Little things that get to you

[Tyrone Bigguns]

jeez lets just whip em out and see whose is bigger

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no shit right. It's pretty sad when Ty, a 40 something has to compare cocks with a 22 year old. My parents always told me by about 30 you're supposed to learn that you're not better than anybody else and only douches feel the need to brag. Evidently Ty never learned those lessons

Dude, when did i ever compare. You asked if i had worked with big companies..i responded.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Out of curiosity, what is going to take the place of Java?

It will lose its market share, but it won't be replaced. That's why I said it will be like COBOL. There are so many huge, backend applications that use COBOL. Applications that would cost a fortune to replace. COBOL programmers are set until retirement (our company is looking for MORE COBOL programmers for our huge, old backend application). People will predict Java's demise, but it will hang around for a long time--although at some point it's going to lose market share.

You must work in financials. They aren't using vis cobol?

[HarveyWallbangers]

I simply don't see that happening any time soon, though. If anything I'd think its growing. Why do you think its going to begin fading away when the web is just getting rolling and Java plays such a crucial role in web development??

I love Java. I've been a Java developer since 1998, but something always comes along. Right now, nothing has really gotten the buzz to replace it. Eventually, there will be. Then, there will be something that replaces that. The nice thing about Java AGAIN is that I don't see it completely going away. Just like COBOL is sitll around--20 years after people started predicting its demise.

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According to Career Builder, my company has more employees than Siemens Power Generation about 20%.

Yet, we don't see you posting the name of your company.

Who said anything about power generation.

From Wikipedia:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc (SPGI) is a power generation company based in the United States. Run by the German Siemens AG Corporation and formerly considered Siemens Westinghouse, SPGI was formed by the acquisition of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation by the Siemens power generation division. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. has a large number of offices and plants in the United States including Orlando, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Fort Payne, Alabama, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Alpharetta, Georgia as well as Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and overseas. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. also runs the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, an international science and technology competition. The organization went through a name change in August 2005 from Siemens Westinghouse to Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

I don't feel the need to have everyone know where I work. What if a coworker posts here too? Who knows. Regardless, if one was truly motivated they could figure it out.

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I simply don't see that happening any time soon, though. If anything I'd think its growing. Why do you think its going to begin fading away when the web is just getting rolling and Java plays such a crucial role in web development??

I love Java. I've been a Java developer since 1998, but something always comes along. Right now, nothing has really gotten the buzz to replace it. Eventually, there will be. Then, there will be something that replaces that. The nice thing about Java AGAIN is that I don't see it completely going away. Just like COBOL is sitll around--20 years after people started predicting its demise.

I agree it will eventually go away. I don't think in the next few years thats a concern, though. I'll always go where the highest rates are and keep contracting around milw and chicago unless somebody offers me some big bucks for a manager/director spot eventually.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

According to Career Builder, my company has more employees than Siemens Power Generation about 20%.

Yet, we don't see you posting the name of your company.

Who said anything about power generation.

From Wikipedia:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc (SPGI) is a power generation company based in the United States. Run by the German Siemens AG Corporation and formerly considered Siemens Westinghouse, SPGI was formed by the acquisition of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation by the Siemens power generation division. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. has a large number of offices and plants in the United States including Orlando, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Fort Payne, Alabama, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Alpharetta, Georgia as well as Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and overseas. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. also runs the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, an international science and technology competition. The organization went through a name change in August 2005 from Siemens Westinghouse to Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

I don't feel the need to have everyone know where I work. What if a coworker posts here too? Who knows. Regardless, if one was truly motivated they could figure it out.

So, like everything else it is just talk..you have no proof of your company or your size. Or the divisions. What a surprise.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I simply don't see that happening any time soon, though. If anything I'd think its growing. Why do you think its going to begin fading away when the web is just getting rolling and Java plays such a crucial role in web development??

I love Java. I've been a Java developer since 1998, but something always comes along. Right now, nothing has really gotten the buzz to replace it. Eventually, there will be. Then, there will be something that replaces that. The nice thing about Java AGAIN is that I don't see it completely going away. Just like COBOL is sitll around--20 years after people started predicting its demise.

I agree it will eventually go away. I don't think in the next few years thats a concern, though. I'll always go where the highest rates are and keep contracting around milw and chicago unless somebody offers me some big bucks for a manager/director spot eventually.

Nobody is ever going to offer you those positions if you are contracting.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I agree it will eventually go away. I don't think in the next few years thats a concern, though. I'll always go where the highest rates are and keep contracting around milw and chicago unless somebody offers me some big bucks for a manager/director spot eventually.

I can't wait until you hit the real world.

[falco]

I agree it will eventually go away. I don't think in the next few years thats a concern, though. I'll always go where the highest rates are and keep contracting around milw and chicago unless somebody offers me some big bucks for a manager/director spot eventually.

I can't wait until you hit the real world.

we are all holding our breath for that moment...

[MJZiggy]

According to Career Builder, my company has more employees than Siemens Power Generation about 20%.

