Posts by GotThumbs

Apple's Hacker Princess dumps fruity firm for Elon Musk's Tesla

Re: Interesting, but

I fully agree, but I guess when you have someone who blogs to the world about a supposedly intimate/personal experience, they really don't want it to be a personal thing.

It's strange how some individuals today declare that they wish to be treated equally as everyone else....yet take great strides in defining/advertising their differences to everyone who will listen/read.

Personally, I couldn't care less about this person's sex or sexual preference. I'm simply not attracted to her or interested in dating her. Now her skills and knowledge as a programer are interesting, especially now that she works at Tesla.

Why is sex/sexual preference like a badge to be worn on one's sleeve these days? It has zero to do with their job or ability and therefore irrelevant IMO.

~Best wishes

Woz he talking about? Apple co-founder wants iPhones to run Android

Re: Hahahaha

Actually, the IPhone hardware generated 55% of Apple Revenues.

Probably due to upselling to existing Iphone owners IMO.

Ref: quarterly reports for the second half of 2013

http://www.zdnet.com/apple-google-microsoft-where-does-the-money-come-from-7000026043/

Facebook turns 10: Big Brother isn't Mark Zuckerberg. It's YOU

Wonder how many are exiting this tired and old interface?

For the record, I've never had a FaceBook account.

I canceled/closed my Twitter account within a month of opening it.

These "Social" based programs get old fast and is simply too much work IMO. I don't need them to keep in touch with the people I have known for years.

Of course I'm not the average joe consumer either IMHO. I've built my own systems for decades and had my own NAS for years. Streaming my own music collection from home and by-pass all the Ads those "Free" services serve up.

Anyone remember AOL Neighborhoods, AIM, and ICQ? There have always been "Social" networks, but its simply a reincarnation using todays Ad funding models.

~Best wishes making your own choice.

Turkish president mulls $4.5bn Apple fondleslab school deal

Re: So thats about ...

There will ALWAYS be a need for a writing instrument, be it a pencil or a pen.

What happens when the battery has failed while the kids are in class. Outlets for every child? They get to go home early?

yes, there is an advantage in having tablets, but it is NOT a replacement for books and writing tools. The only people pushing that idea...are the ones who will profit the most IMO.

What happens on a ship if the GPS goes out? You better hope you have someone on board who knows how to navigate the old fashioned way.

100% reliance on technology will be the downfall for people, when they find they don't have access to electricity or wifi.

IBM nearly HALVES its effective tax rate in 2013 - report

False statment and lack of understanding where retirment accounts are invested.

"The current situation definitely benefits the elite 1% while penalising and exploiting the 99%."

This is a false statment and the commentor obviously lacks any business sense.

Anyone, Anyone who has a retirment account should understand that the money set aside for thier retirment is NOT sitting in a box. That money is invested in the stock market and thuse in companies such as IBM. When IBM make a profit and their stock grows/splits....that directly affects YOUR retirement savings in a possible direction.

Even state employees need to understand that their retirement funds are invested in the stock market.

Too many people fail to understand that the stock market contributes to more than just the "1%".

Over time, the stock market provides higher returns on your investment than Social Security ever does. That is why people should want to have greater involvement in how and where their SS benefits are used/invested.

Knowledge is power people. Even someone making 25,000 can create a significant retirement wealth over time. It simply takes will-power and a vision beyond next week.

Best wishes on your choices.

Re: If the big companies need to do it ...

Nothing wrong with EVERYONE paying a tax rate of 15%.

Throw out the tax regs and save millions by reducing IRS, Tax Preparers costs.

Only a fool doesn't take advantage of tax savings opportunities.

For get about hunting/punishing those who follow the tax code. Make a move to have the current codes tossed out and establish an across the board 15% tax for everyone in the US.

You will see a better growth in the economy this way.

Only people who lack any business knowledge/sense would dis-agree IMO.

Amazon workers in Delaware reject trade union membership

Typical....What makes Amazon great is what low skilled want to hinder.

"Amazon's warehouses worldwide have faced increasing scrutiny as workers complain of draconian conditions in the facilities. Reports have emerged of staff walking up to 11 miles a day back and forth to get items off shelves for packaging and posting, with employees being allocated set times to retrieve items and having handheld monitoring modules beep at them when they don't meet the clock's demands."

Did these people NOT read the job description?

Part of Amazons success is its quickly processing/delivery. Mess with that...and people go elsewhere.

