Coronavirus - New Zealand
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OT but related to the recent discussion; IT is a terrible industry without peer in the modern era. A complete lack of professional standards and oversight. Certifications you can earn within a few days of paying for them. Halfwits certifying other halfwits. At least engineering, law and healthcare can prevent you working in them.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
At least engineering can prevent you working in them.
You should google John Scarry on Structural Engineering in NZ.
The quality is ... interesting (but more consistent than IT, I'll give you that)
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
OT but related to the recent discussion; IT is a terrible industry without peer in the modern era. A complete lack of professional standards and oversight. Certifications you can earn within a few days of paying for them. Halfwits certifying other halfwits. At least engineering, law and healthcare can prevent you working in them.
Terrifying when you consider how much we rely on it.Yep... I find the standard of people I work with horrifying at times. I've been working for banks for the last decade, and am honestly amazed there haven't been many many more public fuck-ups by the big banks.
And certifications... shit, when I see somebody WITH certifications in my area, I immediately lower my opinion/expectation of them.
Of course - I'm about to go work for the actual mother-company... the Big Bad "Man" which creates the product I'm specialised in... and I believe they're going to insist I go through all the certification bollocks, so that they can tell clients I've got all the right "badges".
The prick, in the interview, likened it to going to a doctor's and seeing their MD on the wall. Fuck off. I'm going to be working for the company which does the testing, does the "education", etc etc... and forced into recommending whatever products they deign sales-worthy at any point in time. I'm too drunk to create a doctor-simile, but... fuck off New Boss. -
Can't believe you lied about your age @taniwharugby
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12354972
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hopes a travel bubble with the Cooks Islands will be up and running before the end of this year.
Cabinet met this morning to discuss the draft agreement, which isn't far from completion.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says in the next 10 days, the agreement will be verified by officials.She says there's no timeframe for the travel bubble, but they expect it to be up and running by the end of the year.
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@Tim said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hopes a travel bubble with the Cooks Islands will be up and running before the end of this year.
Cabinet met this morning to discuss the draft agreement, which isn't far from completion.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says in the next 10 days, the agreement will be verified by officials.She says there's no timeframe for the travel bubble, but they expect it to be up and running by the end of the year.
Should bring in hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars.
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There's worse places to go on holidays to escape winter.
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mariner4life kicks his monitor over
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Fuck...cindy making some announcement t at 9.15pm...cant be good news
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You can't be serious
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Auckland back to L3 from 12 tomorrow for 3 days.
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Auckland will move to level 3 at noon tomorrow for three days (until midnight Friday).
That means people in Auckland should stay home from work or school tomorrow.
All schools and childcare facilities will be closed from tomorrow morning except for the children of essential service workers.
Gatherings of more than 10 people are again restricted in Auckland.
Travelling into Auckland is not allowed unless you live there and are going home. If you are in Auckland now but don't live there you can leave, she says.
The boundary for the lockdown is the boundary of the Supercity. Police will work out road-blocks tomorrow.
Essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies will remain open.
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oh fuck. We fly into Auckland midday Friday. From a quick review of the details I guess that's off now