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I generally work about a 9-10 hour day (including lunch). Plus often will spend an hour or two on projects when I get home. Oh and I take a bus about an hour each way.
Yes, I’m the guy working on the HTML5 book. The other thing is that depending on what you want from your website (Blog, photo album) you may find that you can use prebuilt components without too much trouble.
The reason that you have found more places running PHP than ASP is very simple. ASP is windows only, while PHP runs better on Linux, and its a lot cheaper to run commodity servers on Linux.
(Note much of the development of PHP Itself is done by Zend, which is a company with a large office in Ramat Gan)
No no relationship.
Yes I get the idea that the folks in India or Ukrane may be willing to work for $4/hr. I would still assume that for those rates I would get a really bad product.
I would be very wary of anyone who will work for $4 an hour. To be honest a half decent freelancer will charge at least $25/hour. (I charge a lot more than that). You can do it yourself if you want. You can host it on google app engine (for free). If you want to build a web site get the book “Head First HTML + CSS” It will walk you threw much of what you need to know.
I would go with a simple “No thank you”. Do you think that the person would be that offended?
Don’t use a debt settlement company! They are mostly scams. They charge huge fees and often don’t do what they say they will. If you have too much debt go buy a copy of “The total money make over” and read it cover to cover.
You don’t need a debt settlement company, you can settle the debt yourself by calling the company and offering them cash. Just get it in writing and don’t let them have electric access to your bank account.
Go listen to the Dave Ramsey show for a week if you have too much debt, and pay it off.
If it was me who was working in such a place I would definitely be spending a fair amount of energy looking for a new job. Its no fun to try to get work done when surrounded by crazy people!
I like to cook. When I have time I bake a mean sourdough bread and make pancakes. (I can do a lot of other stuff too, I just don’t have the time for the most part).
Its not so much the Recession as organizations not running on sensible budgets. Recession or not if you spend more then you take in you go broke. And you can’t out earn or fundraise careless spending.
(Yes this means some hard choices are going to have to be made)
A cooked lettuce dish, we were researching historical recipes when we found it. Actually it was quite good.
Pay off any debt you have first, but then go get a Roth IRA. Go with growth stock mutual funds. My preference is for index funds.
The difference between a normal IRA and a Roth is that with a normal IRA you pay taxes when you take the money out, with a Roth you pay taxes now. But since between age 22 (your age now) and age 60 the money will have grown A LOT you are better off paying taxes now on a much smaller amount of money.
As for mutual funds vs single stocks go for the mutual funds. There is too much risk in single stocks. I mean if 10 years ago you had put $25,000 into Enron it would be worth 0 now. With a mutual funds you average out the ups and downs over many many stocks.
FWIW Warren Buffet recommends index funds and puts much of his money into them
I tend to order the Salmon and Avacado rolls. But once in a while I will get a sushi sandwich which is kind of odd but very good. I have also been known to order the noodles.
This is at the Sushi Place near my office on Abba Hillel in Ramat Gan
I’m a computer programmer, Normally I leave the office at about 7:30 and get home around 9:10 (Depending on the bus) however there have been times I have had to stay later. I think its only been past midnight 3 or 4 times in the 3 years I have been at my company, but 9:00 or 9:30 is not that strange.
Its called having a job and sometimes you have to work extra to hit a deadline or fix something. I do make sure to call my wife when I am going to be home late.
I would go with the waist of time, think of how many more useful things you could do when not watching TV angle.
Of course there are days when I get home from work so tired that doing something productive is the last think I want to spend 2 hours on, even if I should be working on my book.
I would say give the CV a real polish, get rid of old stuff and make it really sing then go out looking hard. Hit every headhunter in the area. Better yet show up at their office with donoughts (I have no idea if that would work, but it might)
Remember when you send in your CV it lands in a stack with 100 others, the person reading them probably wants to be doing something else. So when he hits yours you have about the top 3 inches of the page to be impressive enough to make him want to read more and not throw it in the “Reject” pile.
Oh also if you work off the books all your life you won’t get social security. It might not be great but its a lot better than nothing.
Failure to pay your taxes is a felony. If the IRS catches up to you they can put you in jail for that. If your boss is paying you off the books find a new job that pays you on the books! And file tax returns for the years that you didn’t! Really if you approach the IRS they will work with you. If they find you they will put you in jail!
Here is the thing about heath insurance, on average you will pay in more than you get out. However if things go really badly and need major care then you could find yourself with $200,000 in debt!
If you have a product to sell online you don’t really need these people. Just go to library and get a few books on marketing.
In general they probably drank wine. Wine can’t go above about 13% alcohol by volume as that is the point that the yeast start to die.
However in those days most people watered the wine, only drunks drank wine straight up.
One should also note that until the last 100 or so years beer and wine were the only safe thing to drink. Water and milk had about a million pathogens. Food safety is one of the reasons that people live a lot longer now then 200 years ago.
