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Griff & Rage + Anyone who reads this, the book is very, very good I read it in two sittings over a weekend, the best bit is the technology unlike other 'Hard' Sci fi of late all is possible (Okay the space suits are more 'bendy' than at the moment, but!) Read the book see the film! 
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It's available as an epub from Google[^] and Amazon[^] so I'll add it to my list...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I "read" the book (audio book). Very good.
Interesting take on the problem.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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My experience: Never, ever see the movie of a book you've already read and really enjoyed. You'll be disappointed. Wait for the movie, then read the book.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx
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I've just got back from the film and thought it was much better than gravity and it leaves interstellar behind the horizon.
The science is mostly good, there is some Hollywood exaggeration but on the whole the science is accurate.
As far as the story and acting goes I though it was one of the best films I have seen in the past few years.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Thanks for the feedback ! I did not expect anyone to answer a post from June, so thanks again for having taken the time   I'll probably go watch it.
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I was wanting to avoid meeting Leslie in the lounge so I was a good boy and did a search first to see if anyone had posted anything on the Martian that I could reply to.
One the whole the science is good in the film - there is a bit of Hollywood exaggeration in some areas but on the whole it is very much believable and an enjoyable film if you like rescue/sci-fi/thriller movies.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Just wanted to ask if anyone did a reset on their career or more probably taken a different direction either by choice or compulsion.
I am not talking about switching technology from VC++ to Asp etc., Because at the end you are still a developer.
e.g. I was a developer/lead for 9+ years and then changed to total different field of Reliability engineering of embedded system and hardware.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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I think the longer you've been working the more likely you to have changed direction.
I started as an electrical engineer and been thru IT infrastructure, management and now, just a jack of all trades doing pretty much what takes my fancy ( within limits). Mostly development.
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Yea, i think i'm gonna make it by choice, Actually i got an offer from a company based on embedded with C#, and i have not decided yet to join , because i'm currently working in Asp.net(Web Application) ,i'm just thinking of it.
Any suggestion from your big experience?
நெஞ்சு பொறுக்கு திலையே-இந்த
நிலைகெட்ட மனிதரை நினைந்துவிட்டால்
modified 10-Jun-15 5:48am.
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Technically this is not a reset of the career. You switching technology. On the core you are still going to be a developer
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Alright 
நெஞ்சு பொறுக்கு திலையே-இந்த
நிலைகெட்ட மனிதரை நினைந்துவிட்டால்
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super wrote: I was a developer/lead for 9+ years and then changed to total different field of Reliability engineering of embedded system and hardware
I was a mech/aero engineer who switched to software in my late 20s.
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After a brief sojourn in the Merchant Marine, I became a computer operator (on the LEO III/6[^]), went on to become a programmer, then a support engineer. Tried being a manager and failed miserably, so I went back to support and was reasonably fulfilled for the last 15-20 years of my career.
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After having been in the industry (engineering, software, healthcare) for nearly 20 years ...
... thinking of going into teaching my original discipline (a Mechanical Engg subject) in a local engineering college, towards the end of 2015.
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Me too thinking about teaching, but after law changes I need to acquire a degree of teaching - knowledge not enough anymore...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I have a Ph.D. degree, so that counts, I think 
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Not here: you have to have a paper called 'teaching certificate' for getting a license to teach...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Classroom or part-time?
Virtual/online certification possible?
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Classroom...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I had just got my PhD and was looking forward to being formally addressed as "Doctor ..." when I ended up teaching and was called "Professor ...". However, I then went on a teacher training course to learn how to "teach" rather than how to "study" a subject. A lot of people think they can miss out this important step; sometimes they can; usually they shouldn't have!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yes - it becomes necessary to sit in the student's shoes, and see from the learner's viewpoint, and that's often an art.
Long back, had the opportunity to teach juniors near my house (free coaching classes for undergrads, championed by a local social worker); my first year of teaching was a disaster, but students of my second and third batches were happy (as I perceived ).
IMHO, it is always better to start from scratch, while teaching a topic. May cause some boredom to a brighter student, but is likely to be more understandable to the average one.
Over the years, have seen a range of people from excellent-researcher-but-poor-teacher to excellent-teacher-but-poor-researcher.
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