Tony Kirman discovered Linux at the same time as the Internet, and has never looked back. He has worked as an itinerant programmer in the content management field for many years, watching as expensive solutions come and go. He is a firm believer in open standards and free software, free beer too when it's available. He has a website - www.Los.org - untouched for a while, and can be reached at tkirman@panix.com.
The IT Professional's Industry Almanac by Eathen Anderson takes no prisoners.
A 10-year veteran of the IT industry, Anderson has written an honest and
critical commentary from the trenches. His audience: the fearful and
unemployed IT workers. His main preoccupation: the dysfunctional interface
between technology and business. Neither is spared, but his analysis leads
him to an unexpected conclusion.
First he explains why IT pays so well - because it's boring, and Americans
have "itty-bitty" attention spans while needing everything now. Technology,
even as it develops rapidly, requires patience to understand and use
correctly. Anderson suggests that the dot-com boom/bust of the late '90s led
directly to the outsourcing fad favored by corporations today. Somehow we IT
folks overpriced ourselves and are now paying with fear and redundancy. This
is fair enough, and man... (more)
Tony Kirman discovered Linux at the same time as the Internet, and has never looked back. He has worked as an itinerant programmer in the content management field for many years, watching as expensive solutions come and go. He is a firm believer in open standards and free software, free beer too when it's available. He has a website - www.Los.org - untouched for a while, and can be reached at tkirman@panix.com.
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