Re: Books and a balance (was: What's up with C++ (books)?)
Ron Jeffries <[email protected]> Tue, 31 May 2011 05:53:33 -0400
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Hello, Jeroen. On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 4:20:42 AM, you wrote:
>> Yes it would be nice if employers paid. But the person with the need
>> to improve needs also to own the responsibility to improve whether
>> employers pay or not.
>>
> yes, but if it's too expensive to afford, it's too expensive.
> A few books anyone can pay for, but magazines are expensive luxuries.
> Most are little more than carriers for masses of advertising, yet still
> cost several hundred Euro a year.
> Conferences cost thousands for a few days (not counting the cost of
> getting to and from the venue, hotel/restaurant food, and possible car
> rentals).
> Such costs are out of reach for most people, certainly they are over here.
If the magazine isn't useful, don't subscribe. If it is, one has
some deciding to do. To go to a conference, submit a paper or
convince employer.
In the end, it's one's career. We have the choice to grow, or
stagnate and IMO that choice belongs to us, not to our employer.
Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com
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<p>Hello, Jeroen. On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 4:20:42 AM, you wrote:<br>
<br>
>> Yes it would be nice if employers paid. But the person with the need<br>
>> to improve needs also to own the responsibility to improve whether<br>
>> employers pay or not.<br>
>><br>
> yes, but if it's too expensive to afford, it's too expensive.<br>
<br>
> A few books anyone can pay for, but magazines are expensive luxuries.<br>
> Most are little more than carriers for masses of advertising, yet still<br>
> cost several hundred Euro a year.<br>
> Conferences cost thousands for a few days (not counting the cost of<br>
> getting to and from the venue, hotel/restaurant food, and possible car<br>
> rentals).<br>
<br>
> Such costs are out of reach for most people, certainly they are over here.<br>
<br>
If the magazine isn't useful, don't subscribe. If it is, one has<br>
some deciding to do. To go to a conference, submit a paper or<br>
convince employer.<br>
<br>
In the end, it's one's career. We have the choice to grow, or<br>
stagnate and IMO that choice belongs to us, not to our employer.<br>
<br>
Ron Jeffries<br>
www.XProgramming.com<br>
Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back<br>
of his head. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs,<br>
but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could<br>
stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps<br>
there isn't. -- A. A. Milne<br>
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