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1. System Administrators: 'We're Worth $673,719' [Fierce CIO]
July 25th marks System Administrator Appreciation Day! IT software firm SolarWinds asked system administrator professionals how much they think they're worth, including all of their extra tasks that come naturally with the job.
$673,719 was the number based on all of the job titles that they're actually responsible for. Here are just a handful out of the 10 job titles mentioned:
- System administrator = $61,859
- Network administrator = $60,000
- Network architect = $69,100
- IT help desk = $40,000
- Best Buy geek squad = $24,960
2. Googleplex's Designer on the Future of the Office [Inc]
The "corner office" days will soon be antiquated. This month, the visionary of the most innovative offices in the world has finished up a new futuristic office in New York City.
"This is like looking at 2030, but it's now," Wilkinson says, of the recently completed office of corporate-education firm Gerson Lehrman Group in Midtown Manhattan.
As we all become more dependent on mobile devices, the traditional cubicle, exec office or corner office will be obsolete.
3. The Modernization of Computer Science Education [Tech Crunch]
CS degrees are great, but there's a huge hurdle for recent grads when it comes to transferring knowledge learned in the classroom to actually building software. "The courses available to most CS students teach important software development practices, but because they’re designed around the typical classroom model of education, there are many aspects of the profession that they can’t convey to students. Unlike in the classroom, real-world software development projects are larger (in timeline and size) than the ones students encounter in class."
4. The Hidden Downside to Salary Transparency [Fast Company]
There's a sort of trend that's popping up at startups, like BufferApp that involves revealing the whole entire staff's salary. This transparency is meant to promote a culture of honesty, equality and accountability.
But it doesn't work for every culture. For instance, things might get complicated for companies with a huge staff.
What happens when you have a “purple squirrel": someone with highly specialized skills that are hard to find, necessitating less-obvious factors that go into their compensation calculation? It starts to expose differences in pay that are hard to explain, he says. For example, an administrative assistant who’s spent 40 years with a company is making more than the market rate for assistants, and may be making more than employees with multiple degrees.
5. 5 Dream Jobs You Probably Didn't Know Exist [Fast Company]
Here's a preview of the little known dream jobs listed: Panda nanny, water-slide tester, and professional drone photographer. Who knew!
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