Isn’t there a deeply racist undernote to this joke, given that most of the exported programming jobs tend to go to ethnically specific countries like India or China ?
Maybe it’s not meant to make fun of people, but point out how some people are treated in sweatshops.
Creative, but I didn’t find the funnyparts very well. If you go to their domainname with no sub-directories, you find that newtechusa is actually a real company. I don’t know if this is the work of a prankster employee or actually sanctioned by the company. My suggestion is that it be mirrored in case the company finds out and kills it.
personally i think the whole idea is fantastic – go for it! i hope it works well – its about time someone injected a bit of creative humour into the software development industry – and what an idea : programmers by the hour! I’m sure the employees are enjoying it as much as everyone else!
I can tell you I wish some of my old employers had such a sense of fun and vision!
It’s a response to all the OUTSOURCING crap news coming out . I think it’s funny. Another idea is to teach prisoners IT programming . Bank software ? haahaa.
It was well known in financial world. I cannot find the reference but I guess it’s somehwere on Motleyfool. There was an article that monkey doing random stock picks will have better perfroming portfolio than average mutual fund manager. That’s why investing is referred as “monkey business” and etrade commercial had chimp as main character.
I like the talent page – I think I should add “well mannered” to my resume. I doubt I can compete with those skills although.
Whoever created this site should look up the classification for humans. Humans belong to the order primates (as do apes, monkeys, etc) so it takes some of the humor out of the website…
The website is well designed, it probably costs a lot of money to host and maintain it. Such a waste only for a joke ?
I wonder which they prefer to use mono.
How are they supposed to get jobs if their website looks like it was build by a monkey and not an ape?!?
How are we supposed to get jobs if they’re taken over by lower-paid simians? 🙂
it’s either a joke site, or the guy has a very low opinion of his employees
I don’t know if it’s better this joke or the SCO one… I am still laughing for both…
Isn’t there a deeply racist undernote to this joke, given that most of the exported programming jobs tend to go to ethnically specific countries like India or China ?
Only if you think people of those races resemble primates. I don’t, do you?
Social commentary on the IT industry. So easy, even a monkey can do it.
Maybe it’s not meant to make fun of people, but point out how some people are treated in sweatshops.
Creative, but I didn’t find the funnyparts very well. If you go to their domainname with no sub-directories, you find that newtechusa is actually a real company. I don’t know if this is the work of a prankster employee or actually sanctioned by the company. My suggestion is that it be mirrored in case the company finds out and kills it.
It’s obviously satire, and NewTechUsa is well aware of its existence.
Read their legal info:
http://www.newtechusa.com/Legal.asp
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The NewTechDaily™ and Primate Programming™ Inc (“PPI”) are satirical publications
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I hope the link will work:
http://www.comics.com/webmail/ViewStrip?key=16807610-8095e96a88-FF
personally i think the whole idea is fantastic – go for it! i hope it works well – its about time someone injected a bit of creative humour into the software development industry – and what an idea : programmers by the hour! I’m sure the employees are enjoying it as much as everyone else!
I can tell you I wish some of my old employers had such a sense of fun and vision!
Whoa … that site was painfully unfunny and trying to sell overpriced merchandise to boot. I would have had more chimps!!!
Good concept/poor execution.
A chimp as an IT drone? Why not, we have one in the White House.
Oh, dear. Eugenia goes on vacation, and the children go wild.
With an ape suit I wonder if they can get me work…
No other work out here…
cant get the joke there ?
It’s a response to all the OUTSOURCING crap news coming out . I think it’s funny. Another idea is to teach prisoners IT programming . Bank software ? haahaa.
1. Primates have been the outsourcing trend forever. Humans are primates.
2. Insulting people (such as GWB) by likening them to great apes is offensive. Great apes are sensitive, intelligent, and highly endangered.
3. Some races do resemble non-human primates more than others. So what?
“Only if you think people of those races resemble primates. I don’t, do you?”
You are a primate. So am I.
I think it’s a great site. I particularly liked the interview photos.
Obviously SCO must have outsourced programming Unixware to them.
Children! Children! Play nice or no cookie break for you.
To the phrase “code monkeys”!
Too funny. As for the rest of ya-lighten up: take a break fropm the flame wars and have a laugh!
It was well known in financial world. I cannot find the reference but I guess it’s somehwere on Motleyfool. There was an article that monkey doing random stock picks will have better perfroming portfolio than average mutual fund manager. That’s why investing is referred as “monkey business” and etrade commercial had chimp as main character.
I like the talent page – I think I should add “well mannered” to my resume. I doubt I can compete with those skills although.
Whoever created this site should look up the classification for humans. Humans belong to the order primates (as do apes, monkeys, etc) so it takes some of the humor out of the website…