Reply to: 'Code Monkeys' V 'Systems Monkeys'

[Francko]

I decided not to take an MCSE long ago when I realised MCSE are actually less inteligent, and are just trying to prove in a futile manner that they actually have something to offer this industry!

MS certs are just bollox. The way to pass them is not to study but just to get the sample papers and memorise as much as you can. It's different with the other certs where to pass to need to have some knowledge.

Nonetheless, if I follow your logic I can say that I didn't feel like a degree in nuclear physics was really intelligent but still claim to be a nuclear scientist.

[threaded]

Well if that ever happens, it might be a good time to give up this business, and get a job at Tescos. I hear they're hiring.

Oh, naïve one, there won't be a Tescos. Think subsistance farming.

[Bovvered]

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56p an hour?

f**k me, you must be an mcse

I decided not to take an MCSE long ago when I realised MCSE are actually less inteligent, and are just trying to prove in a futile manner that they actually have something to offer this industry!

[TheRealHHH]

Looks like my contract rate. Wait...no, sorry, I read the decimal point wrong.

56p an hour?

f**k me, you must be an mcse

[Bovvered]

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Well they just took on 'the late great JC' on £5.60 per hour

Stock replenishment technician

Looks like my contract rate. Wait...no, sorry, I read the decimal point wrong.

[TheRealHHH]

Well if that ever happens, it might be a good time to give up this business, and get a job at Tescos. I hear they're hiring.

Well they just took on 'the late great JC' on £5.60 per hour

Stock replenishment technician

[Bovvered]

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Ship the traders jobs offshore as well. Sorted.

Well if that ever happens, it might be a good time to give up this business, and get a job at Tescos. I hear they're hiring.

[threaded]

Ship the traders jobs offshore as well. Sorted.

[Bovvered]

With all the software development going to India I'd say it's the 'Systems Monkeys' that are in greater demand. There is only so much you can do remotely.

There's also so much coding you can do remotely. Many, many, projects require a lot of interaction with the user as ironing out the requirements fully is an ongoing, organic process. Rarely is a system specced up well enough to ship it out of the country. I'm currently at an investment bank. The traders wouldn't tolerate it. Same is true of a lot of other projects I've been on.

[Joe Bloggs]

Rebecca in "Indian Passport Application!?" mode

I thought you had one already Becks, or is this a last minute I'm an antipodean in Guantanamo Bay 'get me out of here'...

[Francko]

I am coding systems - I have also systemized code. Which catiegory do I fit in?

Rebecca in "Indian Passport Application!?" mode

I think you can be easily replaced with Eileen.

http://www.newtechusa.com/ppi/talent.asp

How about Chino? Is he a relative of Chico? Has he pestered the others with the Alpha courses already?

[zamzummim]

I'm a systems monkey - and get calls from pimps almost daily!

Yeh.. lots of calls all for 5p an hour !!

[Mordac]

Talking of Monkeys, anyone seen Arkwright?

[TheRealHHH]

'Code Monkeys' always seem to have a personal hygiene problem. Why is that?

[The Late, Great JC]

Who are in the greater demand?

With all the software development going to India I'd say it's the 'Systems Monkeys' that are in greater demand. There is only so much you can do remotely.

Our company sends a lot of the code monkey stuff to India . The tricky stuff we do in-house.