Quick Question For Those That Are Or Were In IT......

So my simulators will become part of the High Road Training Program which I'm anticipating will soon be the way training is done throughout the trucking industry before too long. And unfortunately for truck driving schools, all of their classroom time and most of their backing, shifting, and road training will become obsolete.

Are you gonna create a "virtual truck stop" with all the sights & sounds & smells of the trucker's coffe shop experience? You know, all the sensory input and none of the calories?

Jopa

Are you gonna create a "virtual truck stop" with all the sights & sounds & smells of the trucker's coffe shop experience? You know, all the sensory input and none of the calories?

Unfortunately, no. Though that does give me an idea. Maybe I should create an "arguing simulator" so all these CB rambos that like to argue with everyone can match wits against an arguing super computer! Or maybe a "catcall" simulator that just makes pretty girls walk across a parking lot so obnoxious truckers can be rewarded with points for their barbaric catcalls and leave the real ladies alone!

To Jopa, I just took a look at Bill Wittle's web site and found a keeper. Thanks for the insight. I signed up for his newsletter.

Unlike most businesses, there is no barrier to entry in the IT world. You don't need a fancy education. You don't need a license. You don't need office space, bureaucratic approval from corporate big wigs, or even your own physical hardware anymore. You can write your own software for free. You can build websites and rent server space for a few bucks a month. You can offer web-based services to the entire world by simply buying a $10 domain name, renting a $30/month virtual server, and writing code in the comfort of your own living room. And there is no limit to how big you can get other than your own knowledge and talents. If you have the knowledge and talent, there's no stopping you.

Hey Brett, I know you are a very busy (and productive) person and I admire your efforts here at TT. There is a guy (not Guy - a guy) who has a website I think you would very much enjoy. He's a political animal and I don't know your politics but I can gleam from what you say that you are a sober thinker and a person who makes up his own mind. He started out on the internet as an essayist and had his own blog. His ability to inform and persuade was uncanny and he got picked up by a larger website, one of the "online TV" sites (PJTV) that was doing such a thing long before Glen Beck started his. The guy's name is Bill Whittle and his website is www.billwhittle.com. He really gets the reality you are talking about in the part I quoted from your last post. (This reality is effecting all aspects of our society/culture, not just the IT world). I think you would enjoy his political rants (he is very conservative) even if you don't agree with his view points. I would encourage anyone who reads the posts here at TT to check him out. It's not going to help your truck driving career in the least so don't waste your time if you are not interested political commentary as that is what the content is all about. However, I have been following his stuff for over five years and he is very insightful, funny and poignant. And entertaining.

Jopa

To Jopa, I just took a look at Bill Wittle's web site and found a keeper. Thanks for the insight. I signed up for his newsletter.

Now there's a man with a head on his shoulders and unquestionable good taste!

Jopa