Yet, we don't see you posting the name of your company.

Who said anything about power generation.

From Wikipedia:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc (SPGI) is a power generation company based in the United States. Run by the German Siemens AG Corporation and formerly considered Siemens Westinghouse, SPGI was formed by the acquisition of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation by the Siemens power generation division. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. has a large number of offices and plants in the United States including Orlando, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Fort Payne, Alabama, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Alpharetta, Georgia as well as Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and overseas. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. also runs the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, an international science and technology competition. The organization went through a name change in August 2005 from Siemens Westinghouse to Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

I don't feel the need to have everyone know where I work. What if a coworker posts here too? Who knows. Regardless, if one was truly motivated they could figure it out.

That's nice, P, but that list of locations is on the other end of the country from where Ty lives. It'd be a hell of a commute. Here's the crazy thing about big companies, they have subsidiaries and umbrella companies. Sometimes there are even complete separate companies that do different things yet share a common name...

Making assumptions on too little information bugs me btw...

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According to Career Builder, my company has more employees than Siemens Power Generation about 20%.

Yet, we don't see you posting the name of your company.

Who said anything about power generation.

From Wikipedia:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc (SPGI) is a power generation company based in the United States. Run by the German Siemens AG Corporation and formerly considered Siemens Westinghouse, SPGI was formed by the acquisition of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation by the Siemens power generation division. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. has a large number of offices and plants in the United States including Orlando, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Fort Payne, Alabama, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Alpharetta, Georgia as well as Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and overseas. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. also runs the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, an international science and technology competition. The organization went through a name change in August 2005 from Siemens Westinghouse to Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

I don't feel the need to have everyone know where I work. What if a coworker posts here too? Who knows. Regardless, if one was truly motivated they could figure it out.

So, like everything else it is just talk..you have no proof of your company or your size. Or the divisions. What a surprise.

What the hell are you talking about? You asked where I got the company from. So I went and got it from Wikipedia by googling Simions Westinghouse. God damnit Ty. I said from CAREER BUILDER, not Wikipedia.

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I simply don't see that happening any time soon, though. If anything I'd think its growing. Why do you think its going to begin fading away when the web is just getting rolling and Java plays such a crucial role in web development??

I love Java. I've been a Java developer since 1998, but something always comes along. Right now, nothing has really gotten the buzz to replace it. Eventually, there will be. Then, there will be something that replaces that. The nice thing about Java AGAIN is that I don't see it completely going away. Just like COBOL is sitll around--20 years after people started predicting its demise.

I agree it will eventually go away. I don't think in the next few years thats a concern, though. I'll always go where the highest rates are and keep contracting around milw and chicago unless somebody offers me some big bucks for a manager/director spot eventually.

Nobody is ever going to offer you those positions if you are contracting.

Thats funny because our two VPs, two of the three directors, and three of the 5 managers were all contractors before being hired in. Funny funny funny how one might assume. What is the best way to build contacts?!? According to those guys, the best way to make money is to contract young then settle in at like 40ish into a management spot. That way you're always making the big bucks.

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According to Career Builder, my company has more employees than Siemens Power Generation about 20%.

Yet, we don't see you posting the name of your company.

Who said anything about power generation.

From Wikipedia:
Siemens Power Generation, Inc (SPGI) is a power generation company based in the United States. Run by the German Siemens AG Corporation and formerly considered Siemens Westinghouse, SPGI was formed by the acquisition of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation by the Siemens power generation division. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. has a large number of offices and plants in the United States including Orlando, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina, Fort Payne, Alabama, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Alpharetta, Georgia as well as Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and overseas. Siemens Power Generation, Inc. also runs the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, an international science and technology competition. The organization went through a name change in August 2005 from Siemens Westinghouse to Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

I don't feel the need to have everyone know where I work. What if a coworker posts here too? Who knows. Regardless, if one was truly motivated they could figure it out.

That's nice, P, but that list of locations is on the other end of the country from where Ty lives. It'd be a hell of a commute. Here's the crazy thing about big companies, they have subsidiaries and umbrella companies. Sometimes there are even complete separate companies that do different things yet share a common name...

Making assumptions on too little information bugs me btw...

WTF? He said he worked for Siemens Westinghouse. Since that no longer exists, I posted a wikipedia entry explaining how the new company was formed. Also, he said he lived in FL. I see Orlando on there. You guys are slow and that irritates me.

The point of posting that is to show what company name I looked up. And yes, my company is larger and I think thats funny. Not that it really matters, but whatever.

[Zool]

Not that it really matters, but whatever.

Thats the fucking understatement of eternity. Why don't you 2 just sword fight already and save us all 6000 pages of BS to sift through.

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I agree it will eventually go away. I don't think in the next few years thats a concern, though. I'll always go where the highest rates are and keep contracting around milw and chicago unless somebody offers me some big bucks for a manager/director spot eventually.

I can't wait until you hit the real world.

? I really don't get whats unrealistic to justify your statement. I'd love to hear an explanation.