tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post4723052310607019455..comments2024-03-23T13:46:21.790-05:00Comments on Street Musician Daniel: On HoldDaniel McKenna IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157964564856145960noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650160678722829210.post-11043653920638836512017-01-31T20:44:20.705-06:002017-01-31T20:44:20.705-06:00The truth about Travis the Techie is, he's not...The truth about Travis the Techie is, he's not keeping from telling you how he got his job to be mean, but because there are actually damned few tech jobs and even less still that pay decently, and he had to beat out something like 200 other guys to get it. Jobs like his are gotten by having the tech skills AND having gone to the right school AND some "inside" advantage which could mean anything from having gone to the same high school as the company's owner, being a buddy of the owner or some of the company's employees in online gaming, or even being a "furry" where there are a large number of "furries" in the company. <br /><br />Trust me, I live right in the middle of Silicon Valley and I know how this stuff works. <br /><br />It's the same reason my dad, a computer programmer, didn't teach it to at least one of us - there was so little work for computer programmers that teaching programming to one of us would have meant his losing X amount of work and ending up on the street. <br /><br />I think a laptop is an advantage, but keep in mind that it's in the real world, not online, that any kind of a living can be made. The laptop is useful for the reasons you say, burning CDs, making movies, printing out music, etc. Putting videos on YouTube would be a very good idea. alex carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458022111793552536noreply@blogger.com