time if not now, I'll never find the time. Actually my primary advisor and sponsor was a professor at the Univer
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by pxsant 6y ago
Not retired because I don't want to live on social security alone. That would be a bummer.
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by pxsant 6y ago
I am 80 years old and still working full time in IT. Although I evolved from pure programming to project management and business analysis the past few years. Originally started out working at Cape Canaveral as a radar and telemetry engine
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by pxsant 10y ago
10K is an absolute insult. I have sold domain names for that much. Ask for at least 100K plus a percentage of any revenue they generate from the product for the next 10 years. Then you will find out how serious they are.