We use it for upgrades and patching events that have team members from multiple departments. We are all on the same campus (a university) but these events don't require a dedicated meeting room. Slack is perfect for that.
Gosh, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that does not work that way for my daughter. Her UG college library staff recommended Fla State for the MIS which used to be a MLS degree. She hopes to move from local government libraries to academic in the next several years.
I hope you find the employment you are looking for. And I hope she does as well.
>Realistically, and I mean no disrespect to the profession or your daughter who is studying it, but why is a degree required here? And a master's at that?
What exactly do they do that requires knowledge?
>My assumption is they shelve books, maybe make recommendations, and hold weekly community events? And nowadays, help with social services like helping people create resumes and what not?
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No offense taken. The ALA (American Library Association) and libraries have deemed a Master required for as long as I can remember. In community settings, a Masters may not provide that much benefit, other than in getting the job. In academic settings, a Masters helps with taxonomy and other data classification issues and more. Reference librarians face sometimes challenging research problems. Digital librarians need exposure and some practice to tools and techniques. While a Masters does not guarantee that exposure and also that experience can be gained without schooling, libraries seem to like (as in require) the stamp of approval.
It's hard to make a proper living as a librarian when you have to get what is typically a liberal arts UG degree ($$) and a Masters ($$) for jobs that start at the low to mid $40s (US). Crazy huh? My daughter is lucky, her UG degree was 100% free other than room and board, she got in-state tuition for her Masters (VA to FLA because of an agreement that schools have) and earned some significant scholarship $ at Fla State. So her ROI will be more favorable than many other newly minted librarians.
A masters in Library Science or equivalent is almost always required. Typically (from my casual research) people are hired that have other prior library experience and can show a lifelong love of books. New masters degrees (master in information science at Fla State for example) have an ability to have more exposure to UI design, media creation, digital metadata and more.
My oldest daughter (26 years old) works at a library part-time in circulation. In December she will get her masters and be able to become a librarian. Libraries are more than books, they are maker spaces, community spaces, learning pods and so much more.
We are bullish on libraries. However, libraries have to keep updating their services and offer community engagement services.
I'm a boomer at 64 and will work at least 3 more years. I have friends my age that are retiring and ones that are working. I don't even know what "retire en masse" means.
I am 64 and am approaching the date I can enroll in Medicare. I am getting 30+ robocalls a day at home and a handful at work and on my mobile phone trying to sell me medicare supplemental plans.
We just let the home phone roll to VM now. I don't answer the work phone and only my mobile phone if I know the caller. Grrrr.
Many entry-level lawyers have historically been involved in document discovery. AI-based software and having a significant impact on the job market for freshly minted lawyers. Software now performs ediscovery.
Most days, in bed by 9 and up by about 4 am. So 7 hours. Sometimes a little more. Usually get up an hour early and go to the living room and sleep in a chair for the last hour.
I have some back issues and use an adjustable bed and sleep upright sort of for the first 1 to 3 hours. Then on my side. When I go to the chair it is just right for upright sleep.
I go to the gym at 5 am and need 30 mins to an hour before doing my gym routines.
At 64 I love a good nap. At work at lunchtime for 10-15 minutes. On the weekends for 20 - 25 minutes. Naps are always upright just like a meditation sitting posture.
I have lost ~50 lbs on a keto diet. I test for ketones almost daily and only fall out of keto 1 out of 10 days or so.
My blood chemistry is better than it ever has been. My A1C is great. My LDL and VLDL are very low. I eat saturated fat and olive oil. I eat fish 2 or more times a week. Some white fish (cod) but mostly salmon and a little tuna. I have more weight to lose, maybe another 40 lbs. I was trending towards metabolic syndrome before keto. I exercise for 40 to 50 mins a day, 5 days a week. Strength training walking and more.
Since going keto (2 years ago) I have had no colds, no ear infections, no sinus infections. I have had the flu once. That is it. I used to get a lot of ear infections and colds and more. Several times a year.
I have heart disease. I had 4-way bypass more than 10 years ago. I take a statin and aspirin.
I am under two doctors care, a primary and a cardiologist. They support my keto diet. My primary says my systemic level of infection is very low resulting in less sickness.
I am a sample size of one so take that for what it is worth.
I had the asian flu when I was very young (1957 I think). I was so sick as was my mother. I remember it. So far only my youngest daughter (she is 19) got the flu this year. She is better. We all had the shots. I'm carrying a paper towel to open doors with and washing my hands a lot.
I just took a mac book pro that was no longer in use and loaded Ubuntu on it so that I have a linux system to play with. My staff is not very linux knowledgeable and they will do the same this summer with their current mac book when IT swaps it out for a newer model.
Note that I am a IS staff worker so my perspective is limited but I also have a recent grad from my school in my family with my oldest daughter.
So some of what I speak of is personal and up close.
I work at a liberal arts university and hear this from faculty: "We don't care about skills, we care about the ability to learn". The problem is that today's learners need to be super learners. They need the ability to do divergent thinking, then need to work collaboratively in teams. Working this way is a skill. They need to be able to solve a wide body of problems safely where failure does not impact grades.
But they don't encourage this sort of learning. And don't even mention the "skill" word which is considered evil. I hear the 500 year old liberal arts model woks just fine.
While our business school quietly is working on these skills and the students are finding great jobs and starting businesses successfully and more all while the liberal arts side is ignoring the future.
I wonder if the presence of automated everything, be it through software or AI or robots is going to be a long cycle self titrating process. If we automate too much, there will be less money in people's hands to buy goods and services and so less demand. The problem with this is that the lag time to seeing this effect is high. Then many people will be impacted.
Don't most IOS app developers use macs for app development? How might this change the equation?
I work on a small public web team and we use macs for development. Increasingly we are moving towards vagrant and docker for our development of the backend code. We are all mac users and I think we would hate going to Windows. Maybe we would go to a linux laptop and run Windows in a VM for the occasional word and excel work we would have to do.