"The reason people are quitting today is because the labor market is so competitive that the only way they can get a significant increase in income is by quitting and going to another job."
Well, no, the opposite is true. Employees have to quit because companies stubbornly refuse to be competitive on salary.
The reason for that is mismanagement - managers and HR would be personally criticized for "being soft" if they offered raises, regardless of the benefits to the company of doing so.
For those confused by the use of the word "fraud" here, the US government today considers fraud to cover both financial misdeeds, as well as (their) rules violations where no money is involved.
If you follow the news, you'll see the word "fraud" increasingly thrown around as it gives the government a bigger hammer to use on its citizens.
Meanwhile, actual fraud like civil asset forfeiture rolls along with full government endorsement.
As far as being able to visualize what it's like to be a 10x developer, such a person can continuously type whatever is needed to get to the next step, whether it's code or sql or whatever, while maintaining adequate performance and quality.
They don't have to type fast, but they're also not relying on Stackoverflow for learning concepts.
Most web applications start as prototypes written by one guy in 90 days or less, then just re-labelled as "production."
MySQL with Innodb is easier to manage in large replication clusters, doesn't require connection pooling, and doesn't have write amplification problems.
MySQL out of the box is more secure and easier to configure than Postgresql because of pg's public and the legacy config files.
I read the article, but they missed an important point.
A lot of landlords are only choosing well-known brand chains because the value of their property increases - ie. the brand attaches to their portfolio, aside from the fact that chains may pay less because they have staff negotiators.
One landlord I read about said his property is worth 5% more if signs a Starbucks, for example.
Often they don't even want to talk to mom and pop stores anymore.
1) If you're a business manager who doesn't live and breathe IT, then their opinion is a good sign-post.
2) If you need "proof" to backup your purchase position, then it can serve as ammunition.
3) If you're a marketer, their blessing is priceless.
However, if you're an IT expert, then their reports may be missing subtle nuances.
Note that the public reports are not necessarily their most valuable products.
For example, I saw a presentation by the 451 Group that literally predicted the future of smartphones 2 years in advance. Still weirds me out how accurate they were.
Me too. My understanding is the minute Allen overheard that, he walked out of the Microsoft office and never went back. Hence why whenever you heard about him, it was from his yacht. I bet Gates and Ballmer have remembered that every day for 40 years.
I visited their office in SF when they were 2 guys. :)
We used Boundary at Netflix to monitor Cassandra clusters - you can see mentions of that on Slideshare.
VividCortex takes the Boundary concept a step farther for databases.
RackPing.com currently has non-agent visualization tools for SREs now, but will also have a Boundary-style agent shortly. (Disclaimer: affiliated with them.)
The issue with cruise above Mach 2 is that you need a lot of fuel, exotic materials and involved processes. None of which are compatible with the civilian airline industry.
From a military perspective, high cruise reduces range, involving multiple refuelings. It also doesn't help in a head-on approach, but missiles do travel at Mach 3.
The costs of Mach 3 outweigh the benefits unless you have an intercept or recon mission.
So the discussion should be ... "we are here, where should we go next?"
I would say re-examine the X-planes results, look at where we are in materials and CFD, and do another X program.
For example, all modern jets use area ruling. What is the next step in supercritical airfoils for airliners? (The current record is around Mach 0.89 for an airliner at cruise.) NASA has a great track record at basic research.
How we can use fuel efficiently and inject a minimum of toxic gases into the upper atmosphere? The SR-71 burnt most of its exhausts, resulting in no soot, can airline engines do the same?
Well, no, the opposite is true. Employees have to quit because companies stubbornly refuse to be competitive on salary.
The reason for that is mismanagement - managers and HR would be personally criticized for "being soft" if they offered raises, regardless of the benefits to the company of doing so.