And you're just an ignorant fool who is completely out of touch with the real world. We have a well-developed food industry, so I'm not sure that parallels with the Great Depression in terms of dietary intake are appropriate. But in terms of metrics such as the stock market, employment, personal savings, the price of commodities, etc., the downturn that has been experienced since 2000 in the USA has been very similar to that of the 1930s "Great Depression".
If you apply to 759 jobs and get 0 is it you or the jobmarket?
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And you're just an ignorant fool who is completely out of touch with the real world. We have a well-developed food industry, so I'm not sure that parallels with the Great Depression in terms of dietary intake are appropriate. But in terms of metrics such as the stock market, employment, personal savings, the price of commodities, etc., the downturn that has been experienced since 2000 in the USA has been very similar to that of the 1930s "Great Depression".
Unfortunate, but you do realize that anyone with a bona fide CS degree from a major university could pick up C++ / MFC in a month or two if they knew another programming language or had a background in OOP, right? Of course you'd be dissappointed if you interviewed a CS grad with experience in Java or another OOP framework, with C++ questions. But by rejecting people without great C++ experience, your firm likely passed over a mountain of talent (especially since most CS programs have largely abandoned C++ as a teaching language).
As for the question of a bonus, if your base was competitive and enough to live on in the NYC area, then I doubt you would have had trouble attracting all the qualified candidates that you wanted. Since C++ programmers aren't really involved with plotting firm strategy or defining/entering into financial transactions, I don't see how relevant it would be to tie their compensation to firm performance, when they aren't even the decision makers.
I agree with ya, it may seem like shtf right now, but compared to GD we are no where close. But the Doom and Gloomers will never suck up their pride and just take whatever jobs they can get their hands on. At such a critical time in history people still want to argue for their ideal scenarios. Fucking Hopeless....
America didn't accumulate debt to foreigners during the 1930s "Great Depression" either. But now the USA has a debt overhang and unfunded liabilities in the tens of trillions of dollars, owed heavily to foreigners.
And why should people work at less than their capability? Doing that is called communism. Capitalism is all about having people work at the best of their capabilities, to generate maximum economic output. You can make fun of the doom and gloomers, but so far, they're right, and as time goes on, they get even more and more correct.
Its nothing less than appalling and disgusting that people in this forum, and on this thread, would suggest that someone who has applied for 1,200 jobs, is attractive, has extensive volunteer experience, etc., as being unemployed for a fault of her own. That sort of attitude is why America is falling apart, not why its getting rebuilt into a powerhouse, despite its past misdeeds.
