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Originally posted by Billy Tsai:
its time to think about retirement
I'm not going to be a Rock Star. I'm going to be a LEGEND! --Freddie Mercury
Originally posted by Peekaboo Switchback:
What I am not clear about is- where to go from here. I hold 2 masters degrees - one in EE and another in Computer Engineering. So, it is not a big deal for me to study up for more tests for example, Oracle 9i DBA certifications. I don't think Databases are my strongest point and I wouldn't mind doing it. However, at 35 I am starting to wonder if that will be the right thing. To me, programming has become too easy and there are a lot of prople out there that are willing to do the job. Not to mention all the overseas programmers that are being manufactured at a very high rate. I could go for an MBA and pursue management but I am really not sure if that will be me an edge.
posted by Sam Walker:
Unless they come up with the technology to beam up the patients to another country,
Originally posted by Matt Cao:
I think nursing profession have union. It could help you over job security. But you must understand nursing all crowded too. H1B are all over. You will have to compete for the job too.
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Oracle Certified Master Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect
Originally posted by Rei Damle:
With my experience in s/w field, I can say that there will be no concept of ' building from scratch' which I think you also might have enjoyed in your career. In future it seems progamming will only mean ' putting pieces together' and will be dominated by large players in field.
Originally posted by Rei Damle:
Hi Mark,
Let me clarify a bit.
I did not mean programming will altogether vanish but I think IT will move towards more standardization and automation and in turn needing less " programmers"
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
I think every last tool he described that was going to accomplish this has been extinct for at least 5 years now.
Originally posted by Rei Damle:
I agree with you and I think this has built up much frustration and saturation in our field. Companies just wanted to cash on technology drive and inturn giving less time for people and techologies to mature and adjust over the period. It has been like plucking the fruits even before they are mature. I think IT has to mature now and that's why I think standardization should increase.
[ August 07, 2003: Message edited by: Rei Damle ]
Standards are wonderful things. There's so many of them to choose from!
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.
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