S : "Whoa. I thought you didn't have to put antifreeze in the later model cars."
Granted, my 2000 Firebird had some sort of coolant system that wouldn't need to be changed for 100k miles.
Working at Gateway in North Sioux City was always funny the first snow of every winter (usually late August [kidding])... all the new 1H-B programmers from India who have never seen snow before would be in the ditches in the .8 miles between the Gatway exit and the exit for the housing area on I-29. Exits 2 and 1, respectively.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
That reminds me. After seeing how folks 'round here drive in the snow, I'm voting for a passing grade in a physics class to be required to live past the age of 15.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The CEO is becoming overbearing to the point of annoying my boss, who in turn takes his frustrations out on the techie who's in charge of making the toolbar. Said techie today has talked about quitting the job cos of overmanagement & my boss changing his code w\o telling him or documenting it.
Exactly why I am glad I am not a programmer anymore. I had enough of it 4 years ago and said "no more" and decided to go into hardware design (which I suck at, but fewer people can do it, hence I don't look too bad compared to the average monkey that can't). They sucked me back in for this other project, but I'm keeping it under cover because I don't want the controls or software guys to find out I can program microcontrollers. Then they'll stick me with even more crap jobs to get in the way of doing my main job (engineering work).
Boss : Oh, by the way, I changed most of your code. So if anything breaks, that's probably why.
I badly need another job. The techie they hired after me is already quitting due to the fact that the company "treats its programmers like shit."
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yea. I think I said something to him like, "You ain't been in this biz for that long, have you?"
"Well, I want to quit here so I can start my own consulting firm. I mean, hell, I'm already technically a freelance worker, but I just work for this place, so I'm not really. I offered to come back as a real freelancer, provided they can meet certain expectations like remote work and a higher salary."
Ah, the young are so naive.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Sweet. Just found out today I could get laid off the week after next. The hits just keep on coming.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Getting downsized from my last job was the absolute greatest thing to ever happen to my career.
I was stagnating there and didn't realize it because it paid the bills.
Now I'm at a dream job. It's one of those jobs that you hear someone talk about and you think they're either the luckiest person on the planet or lying.
So get your resume ready and start searching now. Don't wait for them to cut you loose, go on the offensive. If they're threatening cuts now, they're either in trouble or greedy and you don't want to work there in either situation.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Also gotta figure out where I'm living this summer & how I'm paying for school next semester.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I don't take orders very well. I also don't play well w\ others.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Boss : How's that app you're working on?
Me : You mean the one that is supported by the software the other techie that used to work here wrote under your orders and specifications?
Boss : Yeah, that one.
Me : I don't rightly know. Turns out that the installer you told him to write doesn't support OS X, Safari, or anything to do with the iMac you make me use. Maybe you should buy me a new computer like you did him.
Boss : Uh, I'll just test it myself.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
