tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post8575802779905318214..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: God, Please Make It StopCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-17040203252881826632012-02-01T07:43:26.791-08:002012-02-01T07:43:26.791-08:00Young lady,
This may sound counter-intuitive, but...Young lady,<br /><br />This may sound counter-intuitive, but I really am trying to help.<br /><br />Change your majors before you waste any more of your money or time. Or read my book on worthless degrees.<br /><br />You'll thank me for it later.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-64913464487347434202012-02-01T07:38:03.403-08:002012-02-01T07:38:03.403-08:00Hello,
First, let me start out by saying that I a...Hello,<br /><br />First, let me start out by saying that I am not sure who you are or what you are trying to portray through your blog posts. Regardless, your completely disrespectful comment about MY blog was uncalled for. In reference to your statement: "follow their heart and the money would follow," personally, I am not quite as concerned with the money aspect of my future career, but rather the pleasure I get from pursuing something that truly interests me. So, I am terribly sorry that you are bitter about a few innocent blogs, but I felt as though your post was demeaning and inappropriate. My job as an official blogger for the college that I attend is a respectable and professional position, and your harassment is completely out of line. <br /><br /><br />Respectfully, <br /><br />The college student with an intense passion for the written language, not numbers.Julianahttp://julianasmcbloggers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-14576836384037722132012-01-30T14:02:57.503-08:002012-01-30T14:02:57.503-08:00SCREENING FOR OUR VITAL LABOR FORCE!
China doesn&...<b>SCREENING FOR OUR VITAL LABOR FORCE!<br /><br />China doesn't even have to try to kick our ass. We'll do it ourselves.</b><br /><br />Human resources is actually a very powerful and respected occupation/position in the Chinese communist party.Jamilahttp://homespunwisdom.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-12924103494838656882012-01-29T22:53:28.901-08:002012-01-29T22:53:28.901-08:00Welcome Joan,
Pour yourself a cocktail. Cigars ar...Welcome Joan,<br /><br />Pour yourself a cocktail. Cigars are in the back.<br /><br />Cpt.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-68783125228660652012-01-29T22:50:42.255-08:002012-01-29T22:50:42.255-08:00Cranberry,
Shock of shocks, he ends up in HR. I ...Cranberry,<br /><br />Shock of shocks, he ends up in HR. I don't mind that he's gay, but that's where you want a guywith worthless skills and credentials. <br /><br />SCREENING FOR OUR VITAL LABOR FORCE!<br /><br />China doesn't even have to try to kick our ass. We'll do it ourselves.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-72057582132075917852012-01-28T16:52:28.026-08:002012-01-28T16:52:28.026-08:00I'm almost 60 years....I can get a job almost ...I'm almost 60 years....I can get a job almost anywhere. <br />I have an FAA A&P (Airframe & Powerplant) license and a FCC Radiotelephone license.<br />I didn't receive my education from an Embry-Riddle or likewise institution, but from 2 distinct schools.<br />The A&P school, Eastern New Mexico University of Roswell, was one of 5 schools that the US Coast Guard would recruit from based upon FAA ratings. The Avionics school, Alexandria, Mn, was considered the best Avionics school in the nation by the industry and was sometimes referred to as “the only Avionics school” in the nation.<br />Over half of the students graduating from A&P schools are entering extra-aviation employment. The demand for the level of education from aviation based technical schools is extensive.<br />College education is extremely over-rated. In most cases, I can out-compete a college graduate for Field Engineer, Engineering Assistant…etc., positions, without even having an associate degree.<br />I graduated from my second school, Avionics, just prior to the vocational programs going to an associate degree curriculum……it’s never been a problem.<br />This present society has a looming problem….infrastructure. There will be a day when a lot of us older, technically inclined, individuals will no longer be available to support the maintenance and/or development of technology and industry.<br />Presently, I’m employed as a Field Engineer with Lockheed Martin overseas as a contractor. When I return, I will probably add Industrial Electrician training.<br />There is a growing number of specialists (college educations) without a whole lot of employment flexibility. <br />This is nothing more than a growing sadness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-9053367010520467972012-01-28T14:36:11.455-08:002012-01-28T14:36:11.455-08:00I'm a university studies major (I know I know)...I'm a university studies major (I know I know) and I basically designed my own degree. I don't regret my choice of major but I probably would have chosen something more practical and 'official sounding,' like geography if I had to choose all over again. <br /><br />I'm not too worried about what my actual major is titled because from what I've seen, as long as your can demonstrate that you have the skills employers are looking for they don't care too much about what you majored in anyway. <br /><br />Also, a college major is used as a screening tool by many employers, so it is probably better to have one--no matter what your major is--as long as having some skills and work experience to pad out your resume, than to have no degree at all. Obviously, if a person doesn't think they will need a degree at all then there's no point in getting one. <br /><br />The guy who did his thesis on Michael Jackson is employed, so his degree did turn out to help him find employment. There were other people on the list that didn't sound like they were doing too bad for themselves with the major they had chosen, despite how wonky those majors might sound to other people.Jamilahttp://homespunwisdom.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8771093912879831832012-01-28T14:07:59.964-08:002012-01-28T14:07:59.964-08:00Gerard sent me over here, and I'm glad!