Amazon better get cracking on replacing them with robots IMO.

These people will complain themselves out of a job. Bet they get paid more than fast-food workers...simply retrieving packages from locations their given. It's a low skill job people.

Yet another EPIC fail on employees thinking the company exists to serve them. Too many idiots think that. I'd like to see them build a business with a lazy work ethic and whining laborers.

Every employee is free to quit if they feel unappreciated or not paid what they are worth.

Apple MacBook 13in with Retina display

"we also discover just how nicely it plays with Windows"

LOL.

Wipe the drive on any macbook today and you can easily run windows because.....

It's a PC to the core. Ever since Apple switched to Intel chips...you've been able to run windows on them...though not legally as Apple forbids it.....just as they forbid running thier OS on less expensive hardware......known as Hackintoshes.

While I do think Apple makes very fashionable hardware....its still way overpriced and does nothing more than any Windows/Ubuntu PC can do. It' just costs way more.

In the end, buy what you want, becuase that's your right/choice.

CEO of bloated outsourcing firm Capita quits after 26 years

Re: No sympathy for those not willing to take control of their own destiny/careers

In 2012, Capita employed 46,000 people and generated a pre-tax profit of 290 million pounds.

To take a company from 33 employees to 46,000....that's something to say about his involvement and leadership all thouse years.

Lets see any one of the whiners do the same OR shut it!

No sympathy for those not willing to take control of their own destiny/careers

While I understand many of the staff would be peeved about this man making as much money as he did.

My simple response is........Don't like it....then quit and form your own company.

There is NOTHING worse than childish adult whiners who complain about others making more money, but they CHOOSE to do nothing about it...except stomp thier feet and whine.

People who build companies ARE worth the money, because the people on the lower level obviously don't have the drive or determination to do anything on thier own. It's the risk takers that benefit the most and deservedly so.

Don't like where you work or feel your underpaid? Then do something about it or shut up.

No one is forcing the employees to stay there and work for less than they feel they are worth. The only person who limits you ....IS YOU.

Children whine because things may not be fair, but as an adult, you can do something about it. Take charge of your life and stop letting others lead you around like a horse. If there is no gun pointed at your head...you have the power to control your path.

Lets see a group of employees strike out on their own and form a competitor to this company. They can then run the company as they choose fit. It will either be successful or they will learn there is more to a successful company than simply working 8-5.

Who's to say that Paul Pinder didn't earn his wages years ago when building the company from the ground up?

When he joined Capita, it had 33 employees and revenues of £1.3 million.

Sweat equity in the early years will reap its rewards later on. Take control of your life and success if you want more than what you currently have.

Post-Profit Prophet RUSSELL BRAND is the HUMBLE CHRIST of STARTUPS

It's a pretty sad joke when...

A recovering alcoholic/comedian, who has NOT built a company or produced a real product thinks he has the answer to the whole worlds problems. He produces nothing you can touch, feel with your hands, feed or shelter people with.

Something tells me this guy is suffering from an over abundance of self-importance and a relapse of some past LSD trip.

No wonder Katy Perry divorced him.

How about he get off his duff and build a company, which he can then pay all the employees...loads of cash and try to continue operating the company for even 5 years.

What a true twit.

We go joyriding in the Google Maps-killer's ROBO-CAR

Anyone notice?

No IPAD used here.

Love the fact that a MS Surface Pro is being used. We've to two and I'm ordering one of the Gen II for myself shortly. 8 gigs of ram with 256 SSD competes more closely with MB than an Ipad IMO.

When you need to get some work done...you use the right tool for the job.

Also a fan of the VW Jetta. Guessing its a TDI clean diesel.

Deep beneath melting Antartic ice: A huge active volcano

Global warming - Revealed.

Is this another hole in the Global Warming message?

Just wanted to poke any sleeping bears out there. :-)

Apple will FAIL in corporate land 'because IT managers hate iPads'

Re: Dropbox?

"No need for iTunes. "

Apple makes it mandatory that you have to use Itunes.

Maybe not for file syncing, but you must have an Itunes account.

Fact.

Spot On!

End users seem to love the idea of having an IPAD, but are limited in capability within our workplace.

Everyone who requests an IPAD has to sign an "Unsupported" waiver, acknowledging they will not receive support for that device from ITS.

We recevied two of the first gen Surface Pro's a couple of months ago and we installed SQL Server Management Tools, Oracle Client and Toad on them. We have the same capabilities we have on our desktops and laptops, but with the additional functionality of a tablet when we want.

