Comments on: My brain is numb from the unfair IT world http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/ Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sheila http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43732 sheila Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:25:25 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43732 My husband has been in IT for years - around 25 - the IT world is really changing and it is getting harder to find positions inside really good companies because if the problem you speak of. My husband has had his own business for about 10 years. He works on different contracts and has had a lot of luck with Government contracts, he goes to their website online and they have lots of different contracts up for bidding - I don't know how the Government works in Canada but if you haven't tried this you might want to - he has worked from home on lots of different projects and stays very busy AND he doesn't have to deal with all the crap, like the IT bosses who don't know how to turn a computer on. My husband has been in IT for years – around 25 – the IT world is really changing and it is getting harder to find positions inside really good companies because if the problem you speak of. My husband has had his own business for about 10 years. He works on different contracts and has had a lot of luck with Government contracts, he goes to their website online and they have lots of different contracts up for bidding – I don’t know how the Government works in Canada but if you haven’t tried this you might want to – he has worked from home on lots of different projects and stays very busy AND he doesn’t have to deal with all the crap, like the IT bosses who don’t know how to turn a computer on.

]]> By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43731 Mona Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:58:07 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43731 <a href="#comment-43730" rel="nofollow">@Chris Short</a> Now that's what I call dumb! @Chris Short
Now that’s what I call dumb!

]]> By: Chris Short http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43730 Chris Short Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:56:31 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43730 I had a job once where we were going to be taking over quite a few ATM networks. The guru that was hired only knew one thing about ATM; asynchronous transfer mode. He knew what the acronym meant and he was hired. I had a job once where we were going to be taking over quite a few ATM networks. The guru that was hired only knew one thing about ATM; asynchronous transfer mode.

He knew what the acronym meant and he was hired.

]]> By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43729 Mona Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:34 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43729 <a href="#comment-43728" rel="nofollow">@Derek Silva</a> It was with the HR too, and they ask the weirdest questions. And I am talking about young IT managers with their degrees or diplomas on the wall of something totally unrelated. Maybe I should have been more specific. @Derek Silva
It was with the HR too, and they ask the weirdest questions. And I am talking about young IT managers with their degrees or diplomas on the wall of something totally unrelated. Maybe I should have been more specific.

]]> By: Derek Silva http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43728 Derek Silva Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:57:25 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43728 Your complaining about the lack of programming knowledge on that IT group is moot. There are people who concentrate on web developing, people who concentrate on data centers, people who concentrate on networking - that's the reality of IT. I've spoken to developers who know nothing about PHP, .NET or Java. Why? Because the last 5 or 10 years of their life has been spent maintaining old custom-built software like an ERP or BI solution and the company won't let them take any training classes to bring them up to speed and they don't have the time to take weekend or night courses. To expect an IT Manager, someone that the rest of the business expects to know everything about everything, to actually know how to code, how to manage a network and manage the data centre and desktops all at the same time is ridiculous. They're clearly looking for a developer because they don't have that expertise in-house at the moment. Just be happy you weren't meeting with the HR person! Your complaining about the lack of programming knowledge on that IT group is moot. There are people who concentrate on web developing, people who concentrate on data centers, people who concentrate on networking – that’s the reality of IT.

I’ve spoken to developers who know nothing about PHP, .NET or Java. Why? Because the last 5 or 10 years of their life has been spent maintaining old custom-built software like an ERP or BI solution and the company won’t let them take any training classes to bring them up to speed and they don’t have the time to take weekend or night courses.

To expect an IT Manager, someone that the rest of the business expects to know everything about everything, to actually know how to code, how to manage a network and manage the data centre and desktops all at the same time is ridiculous. They’re clearly looking for a developer because they don’t have that expertise in-house at the moment.

Just be happy you weren’t meeting with the HR person!