Here&...Gerard sent me over here, and I'm glad!<br /><br />Here's a little somma-somma of <a href="http://primordialslack.com/?p=2130" rel="nofollow">a personal testament to this post's sad litany.</a><br /><br />Nice place here. Comfy. No throw pillows. I'll just sit over here in the bean-bag chair.<br /><br />wv sez: <i>qualpint</i>. That would be Guinness.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-74959085527781724972012-01-28T13:12:41.290-08:002012-01-28T13:12:41.290-08:00What the fuckWhat the fuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8594519353483296072012-01-28T11:59:49.221-08:002012-01-28T11:59:49.221-08:00You do not earn much by serving as an object lesso...You do not earn much by serving as an object lesson for others, but we should all be thankful for such people and treat them with a litle more kindness and a little less condescention ... it is bad karma to be unkind to the retarded!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-24793568557785645842012-01-28T08:58:55.453-08:002012-01-28T08:58:55.453-08:00As someone who has contributed to several open sou...As someone who has contributed to several open source software projects, several successful products, and a couple of books on a certain piece of software that were translated to a number of languages, I am grateful for all the less than successful individuals you have demonstrated are out there.<br /><br />Seriously, it means that there will be plenty of opportunities for me in the future and for my offspring.<br /><br />Praise the Lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-52836456500370099842012-01-28T02:49:32.824-08:002012-01-28T02:49:32.824-08:00But we know how it will all end - those ooooooh so...But we know how it will all end - those ooooooh so sweet females, with their ooooooooh so nice smiles, and oooooh so cute lives, which they all looooooooove, will marry, then after three or four years develop deeeeep spiritual incompatibilities with their husbands, and divorce. Set for life - life begins after divorce, they say.<br /><br />That is what they hope, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-6099399637309542822012-01-27T21:27:54.464-08:002012-01-27T21:27:54.464-08:00Agree with Suz. Connie's art was quite good.Agree with Suz. Connie's art was quite good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-66630287356443133982012-01-27T21:09:17.197-08:002012-01-27T21:09:17.197-08:00I always thought that grades 1-6 should be taught ...I always thought that grades 1-6 should be taught by recent high school graduates of the same school district. <br /><br />Surely a high school diploma should mean you've mastered the curriculum up to sixth grade well enough to teach it.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18379011331847919780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-54556473376085519362012-01-27T19:38:23.983-08:002012-01-27T19:38:23.983-08:00From A Woman's Life and Passions review of a b...From A Woman's Life and Passions review of a book: "It's about a Harvard graduate who learns the child she's pregnant with has Down's Syndrome."<br /><br />Far out... Well, if you write a Worthless 2, you'll know the direction my review will be taking.<br /><br />From Kimberly White's Professional Blog of Professionalism: "I feel that being a life-long learner is so very important in all professions, but especially in the teaching profession. Being a life-long learner means that you never give up the oppotunity to learn something new."<br /><br />Yuck, I had to do this touchy-feely life-long learning crap last year, and it was disguised as an engineering subject.Compulsive Liarhttp://kyran.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-7873894870682244762012-01-27T17:50:52.812-08:002012-01-27T17:50:52.812-08:00Captain, you should be a career counselor. Excell...Captain, you should be a career counselor. Excellent post. I'm glad you surveyed all those blogs so the rest of us didn't have to.Jeffrey Ellishttp://thethinkerblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-5977800974975567862012-01-27T16:57:57.404-08:002012-01-27T16:57:57.404-08:00"My mom threw something like this up on the f..."My mom threw something like this up on the fridge when I was 7."