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Troy 
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Posted on: Jan. 13 2009,10:34 |
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Shit really started slowing down at work this week.
Way too much time just doing marketing and sales calls.
Way too much time to just read articles and graphs about current and future problems.
This Particular Graph scares the shit out of me.
How are things going for you Catt? Did you find a new position?
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Jan. 13 2009,12:10 |
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I got an offer from where I used to work, and turned it down. So, still looking.
But my job hasn't ended yet either, so.... who knows. Looks like it will end in February now.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,08:53 |
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Man, job searching sucks. One day it's like "look at all these jobs!" then it's "man, I think I'm going to have to move" then it's "yay! emails!" then it's "why isn't anyone calling me?"
I have two prospects that I believe will be interviews by the end of next week, so that would be great. But man, it's like a freaking rollercoaster ride.
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,09:08 |
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Employers are bitches. The ones that communicate w\ the outside world are typically the biggest liars of all.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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TPRJones
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,13:39 |
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Good time to be working for academic institutions, enrollments are booming. Which is normal in a bad economy.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,15:32 |
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Dunno bout your state, but our state budgets are getting slammed. or do you work somewhere private?
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TPRJones
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,16:09 |
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No, it's public, and we may have problems with money from the state later. But most of our funding comes from college district property taxes, student grants (like Pell grants), and tuition. The first is flat, but the other two are up. Lots of people without jobs tend to go back to school.
If universities in your state are purely state funded, then it may be a different story.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,18:27 |
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We have really low tuition rates, so yeah, most funds come from the state.
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Mommy Dearest
Ask me about my TMD's.
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Posted on: Jan. 28 2009,19:29 |
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Well I wish I had a crystal ball because as most of you know I ko like real estate but I am kinda tight. Am getting ready to bid $250,000.00 on a house that cost $440,000.00 to build in 1991 on a $100,000 lot. and am second guessing myself that the bid is too high. I really do love a good recession
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Feb. 04 2009,11:30 |
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I've found the most qualified candidate rarely gets the job.
It's kind of like Bones noticing that, "Evil usually triumphs unless good is very careful."
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Troy
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Posted on: Feb. 16 2009,07:32 |
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I got iced today.
Woo....
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Troy
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Posted on: Feb. 16 2009,09:13 |
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Yeah, I'm not suprised, as is obvious by this thread.
In the long run, I'll just use this as an excuse to jump start my move to Atlanta, that I was planning on doing at the end of the year anyway.
I might just have to take a less glamorous job that I would have had I done it on my own terms.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Feb. 16 2009,19:47 |
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You're young... you'd probably make a shitload of money as a gay manwhore.
No pun intended.
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TPRJones
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
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Posted on: Feb. 26 2009,10:48 |
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Here's a nice little animated sort about the economic crisis: http://consumerist.com/5157192....and-fun
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TPRJones
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
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Posted on: Feb. 26 2009,11:07 |
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For the "whats different to make this happen now?" question, I'd recommend this article: http://www.wired.com/techbiz....age=all
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Feb. 26 2009,11:45 |
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We learned about "risk" in our finance MBA classes. I was like "that's not risk, it's correlation." and the prof said "Yes, but it's the best we've got"
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Troy
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Posted on: Mar. 13 2009,19:47 |
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Got a job in Atlanta today.
Best Friday the 13th ever.
Was an image a while back that reminded me of my interviews.
Only replace Perl with "Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator"
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Mar. 14 2009,07:13 |
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Awesome, what will you be doing?
I assume some sort of male prostitution?
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