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American colleges aren't supposed to train, they are supposed to educate. If companies had better training or mentoring programs, it wouldn't be as much of a problem.

I'm also afraid of water, particularly large bodies of water (river, lake, ocean) where I can't see what's in it with me or see the bottom. My fear came after I learned how to swim…

I can see it get stuck and then you need to get a wrench or pliers to get it moving again. Agree on cool design but leaves a lot ot go wrong.

Robots also don't play favorites or office politics. If there is a more efficent/better way, it will do it. Even better when it is allowed to re-calculate with new parameters.

Based on my experience, I read e-books faster than paper books, which can make timelines a bit fuzzy when remembering.

I know a family with two young kids that do not have a car. The use public transportation and try to live near a grocery store. They seem to be more of the exception than anything …

Growing up I loved the Myst games and 'Jewels of the Oracle'. I got to explore and solve puzzles. Even now I play RPGs, but I like games that encourage exploration (Guild Wars 2) a…

Happy medium. I use the library for my 'summer reading books', the books you read once, enjoy and never thing about again. I use Kindle for books I really enjoy and want to read ag…

I'm 4'11, so really short and overweight. I tried to keep to the 1200 calories that everyone says is the minimum, but I can't, it's often too much food for me and never really saw …

One thing about this is paying attention not only to what he eats, but also how his body reacts to food. In high school, I would often only eat one meal a day (I could have had mor…

Some of these comments reminded me of a story Clotaire Rapaille told in his book 'The Culture Code.' He gave a talk at an obesity conference. Each speaker gave their own solution t…

Part of coding is (or at least should be) verifying results. Anytime I need to build solutions, I spend more time verifying (and fixing if needed) the results. Make changes? Verify…

Agreed. Automated many reports or information gathering processes the same way. I don't get a medal, but end of year reviews are awesome. Even better is when you share the code or …

I'm 50/50 on the 'badge of honor'. For some it's true. For me, I don't know what to do on vacation. People get bored/anxious when they have nothing to do. Even going on a trip can …

While the lack of safety net and fear of being fired are all valid reasons for Americans not taking vacation, what about another reason- they don't know how to vacation. From perso…

I cannot see the email. My email should be in my profile, if you want to contact me.

I'm a business analyst that also does some basic IT work. I know some basic HTML/CSS/JS, enough to tweak some web pages that I support, but nothing from scratch.

I have a plan to do this, have it kind of like a wiki with a breakdown of problems based on location (Becuase you can't solve world hunger all at once, each place has its own issue…

The book 'Too Good They Can't Ignore You' explains this well.

I hate meetings. A co-worker and I play a game whenever we are in charge of a meeting- see if we can end it early. It's amazing when an hour long meeting can be finished in 20 minu…

What if you have another meeting after the scheduled meeting they are late for? Yes, you can do something else during that first hour, but then reschedule the second meeting? Would…

Just finished it last week. I also highly recommend it.

Since less youth are getting driver's licences/cars than before, I wouldn't be surprised if that is what happens. A family buys a self-driving car that drops off and picks up every…

I hate HOAs and would deliberately avoid neighborhoods with HOAs or other types of restrictions.

Same. I've had no issues with 'addictions' to caffeine or to my meds, despite doctors worrying about it. I know my brain/body reacts to caffeine/stimulants differently than others …