<br /><br />Ouch man.Connie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14579516210480614023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-41253839735016506092012-01-27T16:21:40.591-08:002012-01-27T16:21:40.591-08:00Gregory: or try "basic economics" by Th...Gregory: or try "basic economics" by Thomas Sowell. It's targeted at laymen and doesn't have formulae, but tries to illustrate the effects of economics on a wide range of fields. Easy to read (like "Behind the housing crash"), and shows a lot of the thought or lack thereof that infuses public policy.C_Minernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-82873418843893356502012-01-27T16:08:23.268-08:002012-01-27T16:08:23.268-08:00My god, so much stupid in the world. I think I am ...My god, so much stupid in the world. I think I am going to spend the next 5 years saving as much as I can, then move out to the coutry with a rifle, shotty, ammo, traps, and do some homesteading far, far away from the rest of society. If these people are truly emblematic of modern society, we don't have to wait for the Zombiepocalypse, as it has already arrived!Kaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240820165545844567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-66955970623124161692012-01-27T15:38:32.419-08:002012-01-27T15:38:32.419-08:00Thinking Mankiw has better things to do like decid...Thinking Mankiw has better things to do like deciding how much to charge consumers for his updated edition and when to debut it. My guess is some exorbitant amount and as soon as possible. This in effect has faculty members updating their syllabus requirements and in turn higher profit margins for publishers and less money in students pockets. Used books are cheaper and when they're new they're more expensive. In my experience the differences were negligible. New cropped photos and especially in calculus a few new homework problems (most of the problems still the same) and that's the crux of it right there. It's very difficult to complete homework assignments that could account for 20-25% of your grade if your edition isn't updated. <br /><br />No worries Captain. Though still on duty to take notes i.e. do you have any thoughts for must reads in the field of economics? I would really appreciate it.Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-91215395471743097032012-01-27T15:35:57.221-08:002012-01-27T15:35:57.221-08:00Math is hard...
Then again, yesterday was my firs...Math is hard...<br /><br />Then again, yesterday was my first bonus day at this job (I started in 11/2010 so wasn't eligible last year).<br /><br />50% of my not insignificant salary (salary alone I'm at the 73rd percentile overall, 94th for single...DINKs are skewing the data) payable on my mid-February check as a cash lump sum.<br /><br />And I'm the new guy...people here a while did better.<br /><br />Of course, nearly all of the group of about 50 have degrees (often advanced degrees) in Engineering, Mathematics, Stats, Economics, or Finance. A couple of Comp Sci people although we prefer people with strong mathematical background. We write software but it's easier to teach programming than the math we're programming.<br /><br />Oh, but being a very good programmer with a track record can get you in. The one guy without any of those majors is in the cube next to me.<br /><br />But he won't give the liberal arts types hope. He has no college degree, just a 20+ track record writing software before coming here.<br /><br />But I bet teaching yourself programming is a lot like math. It's probably too hard.<br /><br />But don't worry little elementary ed majors, between the state of Georgia and the Feds 41.65% of that bonus goes to you.Pulp Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486803457210325703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-86705572181259045302012-01-27T14:31:29.243-08:002012-01-27T14:31:29.243-08:00Anon 209
But sir, that is why you are a productiv...Anon 209<br /><br />But sir, that is why you are a productive member of society.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-14604749642507837462012-01-27T14:30:53.961-08:002012-01-27T14:30:53.961-08:00Hi Ed,
Sorry I called you Gregory there. I was t...Hi Ed,<br /><br />Sorry I called you Gregory there. I was thinking Mankiw. My apologies.Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-75960517916704452002012-01-27T14:25:01.692-08:002012-01-27T14:25:01.692-08:00Touche!Touche!Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-40960389410314971752012-01-27T14:09:11.307-08:002012-01-27T14:09:11.307-08:00As a computer scientist.
"The best page in t...As a computer scientist.<br /><br />"The best page in the universe" just made me fucking cringe.<br /><br />Apache 2.0.52? Jeesus H christ, update your shit before your box gets rm'd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com