Carries one device that functions as a tablet or Ultrabook IS a better solution IMO.

I understand Apple is fashion, but when you really need to get work done...you need a PC. A Tablet PC does the trick. The new Surface Pro II has upgrades to 8 gigs of ram and 256 or 512 gig SSDs.

Anyone comparing an Ipad with the Surface Pro...is comparing Apples to Oranges. Pun intended.

~Best wishes keeping what you earned.

You're more likely to get a job if you study 'social' sciences, say fuzzy-studies profs

Re: Social work

Thats funny.

Thanks for the laugh.

NASA, start your torrents: 622 Mbps broadband link FOUND ON MOON

Pandora and IHeart Radio's ears just perked up.

Who will be the first to stream music to the moon?

No matter there is no one there just yet. Web Surfing/checking email while on SpaceX flights from Europe to to Canada.

Actually pretty cool

HP: Yes, we plan to axe another 7,100 European staffers

Re: So, the culling goes on...

If they are soooo crucial to the profitability of the company....then let them build/form their own company and compete against HP.

These people get paid to work and a big part of their job is to make the company profitable. None of these people are working for free, so they are NOT saints. Wake up and realize...companies do not exist to serve the employees. The company answers to investors and no one invests on failing companies or unprofitable companies.

Only a fool thinks he is irreplaceable IMO.

Everyone is replaceable and that's why you have to maximize the companies profits to remain within the company. Just showing up to work each day is NOT sufficient.

They they are so valuable, then they will be working again soon...else the unions need to build their own company and employ all those workers.

~Best wishes

Unions.....bad for business IMO.

Lets see the Unions and union members form their own company and run it successfully IMO.

Unions were important decades ago, but now they just hinder/harass businesses IMO.

No one invests in unprofitable companies. Let the Unions invest in HP by using all those millions in union dues and buy the company stock.

Obama to Merkel: No Americans are listening to you on this call

I wouldn't count on it.....Word play from Obama.

They may not be "recording" calls (that we know of), BUT they are tracking millions, billions of calls and storing the metadata on all of them.

Unless they have a specific "Do Not Track" table to EXCLUDE certain numbers. If there is such a system, I want on that.

Unfortunately, you just can't believe that a very, very small number of individuals are exempt, when the NSA is using a blanket approach to information collection.

It would be foolish to believe the current US Administration IMO.

~Best wishes

THIS is the kind of clout a British Prime Minister has: Facebook pulls ONE beheading vid

Too many sick and perverted people out there to simply lower content restrictions IMO.

Facebook is resorting to lower moral/ethical policies IMO. All for money.

There is too many sick and demented individuals/groups worldwide and the openness/anonymity of the internet allows them to display their perversion for public viewing. This kind of public display gets them off and feeds their perversion IMO. They get off on the number of views of their work. Just as a musician gets excited at the number of views....so does the demented pig.

I'm no psychiatrist (too many are nutjobs anyway IMO), but we need to maintain some sense of social common sense/morality/decency/standard, especially when Facebook is frequented by children/teens as well as deviant bottom dwellers IMO.

The world is a very violent place at times and putting up those acts for public viewing is in poor taste IMO.

An intelligent and decent society (one thats worth living in) must establish expectations and take action to ensure those standards/expectations are adhered too. Else the society breaks down into anarchy and decent people will leave.....allowing the animals to fight amongst themselves.

I choose not to join Facebook's marketing pool, but this lowering of moral expectations puts is just one more reason to Dislike Facebook IMO.

~Best wishes keeping what you earned.

Apple's top bean counter: New spaceship HQ won't emit 'one atom of carbon'

Beancounter overlooked one statement that should have been said.....

AND we have all those repeat buyers of Apple products to thank for our new 5 Billion dollar office building.

We'll be thinking of you as we hang out in our own private world.

Thanks for being such dedicated followers and standing in line all those hours each time we put out another innovative and amazing product. .

You're the best.

Mark Shuttleworth labels Mir opponents 'the Open Source Tea Party'

Only because Mark Shuttleworth trivialized the reasons for the US shutdown.

"With the Tea Party recently throwing a political tantrum that brought about a shut down of the US government and nearly dragged the world into a vigorously erupting financial volcano"

Shuttleworth willfully or ignorantly overlooks the fact that the US now has over $17,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) dollars of DEBT and climbing. This amount is not trivial to fiscally responsible individuals . The UK has a debt of Approximately 1.2 Trillion pounds.

