Having interviewed STEM job applicants I can say that while there is no shortage of STEM graduates, there is a shortage of good STEM graduates.
My company isn't even trying to underpay or offer shit benefits and they've already accepted that they won't be getting google and apple level talent. And yet still, candidate after candidate cannot answer simple questions.
The ones that can answer are typically swimming in offers and take whatever tickles their fancy.
I had a great job in college where I sat in a computer lab and occasionally helped students to understand their programming homework
The interview had been: Can you explain the difference between passing by reference and passing by value? Oh, good! When can you start?
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
anyway spool32 the point I was trying to make is that, ideally, the majority of R&D costs should be funneled through an organization that doesn't have a profit motive
if you have a national healthcare system with stats whose mission is to provide the best health outcomes with the money they have then they can look at what's actually affecting the populace and spend their money on that
instead aiming at things that are profitable which sometimes lines up with improving health outcomes but certainly not always
I think the US has a pretty okay system overall.
Exploratory research where we discover novel new mechanisms of action and interesting new families of drugs are funded mostly through government grants.
Once they uncover a new interesting avenue for development, private companies take that research and refine it into marketable products.
We have a number of failure points, the biggest one is that the grant money for exploratory research has declined as a share of GDP since the Bush Jr. administration. But for the most part this system actually works.
my dad is currently leading a small company that's doing exactly this
it's been interesting hearing about the whole process
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anyway @spool32 the point I was trying to make is that, ideally, the majority of R&D costs should be funneled through an organization that doesn't have a profit motive
if you have a national healthcare system with stats whose mission is to provide the best health outcomes with the money they have then they can look at what's actually affecting the populace and spend their money on that
instead aiming at things that are profitable which sometimes lines up with improving health outcomes but certainly not always
Best health outcomes for most people leads to mediocre devices. People on the edges don't get served either way because we don't have infinite money. At least with private profit motive research we have some drivers. The madcap terminator leg funds the medium-grade thing that barely ambulatory people can get so they don't go completely wheelchair bound.
From reading this thread, knowing how google stuff and being vaguely aware of git hub, I think I'm over qualified for most tech jobs.
I'm sorry, do you know MS Server 2012 implementation, deployment, and administration? Have you gotten your CCNA and CCNP? Do you have familiarity with 3 different languages, Outlook, ITIL, and can plan a project from start to finish?
We don't ask a lot from our receptionists.
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
anyway @spool32 the point I was trying to make is that, ideally, the majority of R&D costs should be funneled through an organization that doesn't have a profit motive
if you have a national healthcare system with stats whose mission is to provide the best health outcomes with the money they have then they can look at what's actually affecting the populace and spend their money on that
instead aiming at things that are profitable which sometimes lines up with improving health outcomes but certainly not always
Best health outcomes for most people leads to mediocre devices. People on the edges don't get served either way because we don't have infinite money. At least with private profit motive research we have some drivers. The madcap terminator leg funds the medium-grade thing that barely ambulatory people can get so they don't go completely wheelchair bound.
I thought it was the opposite, where the basic every day stuff like giving someone in a wheelchair a "grabber claw" and charging $100 for it pays for the terminator leg?
are YOU on the beer list?
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OnTheLastCastlelet's keep it haimish for the peripateticRegistered Userregular
Ok but can we at least agree that advertising drugs to consumers is a bad idea?
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
From reading this thread, knowing how google stuff and being vaguely aware of git hub, I think I'm over qualified for most tech jobs.
Yeah but do you have 15 years of experience with github and 35 years of experience with google? Guess we'll need an H1B since we can't find anyone that matches this for level 1 tech support!
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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amateurhourOne day I'll be professionalhourThe woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered Userregular
I think I just flossed an entire piece of broccoli out of my teeth.
are YOU on the beer list?
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From reading this thread, knowing how google stuff and being vaguely aware of git hub, I think I'm over qualified for most tech jobs.
