Software enginners, you have it easy!

[Dar]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/07/actuary_beats_software_engineer/

I never thought that being a software engineer was considered 'that' good a job. Go figure.

[Stuart]

tis a geeky career, but can have a lot of fun with cools tuff though

[Dar]

I have been arsing around with this thing for a while now.
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20100106/x65f_.jpg
Good fun to test:d

[Stuart]

ann summers new range? lol

[rwaggers]

how can you be the best of 2010 when it is only the 7th of January? lol

[Dar]

ann summers new range? lol
You wish Ann Summers did something and knobbly as that.

[Stuart]

I do Dar, yes lol.

[Dar]

I do Dar, yes lol.
:thumb:

[Jack]

Ooh, I want a new funstick so I can play good ol' Tie Fighter again :d

lol @ Systems Analyst being a cushy job. One of my old college lecturers who taught us systems analysis used to be one and spent her entire time banging on about what a stressful job it was and how people only did it for a few years as it was soooo tough. :tard:

[Southie]

Simple and proud, that's me lol

http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/atari2600joystick.jpg

[phazer]

Be nice if it were cushy... :roll:

Was the survey american or done here? - I didn't look as will read properly later.

Biggest pain is that there will be a load of graduate wannabe's who'll take any job for no money which kinda kills off the salary and the general skill level.

Happened to IT support, it used to be reasonably paid then thousands of students applying for each job and some prepared to accept a crap wage has dropped the salary expectations massively.

Viva la Software Architect lol

[phazer]

Simple and proud, that's me lol

http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/atari2600joystick.jpg

Ahhhh, broke more of them than I care to remember playing those bloody games where you need to wiggle the stick side to side!!

Got a ZipStick in the end and modded it for push button mega fast 'wiggle' :d

[garyc]

Its not graduates now killing it, it is outsourcing to places like India etc. They shop cheap on the accountants book sheet and nasty in the stuff they deliver.

[phazer]

My point was that the job being advertised as being cushy will attract more people who will take the job for less money bringing down the average wage expectation as happened with IT support - this was well before outsourcing.

I work in software so I'm well aware about outsourcing - the smart companies have started to realise that outsourcing sometimes brings more problems than it solves. Lots and lots of communication issues with the Indian companies, delays in implementation and literal interpretations of specifications etc etc I could go on but meh :)

[Dar]

My point was that the job being advertised as being cushy will attract more people who will take the job for less money bringing down the average wage expectation as happened with IT support - this was well before outsourcing.

Thats why I will be acting like Moss from 'The IT Crowd' around non software people from now on, just to make this job look like it's only for the uber geek.
http://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/people/180x200/t/the_it_crowd_moss.jpg

RJ, That sitck is a force sensing stick. Or as Stuart would like to call it, a stiff stick. It's really cool.

Working on this at the mo. It's a mouse.....well a R.A.T. The base is metal, so also doubles as a kosh
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_mc1.jpg

[phazer]

Thats why I will be acting like Moss from 'The IT Crowd' around non software people from now on, just to make this job look like it's only for the uber geek.
http://www.comedy.co.uk/images/library/people/180x200/t/the_it_crowd_moss.jpg



lol I suppose I should say I'm not a 'oooh it's a black art' type person but when you see some of the IT graduates these days (I interviewed quite a few not long back) - some don't really know how to use a computer but can write some script...oh joy, yep you're well able :tard: You have to laugh.

[Stuart]

outsourcing FTL.

We found it cost 3-4 times more time AND money than just getting a UK based/educated person to do it, but as it was the corporate "goal" to outsource more they kept with it :wall:

Now at the new place where 'outsourcing' means getting Bristolians to code is allegedly better lol

[Dar]

Now at the new place where 'outsourcing' means getting Bristolians to code is allegedly better lol

Bristolian software engineers!!!! Oh NOES! lol