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Darn...opening 2 sockets, read from one and write to the other, that qualifies as "show me mama...no hands" :) ?

HN, slashdot, reddit, etc. etc :)

Successful "gaming" and "advancing your career" means you have figured out how to work the organization to achieve objectives...that means you know when you are a go-getter, a driver, a supporter, a smoother, a leader :)

Do you know why companies spend billions on marketing? And why there are a gazillions companies helping people market their brand, product, and services?

Yeah, marketing matters. Take a look at any successful business and see how much they spend on marketing vs product development.

Perhaps, personal career management ought to reflect that ratio.

How do you expect to have folks listen to you if you have no money and no influence? :)

Just the law of nature ... :)

Yes, obsolescence (all aspects) has always been the bane of any leader and entrenched entity.

There are many factors that are in favor of AMZN and GOOG and the likes. Factors that are for you can also work against you.

Generational shift of competency and drive. People get older, a bit rounder around the waist, wealthier and are also getting more choices. All companies have to deal with this factor. And some will do that better than other.

You change the world and the world will change and change you. Are you able to adapt and account for all changes?

What do you mean by best? In a car race, why would you want to build the best car? I just want my car to cross the finishing line first.

Besides, there is no race. This is continuous evolution. The race has barely started, let alone ended

And how do you know that? The field is huge and mind boggling. I would think, considering the breadth of AMZN, they stand a better chance of being able to apply AI to for a wider impact

It's just a bomb, rather a bit larger than other bombs. What's the fuss? :)

The sound you hear is millions of devops engineers counting their money, courtesy the proceeds from migration to aws, then migration to higher and higher clouds, then, one day, once the pendulum has reached its extreme swing on one end, migration back to on-prem :)

mainframe, timeshare, client server, cloud, it goes around and around

Wow, and folks used to calculate the trajectories that put men on the moon with just pencil and paper :)

Try not to look at your customers with as walking dollar signs :)

Think of what you can do to support what your customers need to do rather than think of how you can get your customers to fill your pocket :)

Static and dynamic linking are just 2 sides of the same coin.

Any language, as it grows and takes on larger tasks, its dependencies will also grow.

Build time dependency management, distribution, and run time dependency management are different phases that would still need to be managed

It's not just money. You need the backing of movers and shakers who know doors to knock, open, and barge through.

Support means you can get someone (or a minor army if necessary) on the phone or on the premise immediately

Platinum support means you can get C-level executives on the line.

Reputation and counter party risk all factor into evaluation and cost of support as well

It would give you the opportunity to step up and be a trusted source of information and clarity

New pitch: Mercedes AMG. We don't just want Mercedes, we want the AMG level :)

That's because noone really, truly, honestly want to RTFM of a given stack, library, etc.

It's more fun to roll your own or to pick up a new one.

I mean, in how may ways can you organize code that manipulate a DOM tree, pull data, massage data, and update the DOM tree? Well, the more the merrier :)

Just stick to honest to earth filet mignon

Jupp. When you speak, keep your audience in mind. It is for your audience's benefit that you speak, not necessarily for yourselves.

The ultimate product owner: Mike Row :) Talk like this guy the way he talks about a pencil and everyone will want you

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/5minute_arguments/mike...

Excellent advice. You are there to offer your services -- not to ask for a job! Go in with a humble I-will-kill-it attitude

New term: Product Owner :)

Yes, we are thinking about specifying the licensing term such that clients cannot use it to create new project.

We are looking for the proper phrasing, wording, template and general experience of folks who have been on either side of the table on this issue. The more we know, the better we will negotiate so to speak ;)