Yeah but do you have 15 years of experience with github and 35 years of experience with google? Guess we'll need an H1B since we can't find anyone that matches this for level 1 tech support!
can we get a new president already im done with this one
sure it's been a few ye... wait it's been less than a month?
idk how America can take 4 years of this
at a certain point there should be like a football rule
somebody dressed a in black and white horizontal stripes steps out of the shadows of the oval office, blows a whistle, and makes an elaborate hand sign
"presidential fumble, POTUS transfers to Clinton"
then Lady Gaga entertains the audience for a while before play continues
Ok but can we at least agree that advertising drugs to consumers is a bad idea?
But don't you have all these incredibly vague symptoms? Than Preachalasta is for you! Ask your doctor who we have bribed to write scrips for our drug today!
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
You know I'd be willing to entertain the thought that GWB wasn't as stupid as we all thought he was, but holy shit Trump is fucking dumber than anyone thought he could be.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Also, if you call me and I say I am working on a deliverable and to try to call me "late next week," responding "I'll call you tomorrow" is going to just piss me off. And then telling me "I'll try you on Monday" when Monday is a holiday is also going to piss me off. When I say "late next week" on a fucking Thursday, I don't mean "tomorrow" and I don't mean "Monday" either, you goose.
I just got off a call with two salesdudes. There were two of them because they work in two different product families for the same company.
The first guy was chill, asked me what we needed from the product, addressed my concerns, gave me a straight answer on price.
The second guy was one of those salespeople who's like "WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE PURCHASING?" "WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN YOUR COMPANY TO SIGN A QUOTE?" "ARE THERE ANY OTHER DECISION-MAKERS?"
and i'm like... dude... chill... humping my leg and slobbering on me isn't how you get my company's money
I have a fun story like this - will share it in the next chat perhaps as I have some stuff to finish right now.
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work?
I had a great job in college where I sat in a computer lab and occasionally helped students to understand their programming homework
The interview had been: Can you explain the difference between passing by reference and passing by value? Oh, good! When can you start?
Sadly David Keiths career ain't what it used to be. People probably even forget he's an actor.
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My cats finally have their revenge for the cones I made them wear.
Yeah that Gypsy really fucked him and Drew Barrymore.
Or that he is incapable of thinking about what he is about to say, period.
my dad is currently leading a small company that's doing exactly this
it's been interesting hearing about the whole process
sure it's been a few ye... wait it's been less than a month?
Ooh can I get them to make you wear a hat that says "freeloader"?
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idk how America can take 4 years of this
Best health outcomes for most people leads to mediocre devices. People on the edges don't get served either way because we don't have infinite money. At least with private profit motive research we have some drivers. The madcap terminator leg funds the medium-grade thing that barely ambulatory people can get so they don't go completely wheelchair bound.
Imma make rad buy everything when we're in Washington out of spite.
yes.
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The future is nuts.
I'm sorry, do you know MS Server 2012 implementation, deployment, and administration? Have you gotten your CCNA and CCNP? Do you have familiarity with 3 different languages, Outlook, ITIL, and can plan a project from start to finish?
We don't ask a lot from our receptionists.
I thought it was the opposite, where the basic every day stuff like giving someone in a wheelchair a "grabber claw" and charging $100 for it pays for the terminator leg?
it hurts me
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Yeah but do you have 15 years of experience with github and 35 years of experience with google? Guess we'll need an H1B since we can't find anyone that matches this for level 1 tech support!
Read my mind. :bro:
Let us know if they deny you in an interestingly new way.
at a certain point there should be like a football rule
somebody dressed a in black and white horizontal stripes steps out of the shadows of the oval office, blows a whistle, and makes an elaborate hand sign
"presidential fumble, POTUS transfers to Clinton"
then Lady Gaga entertains the audience for a while before play continues
The President Lisa that the prophecies foretold.
Yes
But don't you have all these incredibly vague symptoms? Than Preachalasta is for you! Ask your doctor who we have bribed to write scrips for our drug today!
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Bart totally saved that administration.
I feel so bad when people do that for me!
Also if I completely stop posting after today I was murdered by Chu in a noodle restaurant.
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I have a fun story like this - will share it in the next chat perhaps as I have some stuff to finish right now.
Are you constantly roaming the woods in search of meat?
Um.... don't try Amateuraxia, cause those are totally side effects.
actual cannibal Shia LeBouf
No, but I remember exactly that gag on South Park like 10 years ago.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.