My "formal" education consisted of outdated technologies, reference sites and libraries that either didn't exist, had been deprecated or, had been entirely replaced by other, newer techs. This has always made me take "formal education" with a grain of salt, simply because the paper is not indicator of value to me.

Some of the certs I have had to get over the years were incredibly expensive and had to be retaken each year AND added absolutely nothing to my career advancement other than I got to keep my job. Hell, at one point, I helped write and entire section of a certification test and was still required to pay for and take the damn test that I helped write.

Epic signs a contract. Epic decides they aren't making as much money as they would like. Epic tries to circumvent the contract they signed. Contract originator imposes penalties for breaching contract. Epic whines and sues.

No, 3 phase is definitely not a thin for homes here and it's stupidly expensive to have it run to your business or home. I talked to the local power company and it'd cost me $40,000 to have it run and installed.

That's what generators are for. If you're hauling a welder out to a remote location, you're also hauling a gen unless you're silly.

"Johnny" calls you from a number local to you. It uses your area code. How, pray-tell, are you going to find ANY information on the caller?

Me too, across all my phone lines. The business one still gets hit daily but only 1-2 times instead of the 17 times a day.

My bank (business account) calls me on a regular basis. Usually trying to get me to open a line of credit or apply for another credit card.

Almost all Samsung phones past the GS5 have a flashlight baked in.

definitely. I have a few galaxy tabs and iPads running loose, but I hands down prefer the surface to all of them at this point.

I love mine. It's a little on the heavy side for a tablet, but it's really a full PC with full PC capabilities and that makes my day a hell of a lot easier, especially when I can transition from notes/sketches directly to development while still in a development meeting.

Sprint did it first, T-Mobile followed. The other providers have toyed with it in markets across the country for the last few years.

Though this is quite true, I have only ever had 1 prospective employer ask to verify my previous salary.

Actually, during the MA BELL breakup, different areas were sold off or became different companies. AT&T was one, Verizon another. Verizon does not own all the phone lines.

They "ran" fiber into my "neighborhood". So what really happened was, they put in a hub near Lee university. Then came around "selling" the residents of the area on how great the service is. /sarc/ For only $70 a month + installation fees, (re: running the actual fiber from the hub to my house via telephone poles" you get a whopping 18MB down with an amazing 4MB up connection! What a deal! /sarc/. The kid who came by trying to sell me the service just couldn't understand the concept that my cable connection was faster. I had to give him an analogy. I drive a dodge, you drive a ferrari. You COULD go 150mph down the highway, but, the state decided to put in new speed limit signs: Ferraris: 18mph, all other cars 55mph.