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that's the CIA... I (will soon) work for EA, different letters!
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EA Guantanamo
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Best of luck, for sure.
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I can get you a discount on an annual hall pass.
Best of luck on the new venture. Fun at any age.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Yea, way to go, exactly that!
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Super Lloyd wrote: The only possible upgrade to that would work at Microsoft or CSIRO!
The grass is always greener, isn't it?
I've worked at a smaller company that got acquired by Microsoft. A few years later, I'm at another small company that got contract work from them.
Based on my experience, let me put it this way: I've come across a quote a few years ago that I really liked and agree with, I forget who said it, but suffice it to say that it was from a Microsoft employee reflecting back on his career. He pointed out that he knew there were very smart and competent people working at Microsoft--he just hadn't met any of them.
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Nice way to put it, haha!
Ha, well, I missed nothing then!
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Happy Landing !
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Ohh hoh yeah!
Working for the Sea-Ess-I-Are-Owe would be fantastically fulfilling. (as long as the other employees didn't call it Siro while onsite)
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Anne Boleyn's missing any special honour. (7)
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Anne Boleyn's anNEBOLEyN
missing any (remove ANY)
special (anag)
honour.
ENNOBLE
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You know Paul
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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No, I've never met me.
I think it's one of the Cosmic Rules of Time Travel: "No meeting yourself, or I'll take my universe and go home".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You been on dem pills again ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Only the Red one. I don't need the Blue one, yet.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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No blues ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Thinking about this article https://thenewstack.io/challenging-the-myth-that-programming-careers-end-at-40/[^] and lot of voices here echo just doing development work for decades but one thing that I am curious about is how do you manage getting $$$ amount that align to your skill set.
Programming jobs by and large has celling on how much you can make doing certain things. You can know number of tools and tech but still there is a limit to what you can make unless you are a wiz working at top tier company.
How did you overcome this obstacle?
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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"Getting rich" is a combination of luck and timing; same thing applies to jobs. In the early years, you could make a killing if you knew SAP; now you can find SAP jobs on rent-a-coder. Timing and luck; you just have to make yourself available. And jobs can evolve in unexpected ways; possibly making you an "in demand" expert for a particular skill you learned "on the job".
The next "phase", if it pans out, will be quantum computing; to which you can already get free access (since they haven't figured out any commercial uses for it yet).
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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virang_21 wrote:
How did you overcome this obstacle? I haven't yet.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I still have two years to go
I've come to realize I don't want to go into management, at least not in the next couple of years. I enjoy development, research, etc. but the admin side isn't that nice and I wouldn't want to do it full time. I don't mind being paid less than a manager if I don't have to deal with that side of the process.
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I'm 48 (plus change) and a developer for 24...
Has a lot of experience, but as with most of us - it is field specific.
While I can learn everything based on my experience, almost no employer will take the chance (they think learning must be done under 30)...
So the options are limited. Either I stay in development and the only advance in payment will be linked to inflation, or move on to management and get a bit more...
It is actually a kind of balance one should find. If you are in it for getting rich, than start moving fast and early. If you are in for the love of what you are doing, than look for the money can get you on and going day-by-day...
Depending on your ways you can get fully satisfied in both ways at the end, however richness not guaranteed...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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I was a month short of 46 when I was offered my last job, older than all the competition by at least 10+ years. And I held the job for 15 moderately lucrative years. Only lost it (at 61) following a takeover of the company and the usual round of redundancies.
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49 years old here and just got a job at EA Games (starting in 5 days.. yeeee) with 0 knowledge of game engine!
They were looking for a WPF developer and I fit the bill quite well plus I am curious good at learning and my resume shows it!
Also working on contract now which pays quite well.
It used to be difficult to get a job. It seems much easier these days. It's a combination, I reckon. I changed job every 3 years so I guess I did lots of things. And I also try to alternate web and WPF so I got good skill coverage. Plus I always strive to be be good at my job and learn all I need, so I have answers to many question if they want to grill my skills. And also, funnily enough I reckon, the more they pay you, the more they are trusting you, even during the job interview. Although that last one make some sort of sense an under performing expensive contractor get ditched pretty quick....
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I'm really curious what EA needs WPF for.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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