I have always been interested in computers, and would find myself hanging out with the Computer Science students instead of the Aviation Management or Business Management students I was a part of. At home and at work I have been largely self-teaching myself using computers starting with Excel and Access with VBA through ASP and SQL at work. Thankfully my current employer values education, and so I have been taking classes and not only learning the technology, but un-learning what I have been doing wrong over the years. At home, though, I have been teaching myself Linux, system administration, networking and the overall method of migrating our system from Windows to Linux. I am involved in the Danbury Area Computer Society (DACS.org) I have the opportunity to take what I've learned the hard way and hopefully help others.. I have been enjoying Open Source for a while now, and I am hoping to get a better understanding of the entire model and application.
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I was listening to a Book on CD on Benjamin Franklin and his actions and thought are so very meritocracy-based. I think he would have loved open source if he were alive today!
Whenever there is a "Best" in the name, you know there is always going to be different means somebody determines something is the "Best".
Some companies spend a lot of money on paychecks and added perks, but how many times is this a band-aid for poor or negative management?
Still other companies offer cost-free perks like coordinating team-building outings, provide for volunteering at local food-banks or flexible work environments for parents and guardians. Smaller companies may take advantage of this because they don't have the deep pockets of the large companies.
Companies that are mission-focused are great, but they can still fall into the "spend" or "non-free perks" companies, but I don't think it is a "magic bullet to workplace nirvana" because so much of it all comes down to person-to-person interaction.
So much can be said about the culture fostered by management, and the attitudes that trickle down from the top. While a mission-focused company has the benefit of trying to "tie-in" everybody into the same goal, it doesn't guarantee there won't be clueless, hostile or negative members in management and in the rank-in-file.
It is an interesting read to see "who" and "why", I don't throw a lot of weight into those surveys.