Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 801
Absolutely, and I wouldn't bait and switch either. I was just chuckling at your calling this "reading the riot act" and "torturing the sales staff" and describing yourselves as "merciless buttholes...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 802
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, alexy Heh, heh..... I admit being a little theatrical in my self-description. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me, and probably I find salespersons fall in two categories...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 803
I don't think people look for few hundred difference when comparing cars of different brand. That is, if they are evaluating Honda...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 804
rkusenet The difference is not a few hundred dollars, it is many thousands of dollars. When I was...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 805
The reasons for the success of Japanese cars in the U.S. market are varied and complex. But there is no doubt...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 806
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Its only a peeing match if you...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 807
This is really a propaganda piece, placed in the media as either a piece of disinformation or a blind acceptance of a...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 808
Old Pif he is more interested in peeing matches than anything else. he isn't trying to sell me anything. ACM ia one of the...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 809
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I am interested in shedding light on misinformation masquerading as false...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 810
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad All or almost all presidents of professional and scientific societies never advocate for individual workers or their careers. All or almost all of them fall...
Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 811
Straydog I remember a couple of months ago, the local newspaper published a half-page...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 812
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Threeducks deleted... The DuPont experimental labs in Wilmington, DE, were shut down, totally, earlier this year. There was more in the published announcements before the...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 813
On Wed, 22 Nov 2005, Entropy Fighter I've tried to find some people, too. Some (Russians that I knew...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 814
Straydog There's no shortage around here. I tell my students that the job market is tough and they better be busting their tail in and out of...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 815
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Threeducks Well, that's fine. However, what is the purpose of college (undergraduate or graduate) if only...
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Straydog Good question, what is the purpose of college? Is it to be "job training" or...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 817
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Threeducks deleted... Ok, here's MY answer to the question: if a guy comes to me, a...
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Threeducks When I began to teach, I thought it was for education and citizenship. It soon became apparent to me that I was only supposed to teach "to the...
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Straydog Hi Art, I thought I'd take Thanksgiving off and here you are going on a tirade. What's interesting about...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 820
BMJ I was swindled even more. When in my home country, I was looking at the brochures on postgraduate...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 821
Straydog Here is an illustration of my point (it is about Canada, but it is...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 822
Entropy Fighter During my first yr of engg, students were stunned to see an insbreastution with near zero facilities and they had this line written on their face "Money...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 823
Entropy Fighter I had similar illusions about grad school the first time I went back. By the time I returned for my second master's degree, I'd had enough experience in industry...
uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 824
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, rrc I'll offer some speculative and partial and tentative explanations-comments: 1. I...
Off Topic Public Interest} Misuse of Anti Dowry Law by Greedy Indian Wives 825
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad ^^^ I presume this is "law" In the world of marrital disharmony in the...
Off Topic Public Interest} Misuse of Anti Dowry Law by Greedy Indian Wives 826
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Old Pif I'll expand: Pericles was at one time very very popular...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage
This is a fairly detailed article and it points out the two "realities" in the engineer career situation. Yes, the companies do want exact fits and they would rather...
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, BMJ Yep, they sure did. and the emphasis on one's social No, but that would be out of the scope of the article...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 829
Straydog Which ones were discussed? Warm-and-fuzziness? Team-building? Bonding? Anything which makes sense? I wouldn't recommend engineering, either. That's...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 830
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, alexy Hi alexy, long time no snot from you. Well, let me alter my spin. There is a place for diplomacy, politeness, protocol, decency...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 831
Straydog Possibly, but I have also known people who could pull off the "feisty maverick" image while being complete dippoos. Nobody is saying that soft skills can't be abused...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 832
And, Jimmy and Tammy Baker used pure "soft skills" too, while ripping off everyone with the wool pulled over their eyes. And, I'm not...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 833
Yeah, but I wish misfortune(s) could be avoided. Moreover, I'm not sure any ONE person can ever be judged as "most...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 834
Good for you! Too many people just "ate up" the stuff coming out of the Whitehouse. But, then, back in the Viet Nam days, the public did the same thing. Only after...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 835
alexy Presumably, one knows how to behave before you start working there. I don't remember the Skunk Works...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 836
Yes. I have no concrete proof that they had a good store of soft skills, so I identified my speculation...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 837
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, alexy Its, again, your own straw man. You don't-didn't know that I read a little about Rickover's methods...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 838
No, I didn't know that or care. I also read a little about him, but didn't feel like that converted my impressions (gained from that...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 839
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, alexy Oh, so you like to shoot from the hip once in a while? I also read a little about him...
today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 840
No. Just presenting an alternative view. I didn't think it mattered where your impressions-stated-as-fact came from, since I...
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