I need to loose weight too, I have been thinking about forming a weight loss “club” get a few of the guys here together and try to do something as a group. But I haven’t done it yet.
FWIW you should know that a lease is about the most expensive way to operate a car. Really they are not a good deal
Don’t do it! I can’t speak to all fields but in any technical field it will be caught in the interview or before. I would guess that in most cases it will just result in you not getting the job, but really don’t do it. Remember many facts can be checked these days with google in about 2 minutes!
However you should always get someone else to edit your resume. If you have spelling mistakes or the like on it it will end up in the trash. Always remember that the person reading it has a pile of them on his or her desk and has to find the four or five good ones to interview. So spending time making it look good is time well spent. If you don’t have work experience there are still things you can do. Look on monster and some of the other job hunting sites for ideas.
There are a lot of reasons why there are many languages. In many cases it comes down to an effort to fix a specific problem with an existing language, while in others it comes from someone being unhappy with the tools that already exist.
Java was invented to try to correct some specific problems with C++ that can cause problems in some cases. Perl came when Larry Wall was unable to use sed and awk to fix a problem he was having running some systems. Lisp started out as some formalisms in math.
I have over the year or so really been making a strong effort to try to improve my skills as a programmer and have been working a lot on the theory side of things.
Any chance of a courtesy copy for reviewWell its no where near done, I have about 2 chapters out of 11 done at this point.
The calendar is always a good topic, If you Look up “365 Days of Astronomy” from last fall I did a podcast with my Rabbi on the Jewish calendar, and on last march 15 on the Julian Calendar which was the predecessor to the modern civil calendar.
On a silly note my favorite one was always “How to build a Mikva on Mars”. would take some actual research.
As for the day of the week in space it is my understanding the Ilan Ramon asked about this and was told to keep Florida or Houston time (I forgot which). Of course that only works when you are in Earth orbit, if you were to say travel to Mars things get a lot more complex.
As for learning a language a year, each language provides some unique ways of doing things, by learning them you broaden your knowledge, this is a good thing.
HTML 5 can do a bunch of things, but the aspect that I am writing about is the ability to build what is effectively a desktop application in the browser.
As for a complete history of programming, that would be a book in and of itself.
The tentative title is “Programing internet applications in HTML5”
First of all programming is a very wide field. I do internet applications for a game company but there are hundreds of other sub fields as well. The one thing that you have to be careful of is letting your skills stagnate. I know of people who got laid off after 10 years of doing one type of programming only to find that the jobs were all somewhere else.
Constant learning is key!
My company in Ramat Gan has at least 6 open spots right now I think.
A lot of the improvement has come in the last 2 1/2 years that I have been in my current job. I have had a great boss who has really pushed me hard to be better at what I do.
I have picked up skills relating to code generation, project structure, code quality, automatic testing and an ability to break down problems into symbolic algebra.
In part I am in a good place now as I have always been a web programmer and the web space is now the hot place for Applications. HTML 5 makes it very practical to build a very powerful single page application that would have required a stand alone program 3-5 years ago. You will be able to read all about that in the book that I am writing, it will we hope be out in the spring.
And now I need to go work on it. I have to get 2 chapters to my editor by Oct 8 and with the Haggim soon I want to get as much done as I can.
I would disagree, While I am in Israel I can say that I am doing quite well as a programmer. However that being said the 1 year post HS fast class is not going to be the way to start, at least not if you want to do well. Do become an “A” list programmer you are going to need to get a college degree and work hard in school and after. Those classes were never going to create a skill set that would last. Sorry to break that news to you. There is a lot more to being a programmer than just knowing some Java or C++.
If you want to keep a career as a programmer you need to learn a new language a year, and be constantly updating your skills. I has taken me 15 years to get to the point in my career where I finally feel like I really know what I am doing and can take on a wide range of tasks. A 1 year post HS class is not going to get you there.
There is a lot of high tech still in the USA, not everything gets out sourced to India. A lot of companies are doing things locally and will continue to do things in the USA.
I don’t know of any beginner graphics books, but i have’t looked. Check their web site.
For a first language I would very seriously recommend learning Python. It is pretty easy and teaches good habits. C is not a good place to start!
You will have to write about 2000 lines of code (with someone good looking over your shoulder) before you will start to feel like you know what you are doing. Maybe more.
If you are going to learn to program you really want a mentor who can point you in good directions and can tell you when you are doing things stupidly.
If you want to learn programming from 0 I would suggest the book “Head First Programming” from O’Reilly. All the software you need can be downloaded for free from the net, and its a good book.
First a word of advice, go with Books from O’Reilly. the really are the best out there! (Disclaimer I am writing one for them now, should be out in the spring)
And you should know that you can’t just read the book, you need to work threw all the exercises and really understand them.
Also understand that if you want to do this for a living you need to keep learning. The best way to end up unemployed is to never improve your skills.
Learning to program well takes time, but is really worth it as it can be a lot of fun and a very good way to make a living.
If you have questions feel free to contact me.
