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No problem. I occasionally spell it wrong myself. ================== !!!!!— January 13, 2011 8:58 a.m.
Comparatively, Tech Workers Haul in Bucks in San Diego
Many people who have just graduated from college take jobs as unpaid interns. ================== That may be true in some cases, but not professionals such as lawyers, doctors or CPA's. And as it turned out it was not legal either. And for the record, they actually wanted these people to litigate small cases for the agency. I think "intern" was a bad choice of words on my part. They did not want an intern, they wanted a full-time employee-doing regular work- for free. Intern suggests a training program, which this was not.— January 13, 2011 8:57 a.m.
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Are you seriously claiming that a BA in IT or IS from Bridgeport is harder to obtain and is more meaningful than the masters in education you need from an accredited university to get a teaching credential? ========================== I am not famliar with Bridgeport. A quick Google search shows it as a tier 2 university that is very small. But MA's in education are diploma mill type degrees in many instances. We had a discussion here a few months back about National University (a Bridgepoint article) and I mentioned I took a number of their teacher credentialing classes (post graduate masters classes) where I did not buy any of the text books-not a single one. I did not do any homework or any other work outside of class room attendance, and I received straight A's. The ENTIRE class did. That is the bench mark for a dimploma mill. That type of expeience is not uncommon in graduate/MA teacher education classes. That would never happen at a school ike SDSU or USD, but it is at National, Chapman, USIU when it was still operating their MA program, and some of the others in town that offer MA's in education.— January 12, 2011 1:59 p.m.
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Based on your responses, I highly doubt you have any idea what my views on H-1B actually are. ================== I will take that comment with the same amount of credibility that you brought to the H-1B claims that they do not drive down wages! Seriously, that is a ridiculous comment. Ask the three people who have posted here, who have first hand knowledge of the H-1B visa damage, if they think my comments are off base.— January 12, 2011 12:18 p.m.
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My entire career has been in San Diego, but it may shock you to find out that software engineering is the same in Colorado Springs as it is here, using the same buzz words on job reqs. In fact, a lot of the major employers have offices in both places. ================= What you said had nothing to do with software engineering, but with hiring practices, and NO, hiring practices are not the same from company to company, in San Diego, CO Springs, or anywhere else in America. Your claim that it is is baseless. I made no claim that engineering was different between SD and CO Springs-just that you have no idea what the hiring practices are, you were just making wild speculations. . . . . Are you seriously claiming that a BA in IT or IS from Bridgeport is harder to obtain and is more meaningful than the masters in education you need from an accredited university to get a teaching credential? ====================== Yes, an MS in engineering from Bridgeport (??) is harder to obtain than an MA in education from Bridgeport. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of univerities that offer a "masters" in education, and most are of diploma mill quality. The only reason it is offered is because teacher pay is dependant upon post bachelors education. . . . Here is another helpful hint for you: Real software engineers don't look for jobs on Craigslist. ====================== Well, if that is the case then please post a job listing with the rate of pay you claim, from wherever the "real" software engineers" look. I want to see it.— January 12, 2011 12:15 p.m.
Comparatively, Tech Workers Haul in Bucks in San Diego
Those are both very junior jobs, and an information systems degree is typically a BA rather than the BS you would get in software engineering and is not considered as "serious". ======================= And both degrees are much harder and more serious than an education degree-which starts at more than both those jobs at the ENTRY LEVEL, in absolute terms. In relative terms a teaching job is probably 3-6 times the compensation because teachers only work 36 hours per week (tech job is probably 50-60 or more), and they only work 37 weeks per year (tech are probably 50 weeks per year) and the benefits for all gov jobs are at least double the beenfits for a private sector job-if the private sector job even has benefits-they very likely little to none. . . . It is typical to ask for the world in a job ad, and the staff publishing the ads are typically HR rather than the hiring managers and often don't know anything about the skills they are asking for. ======================= And what makes you think this is true?? Why do you say it is "typical"????.... have you interviewed every employer in CO and found this amazing fact yourself???? You made a claim that has no basis whatsoever. I highly doubt HR are the ones writing job requirements for tech positions. I highly doubt the person reviewing applications "don't know anything about the skills they are asking for". Those comments are ridiculous. Not a shred of truth to them. The comment is mere speculation without an once of validity to it. Similar to your claims about tech employment in the US that were thoroughly destroyed by people with first hand knowledge. . . The average for software engineering in Colorado Springs is $70K to $90K according to this site: http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Softwa... ========================= Absolutely bogus info. They also say the average wage for an attorney in San Diego, CA is $87K. Not even close. In fact most people with law degrees,over half, cannot even find jobs at ANY amount. . http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=lawyer&l1=san+die… . The MARKET wage for employment is what is offered today-the craigslist ad posted is the market. If you want to search Craigslist and find a tech position that pays $90K PLEASE DO IT-I want to see it. Since you said the $90K was average-you should be able to find jobs that pay even more. I'll be waiting for your links to those jobs. Use real market wages-not some bogus website that has no basis in reality.— January 12, 2011 9:09 a.m.
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walterbyrd - that is EYE OPENING!!!! Hey, thanks for posting that up. If I had nto seen the ad, I would have said there is NO WAY they would get ANYONE with that kind of educatinal background for $17 an hour (less than $40K per year). Truly amazing. Again, thank you for posting those ads. I could post even better ones-and I have-for licensed attorneys where the pay is even less. In one case they wanted the licensed attorney to work for FREE, as an unpaid intern for the "experience". That was the Marin County DA's office as I recall.— January 12, 2011 8:56 a.m.
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Feel free to continue commenting on things you nothing about. I'm used to it. My 9 year old does it all the time. ======================== LOL.....yes, a Google search with "Microsoft interview process"and the term "legendary" is the beacon of truth! All I can say is you must have one heck of a smart 9 y/o! Look, your comments about H-1B visa's have been thoroughly rebutted and discredited by 3 people here who have first hand knowledge of the issue. You're not the "know all" of tech issues.— January 12, 2011 8:51 a.m.
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I thought Apple was going BK in the early 90's. I advised my Mother NOT to buy any of their stock at $23 per share b/c it was going to be worthless very soon. At that time they were losing market share on the personal computer-and that is still the case today- and were trying desperately to get other technology into their fold w/o success-and they purchased "Newton" one of the veyr first hand held devices-who remembers the Newton! Newton was a major flop. Today Apple is the 2nd largest company in the world by capitalization. I still cannot believe the run they have had.— January 12, 2011 8:48 a.m.
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In my judgment, Microsoft is notorious for coming up with very little in the way of new technology ===================== MS has not invented ANYTHING. They have copied and bought all of their major technologies. They stole/bought windows from a person who had stolen the concept from Apple, and Apple themselves had stolen the GUI/windows concept from Xerox.— January 12, 2011 8:45 a.m.