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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:50 pm
by GORDON
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:10 pm
by Malcolm
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 9:04 pm
by Selby
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).
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:34 pm
by Malcolm
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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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:32 pm
by TheCatt
He'll have a long life of quitting jobs.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:04 pm
by Malcolm
He'll have a long life of quitting jobs.
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:16 pm
by TheCatt
On the one hand, it never hurts to ask.
On the other, it does.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:19 pm
by GORDON
Hey, if you can afford to be out of work sometimes, a private consultancy is the way to go.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:45 am
by Malcolm
Sweet. Just found out today I could get laid off the week after next. The hits just keep on coming.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:37 pm
by Paul
Sweet. Just found out today I could get laid off the week after next.
Off? That's the second-worst way to get laid!
Bummer.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:25 pm
by GORDON
Every transition is an opportunity.
But, the optimist you are, I'm sure you already know that.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:51 pm
by Leisher
What Gordo said.
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:22 am
by Malcolm
Also gotta figure out where I'm living this summer & how I'm paying for school next semester.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:05 pm
by GORDON
Loans galore!
Or the Marines will take care of you.
The GI Bill was one of my top 3 best investments ever.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:25 pm
by Malcolm
I don't take orders very well. I also don't play well w\ others.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:48 pm
by Paul
Malcolm in the military?
I imagine Malcolm cracking, and riding an explosive device a'la Slim Pickens.
But with less "Yee-haw's" and more profanity.
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:20 am
by Malcolm
That movie kicks much ass.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:28 am
by Paul
I don't take orders very well. I also don't play well w\ others.
But the military seems like good times.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:05 pm
by Malcolm
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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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:00 pm
by Paul
I think you need to sign your boss up to go Christmas fishing with Scott Peterson.