toptalentscout

Seeing Android on PCs would be cool. It runs on top of Linux, it would pretty much do away with all current Desktop Linux variants I'm guessing. I could be missing something since I can't read the full story, it requires me to create an account or sign in. It might even give Windows a run for its money, heck I'd finally have a real reason to make and sell Android apps since I can actually read the fonts on my desktop "PC".

What is an aspiring middle manager? Is that a programmer age reference? What is a rock star? Does not being a rock star mean you're a rock?

I read down to the http://netflix.github.io/ link, tried it, the carousel advanced to fast for my slow eyes I guess, I manually selected the radio button, started reading and ... the next slide came up before I finished. Then I got into a war with the carousel timer. Frustrating on that but the page looks nice once you hit the carousel radio buttons enough to read it.

I wasn't advocating, just mentioning what I've seen. your message is right, management needs to trust their people more is what it comes down to. Incidentally, it's paid.

The problem is, internal people often are afraid to take risks to implement something brand new because they know they will be going through performance reviews. When the internal staff is empowered by management then it can be done but managers are often not inclined to trust their people enough to empower them at the required level to take on high risk projects.

There's also a liability aspect in publicly traded companies. It's easier to lay blame on the outsourcing company when the project fails and conversely take the credit when it succeeds. Either way, the outsourcing company wins because they get the latitude to design and program their way and get paid as well as experience.

For public companies, outsourcing is a win/win and the cycle continues.

>> but a contractor is nowhere near as productive as a full-time employee

I disagree, also speaking as someone who's seen a mix of runs as a contractor, consultant and staff employee. It's the individual who is very productive or not, not the role they are filling.

>> To me, it's the top talent of "software PROGRAMMERS" that's the "oil".

So does that make all the rest of us plain programmers the grease?