]]> By: Eric http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43727 Eric Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:30:01 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43727 Hi Mona! Sorry to hear about the lame IT group -- but seriously, I guess you wouldn't want to work for them anyway, with that lame structure, right? If you can figure out a way to make money, it seems like you'd be a lot happier working for yourself! That said, I think you might find some better IT companies around, but maybe they're harder to find. I worked for 3, and they were all very different! But I, too, was shocked about how the managers sometimes didn't know anything! Check this out -- one time I got to help interview new IT manager candidates, and I managed to get our company to add "Tell us how you would sort an array of 10 integers in ascending order" to the interview questions. This one guy, with like 15 years of IT management experience, making god-knows how much $$ in his management job, seemed really confused. Finally, after much deep thought, be gave us a "solution" to the sorting problem (note that we said "use any programming language you like, and sketch a solution." -- we didn't require the actual code even, just pseudocode or ideas...). His solution: "Well, first install SQL Server. Then make a table that holds integers, and write some Java code to populate the table with the array to be sorted. Then you can do a SQL query to sort the table, and get the results in the right order. Then you can pull the results out and put them in a new sorted array." OK, that may work, but I was hoping for something like a brain-dead bubble sort algorithm in Java, or even using a built-in Array class with a Sort function is better than nothing. But *installing SQL Server* to sort a list of 10 integers? Come on! Good luck with this ridiculous IT losers! Hi Mona! Sorry to hear about the lame IT group — but seriously, I guess you wouldn’t want to work for them anyway, with that lame structure, right? If you can figure out a way to make money, it seems like you’d be a lot happier working for yourself!
That said, I think you might find some better IT companies around, but maybe they’re harder to find. I worked for 3, and they were all very different!
But I, too, was shocked about how the managers sometimes didn’t know anything! Check this out — one time I got to help interview new IT manager candidates, and I managed to get our company to add “Tell us how you would sort an array of 10 integers in ascending order” to the interview questions. This one guy, with like 15 years of IT management experience, making god-knows how much $$ in his management job, seemed really confused. Finally, after much deep thought, be gave us a “solution” to the sorting problem (note that we said “use any programming language you like, and sketch a solution.” — we didn’t require the actual code even, just pseudocode or ideas…).
His solution: “Well, first install SQL Server. Then make a table that holds integers, and write some Java code to populate the table with the array to be sorted. Then you can do a SQL query to sort the table, and get the results in the right order. Then you can pull the results out and put them in a new sorted array.”

OK, that may work, but I was hoping for something like a brain-dead bubble sort algorithm in Java, or even using a built-in Array class with a Sort function is better than nothing. But *installing SQL Server* to sort a list of 10 integers? Come on!

Good luck with this ridiculous IT losers!

]]> By: yazan http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43726 yazan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:17:03 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43726 your called me stupid mona that wasn't nice your called me stupid mona that wasn’t nice

]]> By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43725 Mona Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:01:09 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43725 <a href="#comment-43724" rel="nofollow">@yazan</a> I will wear a sign on my chest that says, "MY NAME IS MONA. HIRE ME!" Are you stupid or something? Or you live in La la land and think life is just plain easy and anyone can get a job with a snap of a finger? If you don't like what I say, then I suggest you don't read or comment. Seriously, you don't know anything about the world! @yazan
I will wear a sign on my chest that says, “MY NAME IS MONA. HIRE ME!”

Are you stupid or something? Or you live in La la land and think life is just plain easy and anyone can get a job with a snap of a finger?

If you don’t like what I say, then I suggest you don’t read or comment. Seriously, you don’t know anything about the world!

]]> By: yazan http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43724 yazan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:53:02 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43724 wheres the hello my name is mona? i dunno why u cant have a job, just get a job if ur dieing to get one jeez , life is not fair , and your not going to change life with your position in work get a job its not a rocket science best wishes wheres the hello my name is mona?

i dunno why u cant have a job, just get a job if ur dieing to get one jeez , life is not fair , and your not going to change life with your position in work

get a job its not a rocket science

best wishes

]]> By: Mona http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/2009/04/08/my-brain-is-numb-from-the-unfair-it-world/comment-page-1/#comment-43723 Mona Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:55:54 +0000 http://www.rebelliousarabgirl.net/?p=6078#comment-43723 This was today's interview. I was a bit ticked off on how weird it was. I am sick of going to interviews and having to witness the unfair world at play! :( This was today’s interview. I was a bit ticked off on how weird it was. I am sick of going to interviews and having to witness the unfair world at play! :(

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