tim ferro
ramblings of a code monkey, fanboy, and uber-geek

Thank you Matt for your article pointing out the difference between the two. There is a distinct and important difference that needed to be explained.

I have seen numerous 5/10/20 year awards given out and half the time I think, “That person isn’t loyal, they’re stupid for still being in that position after all these years.” Even worse is when I see people who are getting these awards because they aren’t talented enough to get another job. Those bother me the most.

On the flip side, I know many employees that work longer, harder, and smarter than most other employees and they don’t get any awards or appreciation. This happens a lot in many jobs but it is especially discouraging to Gen Yers because we see our hard work is not getting the recognition that it rightly deserves. We don’t need to be constantly patted on the back but on the other hand, if all we see is longevity getting awarded and not loyalty, we will get discouraged and start looking for greener pastures.

Reward what matters!

– Tim Ferro

I needed to write some code so I put on the high energy tunes of Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. Now I am listening to the new album by Foxboro Hottubs which is a side project of Green Day.

I was reading The Office Newb’s blog post about intra-company SLA’s and I could not agree more. One of the biggest gripes at my last company was that human resources was completely inept. It would take multiple emails and phone calls to just get an address changed. I once had to bring the issue to a company VP just to get some results. It was during these experiences that I was involved in a group that was helping to make the company a better place to work. One of our main ideas was to institute a service level agreement between the employees and the human resources department with measurable metrics to then evaluate their service. This is not a post to complain about human resources as there are plenty of good ones, my current company is wonderful, but more to bring this issue to attention for all internal company departments. Leave comments about how to help others address this issue at their places of work.

– Tim Ferro

“All Sides is the sixth album from the accomplished tour veterans and instrumentalists in O.A.R. The Maryland group earned its wings playing jam-oriented roots rock for years and has now emerged as its own entity, on thatcan keep the crowd on their feet and yet duck into the studio to craft some finely honed alt-pop.” - iTunes

“The Best Firefox Yet

With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.” - Source

“The Wine team is proud to announce that Wine 1.0 is now available.
This is the first stable release of Wine after 15 years of development
and beta testing. Many thanks to everybody who helped us along that
long road!

While compatibility is not perfect yet, thousands of applications have
been reported to work very well. Check http://appdb.winehq.org to see
the details for your favorite applications.” - Source

ComNetSlash has the 2nd X-Files Movie Trailer!

An eclectic collection of new Weezer and Mariah Carey, combined with the classic Lauryn Hill and White Zombie!