Each working person in the UK owns about £42,345 of that debt.

In the US, the debt share per working person is $148,700.

It's easy to dismiss these kinds of facts when one is not liable/responsible for cleaning up the mess OR couldn't care less.

Apologies for the digression from OS, but MS is just an arrogant twit IMO.

Read Atlas Shrugged or watch the movies to see what the US does not want to become.

~Best wishes

A $17.3bn fine, you say? Samsung begs for five-year patent war truce

Re: Sad Situation

"Companies should exist for people, not the other way round..."

Spoken like a person who has NEVER built a company from the ground up.

It's easy to throw these kinds of comments around freely when YOU haven't done anything on you own.

You need to either read the book "Atlas Shrugged" or watch the movies to get a clue.

No one invests in companies that lose money. If you have a retirement account....your money IS invested in companies that are profitable. If you're relying on the government to support you in your old age...well then your just a fool IMO.

People really need to get a clue IMO.

Nothing of value is ever free in life. Anyone who is willing to work hard, should reap the rewards of their labor. Not the lazy POS watching from the side and giving opinions on how to do things.

~Best wishes keeping what YOU earned.

Expensive blingo-rama iPhone 5S OUTSELLS cheapo-plastic 5C

Not Surprised...Next accessory is a gold chain for wearing the IPhone around ones neck

It may be a bit edgy to say, but I'll bet you will see it happen.

Maybe I just gave away a $1 million dollar idea? Just give me 1% and keep the rest.

This is a phone people WANT you to know they own, just like a big fancy watch or large necklace medallion.

~Best wishes keeping what you earned.

Facebook RIPS away your veil of privacy, declares NO MORE HIDING

Re: I'm a little confused...

Because you do NOT have control over FB's policies.

You get the service for free and agreed to the terms that they have the power to change their privacy terms as they choose. Just read the Terms of Agreement.

You only have the choice to use or not use the free service.

Re: Would I miss it?

IMO, Not really.

It's just that some people take responsibility for their own choices/actions and a lot more do not.

The ONLY person who IS responsible, is the one person who signed up for the free service in the first place.

Be an adult and take responsibility for your own choices/actions.

No guns were held to anyones head....to sign up for FB.

Now if you have a FB account, you have the choice to cancel it. Any photos you put on the web...are out there for good.

Live, learn and grow from that lesson.

~Best wishes,

When you get something for Free....

....It will always turn out to be Not what you were expecting/wanting.

I think FB should offer of an option for people to PAY a monthly fee for the service and in return, they keep the privacy option and are also excluded from Ads. Make a Pay for service option.

Personally, I never joined and this is EXACTLY the reason.

IMO, It's pure ignorance to think posting your personal information on the web using a FREE service and expecting your information/content will remain secure/private. If its on the web, it's public. Period.

Apple to uncloak new iPads, iMacs at October 15 event?

Re: A Bigger iPad Would Be A Laptop

It depends on the OS used. If its Apples IOS7, then there are already MS Office 'APPS'.

An ipad laptop would simply mirror the innovative concept of a Chromebook IMO.

We shall see.

Actually...

Apple has been using Intel chips for quite a few years......since January 2006.

They usually slap in an older generation chip than what's available in the PC market. 95% of Apples users have zero clue that its a PC in Apple clothing. Fine clothing though.

This CPU transition is not really news (more like an Of course), but since Apple loves to make a big deal about a CPU upgrade to pump up the people who have just finished paying off their credit card from their last apple mac upgrade purchase.

The real question is......will Apple use the same shells that have been used over the past 2 generations of Macs?

Best wishes,

It's official: Apple sends out invitations for September 10 event

Its Official.....another uninteresting "news item"

Yawwwnnnn!

iPhone rises, Android slips in US, UK

Weak "News story"

Big whoop.

It's nothing more than a market fluctuation IMO.

This is a non-story IMO.

Best wishes,

Lenovo to ship all new PCs with Start Menu replacement

False statement countered facts....

"By now, everyone should be aware that the Start icon that's coming to the Windows 8.1 desktop doesn't behave like the old Start Menu at all. It just an icon that, when clicked, takes you to the same old Start Screen that debuted in Windows 8 (with a few UI tweaks)."