I live in the shomron, the bus that I take every day from Ariel to Tel Aviv is not armored. (Though the ones that runs to Jerusalem and some of the other routes are).
The Ariel to TA buses are Afikim not egged.
When I was in college J4J showed up. But we knew about it in advance, so we packed the room with the Hillel hardcore. As soon as the speaker started his talk we all walked out. It was described by one campus insider as the most effective protest she had seen on campus after 25 years there.
One thing that is a good idea for learning is to keep notes, that way when you are looking at a photo later you can know what you did right or wrong.
It depends on the father, the son and the business. The son has to have the skills to do the job (or be able to learn them) There have been cases where the son took over and did very well and others where he ran the place into the ground.
Of course the father should not always assume that the son Wants to go into the family business as well. (It depends on a lot of things)
Actually the company I work for was founded buy a man but funded by his father. The company just sold for $18million a few months ago, so a great result all around.
And if you can get somewhere away from city lights enjoy a really good night sky. Take a pair of binoculars and scan along the milky way. You will see what we all miss from the city.
NH is one of my favorite states. I was actually living in Nashua NH when I started keeping Kosher many years ago. (I’m now in Israel)
There is a Chabad in Manchester, And there may be a bungalo colony up in the north of the state somewhere. I think I heard about a kosher cafeteria at Dartmouth college in Hanover, but I have no information on it at all. Past that your going to have to bring stuff with you. Or of course you can get some basics at most supermarkets.
There needs to be a balance. When a child gets married he or she needs to have some level of independence. When your married child does something dumb with money you can offer advice but your child is now an adult and has the right to make choices, even if you think they are dumb.
It can be hard, if for example my child were to go and want to borrow a $25,000 to buy a car or start a business I would very much object. But as long as they didn’t ask me to co-sign the loan I would comment once “I don’t think that is the best idea, here is why…” and then let it rest.
Being an adult means having the right to screw up, and as parents we have to let our children grow up.
From what I have read there is some doubt if those negatives are really Ansel Adams, and the $200 million number is probably about 10x or more what they are really worth. If they are Ansel Adams.
Chess was invented in Persia or India about 1100 years ago, But the modern form of the game only showed up about 300 years ago. There were a lot of variations between then and now. (I Actually have a book somewhere that shows many of them, some of them are very strange)
I had occasion some years back to read the records of the Rome Beit Din from the 1550’s. And I can assure you that women appeared before said Beit Din on many occasions. And from the records clearly worked outside of the home in many cases.
One more quote to add:
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‘Tis much better to do a little with certainty, & leave the rest for others that come after you, than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing. — Sir Issac Newton
Science is always an iterative process. We know more now then we did 10, 50 or 100 years ago. In 1920 We did not know if our galaxy was all of the universe or how far away the “Spiral Nebula” were (We now call them galaxies). Edwin Hubble (for whom the telescope is named) first measured the distance to the Andromeda galaxy (M31) in the mid 20’s. In the 1940’s we did not really understand the nature of our own galaxy until Walter Bade worked it out with the 200″ telescope at Mt Wilson. We didn’t understand the rotation of Galaxies until Vera Rubin proposed dark matter.
Yes in the future we will know more than what we know now. However that does not mean that most of what we now think to be true will be discarded. It simply means that the knowledge that we have now is always at best an approximation to the truth. As what we know increases our ability to understand how it all fits together also increases.
50 years from now I assure you the universe will still be expanding and galaxies clusters will still be bound by gravity, we just might know where that gravity comes from. While now all we can say is that it is “Cold Dark matter”. And yes there is some math here, but none of what I have been talking about requires math to understand (at least at this level).
Philosopher before you start attacking the scientific evidence you might want to go read up on what it actually is. Of course people use computer models, how else do you solve the millions of equations that would be involved is understanding something complex like say climate or the Rings of Saturn. But here is the key point those models must predict reality in a useful way.
About 7 years ago, right after I got to Israel a friend forwarded an email to me from someone who wanted to start a club. (Of which I had been involved in the USA). Well I ended up married to the person who sent the first the email, and several other very close friends came out of that email and that club.
L (who forwarded the email) had no idea that it would end up this way, she just knew I had been involved in the USA and might be interested.
Any married couple, learning or working or otherwise should have a realistic budget showing their expenses and income. Hoping money magically shows up when you need it is a formula for disaster when you suddenly find that they money you need is not there.
Also stay away from credit cards!
Mod-80, I will admit that my training in climate issues is rather thin, and mostly related to aviation weather (which tends to be rather short term). But the mass conspiracy just does not wash. First he says that he has read lots of papers, but I would like to see a list of them. In general when I see claims of giant conspiracies I tend to start to question if the person making the claim is a crackpot.
On a side note I personally would like to see a move away from fossil fuels if for no other reason that they supply is limited and often tends to be in some rather unpleasant countries (Like Iran) Denying the Opec countries a few trillion dollars sounds like a good idea to me. Even more so if the US could put it to work in domestic energy production.