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I only saw a small snippet of one of those in action and was wondering why there was a small car on the field. I thought a clown was going to pop out!

I could not agree more. As the availability of information increases, the necessity of learning in its current incarnation of "school" becomes more obsolete.

It is my opinion that there is a mirror between the lifecycles of education and technology. In the very beginning, the complexities of each required dilligent and strict adherance to rules. As each progressed the systems became more complex and convoluted.

At this point they split, even though they should continue along the same cycle.

Technology began to shift focus from supplying the necessary information to elegantly presenting complex code in a way that anyone can use it (or write it). Back in the day you had to know how to program machine code to get anywhere. Now almost anyone can use the technology, from a todler to a granny. Technology is so advanced that it is almost natural.

"School" has hit this point and refuses to progress towards the natural state of learning. Instead of leveraging the availibility of information and using that ease of access to fortify practicle growth, we are forcing a system of modular selective learning. Learning that spends so much time trying to teach the basics that it bypasses connecting the actual relevance of the subject to real world applications.

If this was TL;DR here is a summary:

School now is like trying to teach someone how to hunt the wrong way. They make you read a bunch of books, write a bunch of papers, and learn the equations for the parabolic arc of a spear in midair, then drop you off in the middle of a forest "confident" you will survive, when all they had to do was give you a spear and have you throw it a couple times with guidance.

That is what you get for putting in backdoors for big brother.

I run into this all the time. There is always something more to know and everythng is evolving so fast that I personally don't think you can be an expert in any technology anymore. If you can understand it well enough to produce a completely new product and be able to figure out what you don't know fast enough to not make it a hinderance, then I would call you at least very knowledgeable.

I definitely do not want to burn a bridge by attempting to force management to pay me more. I would like to show them that I am worth more than what I am receiving. The last thing I want to try to do is "bully" management into a hostile relationship.

As I do that, my networks are fairly active and they understand my capabilities. I will continue my search outside for other opportunities to cover the worst case scenario.

My only logical unemotional hindrance for leaving my company for greener pastures is that I would like to build up good foundation of credible experience over more than just one years time. I want to have a longer record that shows my continuous improvement and dedication to innovative solutions, such that future employers or top tier MBA programs will have no problem realizing my potential.

Thanks everyone for the multiple points of view. I have been taking everyone's opinion into consideration.

I will definitely think about it. Thanks.

I am a salary worker, and my company is a mix of consulting and deliverables to address our customers needs. I definitely understand how the charging works (my father is a cunsultant elsewhere and I grew up at least partially understanding that side).

I had quarterly reviews, and each of them has been glowing and pushing me into more responsibility. The timing is off for my year end because my old manager is now a consultant and my new manager has only been here for a month, although I am pretty sure he would die if I weren't here. The quarterly review system was a product of my old manager, so I think those are over with now.

My company is small (<50) and I have not seen any formal raise system like most big box companies, where if you get the highest rating you might get a %20 raise and on down.

I am at a loss for when I should expect my year end if at all, because everyone else I know outside the company has already had theirs over the past month.

the unfortunate side of things is that I am not privy to the knowledge of the money they make off their contracts. There isn't very much transparency. What I can say is that I took a project that was about to sink and would take the better part of a year to do and turned it into 2 months of work and removed most of the human error elements. All this while working on two other full time projects.

Base pay for engineers is around $55,000. I took the $45,000 because the economy sucks and I was scared about the job market. I should have negotiated better, but that is more or less my fault.

I have had this discussion with a few people, and that seems to be the typical response from anyone who works in a larger corperation. I definitely don't disagree.

I only have one problem with this... There is no freakin way they were going an average of 30 mph on that bike ride. No way.

"Ignorance is no excuse" - I don't need a wiki article to demonstrate this

I agree. I see way too many stupid/ I didn't want to know that feeds. My solution has been to only check my facebook for messages from friends or event invites.

The bigger problem is that facebook is letting it happen...

It is funny to see this because a few years ago in college I mused with the idea of using bubbles for buttons on screens and drew up some plans I had. I didn't have the tech or the time to bring it about, but I am glad someone else has. The issues I came up with was how to build a small pneumatic motor that would fit in a device, not make much noise, work quick, and not drain all the power fast. I hope they can do it becasue tactile feedback would be nice. =)

Whether or not I agree or disagree with the argument of this artice, it has made me ponder momentarily Europe. If my college history serves me right, it looks like the floundering countries might vilify Germany and a few of the other more secure nations. War is usually brought about by a large group being in a bad situation, finding common ground from which their pain stems, and finding a common "enemy" to blame. The better question is whether or not the Eurozone tension will diffuse before any charismatic leader can rally the troops...

There is no way to keep up close rlationships with everyone you meet so it is important to give preference to people with the qualities that you most admire and desire to replicate.

Driven, Creative, Intelligent, professional, and Open-minded are a couple of my general "qualifications" I use when deciding where I should put my effort.

It might sound cold and calculating, but that is because I am trying to put no bias into it. I promis I am not that ruthless and cold.

If I were a few more years along into my career I would have preordered my Model S for sure. I will have to wait a few years I guess.

I am going to assume that your first comment is directed at a "lack of interest" from buyers in "Showrooms". I am pretty sure all the 2013 models have been pre-sold, and the waiting list for the next year is 1500 deep.

A fortune a startup does not make. If you want the best rout to gettign a tesla you will have to work your way up the ranks. Make a startup because you want to make the product, not because you want to make money. On the brighter side, hurray Tesla!

I agree with you about the camera app. FB bought out the competition. I smell a antitrust case coming.

Isn't that what "taking notes" is?

So all the prep work involved with getting this "study sheet" done doesn't actually contribute to you learning? I call shenanigans!

I hadn't thought about it in that way before, and I appreciate the differing thought process!

Thanks for the in-detail response! on a side note, your gaga-1 experiment is awesome.

I definitely need to start following some more of my influencers, and probably reduce from some of the static noise. Thanks for the tip!

I agree with you on all except one front. Does the term "startup" always have to be about technology? Yeah sure, on this board, 99% of the time the definition has to do with a technology venture, but I think classifying the typical outcomes of a technology venture as the typical outcomes of a "startup" leaves a bad image on viable early business strategies of the non-technology variety.

I was well aware that there have been other threads, but if we bug them enough they might change it. =)

It comes down to the grey area between complete creativity and rigidity. The creativity and comfort associated with a complete free will is desired because it can produce some of the best material while at the possible expense of unprofessionalism. While he other end completely squishes creativity and is a crappy work environment.

In this example it was obviously a worker being over-rebellious just because he can, so obviously brogrammer culture is negative.

The trick is having the creative freedom, but also understanding that you don't have to be a dick/rude to have creative freedom.

I am a guy, and I wish I had the opportunity to have complete freedom over my work area, but it is dicks like that who keep companies worried about HR issues

Happy days when process become hinderances...

I find it funny that the US is acting like a scathed lover when in actuality it was her own restrictive propensities that push him away. GG USA for scaring away another great BF.