[mdlug] What to give a Software Programmer interested in Linux

[Peter Bart]

On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 23:00 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Peter Bart wrote:
<snip>
> > 
> > 	Actually it gets much more interesting, he's also supposed to
> > learn Perl. At any rate I dropped off my little care package, on the
> > laptop he found the terminal right away. 
> > 	On that note, on his company supplied laptop he's not allowed
> > to load anything. Ditto for the customer supplied laptop. Not even in a
> > virtual machine, under threat of dismissal! Yet he's supposed
> > to.........??? I could see where even a live cd  would be
> > misconstrued. Seems like the perfect arguement for a true root/user
> > system!
> 
> With idiotic rules like that, I'd find a new company
> to work for.  If they're too dumb to realize that on
> a Linux machine, non-root users can safely run just
> about everything, then they're going to be WAY too
> aggravating to work for.

	Yes, that thought has crossed my mind in his regard. But if it's all
you know then who's to say it's aggravating? He learns ways around those
regs just like I learn to c&p commands into a terminal to get what I
want. Granted, I actually learn some of the commands as I do that thanks
to man. Apparently there are a *lot* of people that bring their own
laptops in and connect them to the network; for that purpose; despite
the same threat of dismissal. Some sort of don't ask don't tell.
	Also one has to consider the economic climate here in the state. I
imagine it's easier to telecommute for a programmer than it is for a
plumber, but it has to play into it somewhere?

Best Regards,
-- 
Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
http://petertheplumber.net