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Apparently, yesterday was Programmer's Day. Heh.
In other news, class is... okay. I actually feel bad for my professor, even though she's driving me a bit batty. She JUST got her doctorate and is teaching her first class, and this class focuses almost entirely on IT business models. So her concept of what she can cover in a given area of time isn't quite up to par yet. Class ran 20 minutes late because she overestimated how much time she had left and kept practically reading the slides to us until someone from the class that was waiting to get in the room finally stopped her. And unfortunately, the one time I had the urge to ask a question was when she was running over, and I didn't want to get flak for dragging it out. Seriously, her example of IT business models - the video game industry and the PS2/Xbox competition - was interesting, but there was a class waiting to get in.
As a techie who has no desire to become a manager but understands that it's still a good idea to get familiar with the business end of IT, this is going to be an INTERESTING class. Oy. We even have to do a debate, and lunatic that I am, I picked the "Consumer advocate" position of the Privacy vs. Marketing topic - in a class devoted to the business aspect of IT, that's not going to be an easy topic to defend. I may have to take the stance that in this sue-happy society, which so many people blindly panicking over identity theft but having no real clue of how they are really at risk, companies need to make customers aware of what they collect and give them the option to opt-out so they don't have to deal with screaming consumers who threaten to sue. (Not to mention that targeted advertising sometimes equals more spam, which drives a lot of customers up the wall.) Since the guys taking the opposing position seem pretty aggressive, I hope Dr. G grades us on how well we present our side and back it up and not on who "wins." I suck at debate, but I can back up my points if I do enough research.
Oh, and I have been totally sucked in by Chris Baldwin's comic Little Dee. Hence the title. *snerk*
In other news, class is... okay. I actually feel bad for my professor, even though she's driving me a bit batty. She JUST got her doctorate and is teaching her first class, and this class focuses almost entirely on IT business models. So her concept of what she can cover in a given area of time isn't quite up to par yet. Class ran 20 minutes late because she overestimated how much time she had left and kept practically reading the slides to us until someone from the class that was waiting to get in the room finally stopped her. And unfortunately, the one time I had the urge to ask a question was when she was running over, and I didn't want to get flak for dragging it out. Seriously, her example of IT business models - the video game industry and the PS2/Xbox competition - was interesting, but there was a class waiting to get in.
As a techie who has no desire to become a manager but understands that it's still a good idea to get familiar with the business end of IT, this is going to be an INTERESTING class. Oy. We even have to do a debate, and lunatic that I am, I picked the "Consumer advocate" position of the Privacy vs. Marketing topic - in a class devoted to the business aspect of IT, that's not going to be an easy topic to defend. I may have to take the stance that in this sue-happy society, which so many people blindly panicking over identity theft but having no real clue of how they are really at risk, companies need to make customers aware of what they collect and give them the option to opt-out so they don't have to deal with screaming consumers who threaten to sue. (Not to mention that targeted advertising sometimes equals more spam, which drives a lot of customers up the wall.) Since the guys taking the opposing position seem pretty aggressive, I hope Dr. G grades us on how well we present our side and back it up and not on who "wins." I suck at debate, but I can back up my points if I do enough research.
Oh, and I have been totally sucked in by Chris Baldwin's comic Little Dee. Hence the title. *snerk*