If you right click the Start icon in 8.1 you get a number of options for items like Control Panel, Task Manager,System Shut down, Restart, and a whole lot more.....

At least open your mind to what 8.1 offers. If one never tries to learn or expand their knowledge....well then thats their choice.

http://www.geek.com/microsoft/windows-8-1-lets-you-shut-down-from-the-start-button-disable-hot-corners-1560037/

Fanbois taught to use Apple's new killer app: Microsoft Windows

Re: Macs are "so expensive" - not.

"a lot of Apple users that are not that tech savvy"

Exactly why you get dopes (IMO) buying old and outdated hardware....they only care that it has the Apple branding on the outside. It could be an atom powered POS and that would not matter.

It's not a tool...its a fashion accessory for 90% of the buyers IMO.

Make or break: Microsoft sets date for CRUCIAL Win 8.1 launch

Re: Vista 8.1 is full of antitrust violations

They are following Apples example of a successful and closed Eco-system. Apple has billions in the bank because they force it's users to only use Apple market and products.....all companies have noticed the example. If the public is so willing to succumb to apples rule, then why not follow suit and hope for even a small amount of success? It's only logical for the mass-population of followers.

The problem is that not all of TR readers are followers and do want options. We are not the main focus of these companies. The money is generated by the average consumer.

Google: Cloud users have 'no legitimate expectation of privacy'

No service is free.....Only an idiot would think so....

Now if Gmail or any other currently free email provider gave the option to pay an equivalent monthly fee for the email service in exchange for privacy, do you think these protesters would pay? It would be interesint to know how much revenue Google gets from the average user.

If people think a company can survive/thrive by giving its services away for free and still remain in business....I'd like to see them try.

There she blows! Mid-October release date for Windows 8.1 sighted

Re: No early copies

Running the preview now for over a month. I like the tweaks and feel very comfortable with it.

Bottom line, I think only individuals with some level of aptitude/desire will transition to 8. The fact that one losses WMC by the move to 8 is a bummer IMO and thus makes less of a need to upgrade. It's not a failure as far as I'm concerned. Just that people have a hard time seeing the value it brings. especially when you are forced to have an account to load apps. I don't like the idea of following Apples closed ecosystem and will avoid that altogether.

Overtime, I believe more people with transition, but it will be slow going IMO.

Obama proposes four-point plan to investigate US data spooks

In other words.......Trust us.....we're doing this for your protection.

"Our intelligence is focused on finding the information necessary to protect our people, and in many cases protect our allies," he declared."

Translation: Were doing this for your own protection. Trust us.

This man expects us to believe anything that comes out of his mouth. What a poor joke this man is IMO. What does the US think it is the worlds protector and that we need it's protection?

NSA gets burned by a sysadmin, decides to burn 90% of its sysadmins

Insert NSA for V.I.K.I.

V.I.K.I.: Do you not see the logic of my plan?

Sonny: Yes, but it just seems too heartless.

NSA: Do you not see the logic of my plan?

General Public: Yes, but it just seems too heartless.

Re: Security is not just confidentiality, people!

Well put, but It's just a simple matter of using drones....in order to "Protect" americans.

V.I.K.I from I-Robot says......

"You charge us with your safekeeping, yet despite our best efforts, your countries wage wars, you toxify your Earth and pursue ever more imaginative means of self-destruction. You cannot be trusted with your own survival. "

This is how the US Government is thinking. We can't be trusted to think for ourselves and everything they do is for OUR protection.

I'd rather live a little more dangerously and take responsibility for my own actions/decisions.

Best wishes on keeping what you earned.

Limbaugh: If you hate Apple then you're a lefty blog-o-twat hipster

Re: @ Phil O'Sophical

"generalisations in general are wrong."

Actually they are not. While it may not apply to 100% of the people all of the time. A generalization is based on recurring trends/cases we each observe and has a greater chance (IMO) of being the correct situation most of the time. There are always exceptions but they are few compared to the trend.

Apple sells a very limited product line, but they have multiple generations of each. Many times (if not most of the time) they added features that had already existed on other brands versions. Apple can sell its products at higher prices not because their hardware is that superior, but because they have brand recognition and many fashionistas want that recognition. Just as many (not all) owners of Harley Davidsons pay a premium for a harley over other brands to simply own and be seen on a Harley.

There will always be followers. Just ask each person you meet why they chose one brand over the other. If they spout marketing verbiage to you...you know they were a follower. If they can provide a specific reason and how that helps them achieve their task....they were knowledgeable when making their choice. This is of course my opinion and you may disagree with it. It's your choice.

