Manufacturing Here. This is also the Case with us. Also the cost to run our on-prem in the cloud would be almost 10x what we pay right now. Such an insane amount of CAD Data, there is 0% chance we can get an internet connection that comes close to what on-prem can handle for our massive cad data.
I think the biggest issue here is barrier to entry. The barrier to entry is so low in eCommerce. The required skills are not that difficult to obtain, you don't need years of schooling, you don't need to know how to code, you don't need much of anything. For most people the level of competition is obscene because of how easy it is to get into. It's extremely difficult to reach the top tier because of the unreal amount of competition and very little competitive advantage available to leverage. I look at it the same as I do with YouTube and Social Media Influencers. Incredibly easy to start, incredibly difficult to "Make it".
I know a few people that claim 100K a month. That's all they claim, they don't say what that 100K a month is. I found out later it was 100k a month in what they managed in the store of a customer. They were the ecommerce middlemen that set up stores for successful brands that wanted to branch into eCommerce. They likely still did make more money then the non-consulting DIY dropshipping middlemen that provide no value.
I'm assuming because it's difficult to open a hedge fund and obtain the same scale and amount of cash easily or quickly. Also, the fund is an entirely different model, you're paid management fees based on the profit you make your investors. If you own the insurance company, the investors (insurance payee) are not reaping the rewards of the invested cash, you take 100% of the rewards of other peoples money, interest free, think about how incredibly powerful that is.
It's generally better to work out with free-weights because of the stabilization aspect, yes. Saying that Free weights are better flat-out is wrong in my opinion. Every piece of equipment in the gym is a tool if used effectively and at the right time. Your "core" program will be done with free-weights yes, the other equipment is great for auxiliary uses that compliment your program. Machines are great for end of workout sets because you're likely already fairly fatigued and form may be compromised. You can get that little extra by using machines to ensure perfect form while also safely adding that extra stimulation for the muscle groups being trained.
Using only free weights and a pull-up bar will work. But it doesn't mean it's the most effective way to body-build. You can write a program from scratch in C to perform an task, or you could use all of the tools of your disposal to far more e f f e c t i v e l y complete the task, potentially without code. You don't need anything except a chalk board but there may be more effective ways to obtain the result you are looking for.
I see so many tactics of an expert negotiator here. Being incredibly nice and respectful. They were able to get what they wanted. They were able to convince you of an issue, with urgency, without any evidence of the use of your code other than the words of the officer. The story could have absolutely been fabricated to obtain access to the source code per an initiative to have access to cryptographic software, or it could have been true.
Realistically it depends on how invested I am in the system. If it's something that I'm using all-the-time, it absolutely makes sense for me to have a deeper understanding because that understanding could save me time and give me a better perspective on why certain aspects of the system are the way they are. If it's something I use only as an auxiliary system, I don't invest as much time in understanding the system, only what the system can do for me.
A prime example of understanding how to use the system, but not the system itself is e-commerce. There are 17+ year old kids making 100K+ a month with e-commerce, having no programming skills or a deep understanding of the web or computers. They are experts at the tools they use, but honestly are not "computer" people. We've abstracted e-commerce to the point that it's not even necessary to deeply understand the web, with tools that exist now (Shopify etc.)
I Live in the Border city of Windsor to Detroit. We have a University that had been hailed for its engineering program. What I'm hearing from students/employers (big 3) is that the entire program is mostly mathematics, they have no usable engineering skills to begin work in the field because of minimal labs, and methods. Almost no CAD work/design control systems etc. They're so far behind the curve it's like they ignore that computers have automated so much of the math that they are teaching. More community college engineering graduates are getting jobs at the big 3 due to actually obtaining skills needed to do the job through labs and education that's on par with today's engineering.
Our society is so focused on productivity that we forget that the foundation for improved productivity is sleep, exercise and diet. Mind & Body, one system.
Millennial here, Working in IT (Support and Development). I work for a company that had existed for over 50 years, they gave me a dedicated office, The productivity increase is incredible, I'm reluctant to ever change jobs because I'd lose my office and become thrown into the pile of people in the center of an office (Hell).
I hope the US Federal Government does something to fix the situation for Healthcare. Healthcare and Education seem like the biggest issues in the US currently, just being unlucky on either aspect, even if you make amazing money can throw you into poverty it seems.. seems like a horrible way to live in constant fear.
I'm a tech worker in Canada and can agree that the tech salaries are nowhere close to the US. Housing is pretty high as well. The better paying jobs are in government.
Honestly, the apps for this cost like 3-10K a year, and we're a small facility and a small factory, with a single iPad. So we have this web-based software named SimplyISO, We created the templates and forms/checklists in there, managers get reports etc, we threw the iPad into Kiosk mode to lock it down.
Bombardier (Canada) failed because they had produced a better plane, and boeing made efforts to make it impossible to sell in America. So they've teamed up with Airbus to be able to access the market.
Even more challenging if the log destination is external, and if the logging system is an entirely independent system, even potentially provided by a third party. Makes this hard to do.