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thundara  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 14, 2015

    My mom got offered a a job by an ISP, and I'm not sure how to feel about it. My mom excels at her job and the position is a testament to that, but it is for a company that is for intents and purposes the devil.

When in doubt, hate the business division. Researchers at Novartis came up with a breakthrough drug for a form of leukemia, but it didn't stop the executives from almost killing it because it wasn't predicted to earn a profit (Turns out the numbers worked out in their favor when you accounted for the fact that the market segment was no longer dying after a year).

I have a good friend who works as a network engineer and had the opportunity to revamp the network of a 60-person house during my undergrad. I found it pretty interesting work though, when I wasn't fighting for money for equipment. There's a surprising amount of thought that goes into making secure, well-performing, and reliable computer networks.