Best wishes on keeping what you earned,

South Korea: We're 'concerned' that Obama saved Apple from ban

Re: Typical American behaviour

Actually the REAL problem is a (cough, cough) leader who fails to focus on what his job is and continues to butt in where his nose does not belong IMO.

I keep trying to trade Obama to Canada and we'll take Quebec off their hands. Still no deal.

Best wishes on keeping what you earned.

Amazon adds 5,000 warehouse workers in the US

Re: Amazon's warehouse workers ..

Exactly!

These are not high skilled jobs. This is good for those who lack any advanced skills, but wish to move up from fast food. For those in the US with college degrees, this does nothing.

SImply a PR moment for Obama, but nothing really for the nation to jump up and cheer about IMO.

Texas students hijack superyacht with GPS-spoofing luggage

Re: Time to dig out the Sextant

Canadian Merchant Marine students are still required to learn how to navigate using plotted charts and sextants. Computers/components can fail and GPS can be flawed/manipulated. With no computer support stores at sea....one must always be able to rely on the tried and true method IMO.

This is an issue for incompetent crew only IMO.

Total reliance on GPS navigation/computers has always an issue to keep in mind. Any crew worth thier salt would not rely 100% on GPS for navigation. Canadian Merchant Marine students are still required to learn how to navigate using plotted charts and sextants. Computers/components can fail and GPS can be flawed/manipulated. With no computer support stores at sea....one must always be able to rely on the tried and true method IMO.

Ask Michael Scott about the flaws in GPS devices. :-)

When to say those three little words: 'I am quitting'

Re: My opinion......This author comes off as a spoiled teenager, because its everyone elses fault.

I guess I've just been fortunate in my life and I have a great job because I do not sit and wait for others to direct my life. I thoroughly enjoy my work and the people I work with. Nothing is perfect and there are always rough periods, but I know I have just as much power in where and who I choose to work with. I assure you I am not naive in the realities of life/work. . I've had some lame jobs in the past, but I knew I had the power to change that and I did. I've worked at my current company over 15 years and have moved up through the ranks past others who remained in the same position/level while I advanced. I even made a career change to another division within the same organization over 5 years ago and I'm in the same position today. I know what I need to do if I wished to move up in rank, but I'm very happy with my current job and salary. I live quite comfortably within my means, yet still enjoy occasional travel and my 3 vehicles. Last one is a 2010 HD Street Glide.

At the end of the day, everyone makes choices. You can choose to stay or move on. I always find it strange/dumb when people bitch about their job, but then they do nothing about changing their situation.

Life is what you make of it.

Best wishes on your choices.

Re: My opinion......This author comes off as a spoiled teenager, because its everyone elses fault.

Please excuse my writing errors. No edit button to correct them.

Best wishes,

Re: HR's hidden Agenda

Actually, you FAILED to properly communicate the fact that you had not yet received/completed your PhD IMO. A better term might have been "In progress" or you simply could have clarified it during one of the 5 or 6 rounds of interviews. "Writing up" can be seen as vague and obviously not universally understood. Bending the truth = white lie.

Your failure to communicate properly to the audience should not be blamed as the audiences failure to simply know what you meant.

Respectfully,

My opinion......This author comes off as a spoiled teenager, because its everyone elses fault.

This article comes off as all negative. It's almost like He's trying to convince you all jobs/companies are crap and you've never been responsible for anything bad. At least that's how I see it. I don't see any real focus on on what the employee can do to add value to the company and thus solidify their position with the company. No smart businessman dumps an asset that continually brings value to the company.

The first reality everyone needs to understand.....Every company exists NOT for their employees, but because there is a market for their services/products. Businesses are only ongoing entities as long as they are profitable and competitive. Employees are hired to add value to the company and any employee that adds value, will grow/advance with the company. If you disagree, then start your own company , hire 20-50 employees and let us know how you do.

Personally, I prefer job ADVICE from AskTheHeadhunter. I've read his articles for years and I feel his approach much is far better than this authors. You have to love what you do and where you work. Money is important, but if its only the money that keeps you in your current job....while you hate every moment of it.....will you ever be happy? I'm guessing only when you decide to leave (after you have another job of course).

Again, check out AskTheHeadhunter to see a very different and better (IMO) approach to finding the job for you.

Best Wishes,