things you want to hear at the new job
August 11, 2010
"The guy before you? He hated it so much that he was fasting and praying to get the hell out of here. Worked out for him. Lucky bastard."
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update
January 27, 2010
Since Starhawk is posting again - I feel sort of obligated to write something too. I'll do a full catch-up this weekend. Let me just share this choice line from my date last Friday. I thought things were going Ok -- until she said : "I realized it wasn't just enough to feel guilty about...Continue Reading... -
update
August 13, 2009
I wound up babysitting my nieces (aged 11 and 15) for about 2 weeks. My mom had them out for a month (?!?) visiting. And - after about 2 weeks - she couldn't take it anymore, and I got drafted to help out. To any parent's out there - I'm not sure how you do it without…Continue Reading... -
Random
August 3, 2009
I have two new co-workers. One english and one aussie. When I see them together - I refer to them as "the commonwealth". This amuse me far more than it should.Continue Reading... -
things I learned since my 37th birthday
June 17, 2009
1) My blood pressure is perfect 2) No. That growth isn't cancer. (whew) 3) That growth. We can cut it right off. With scissors. No anesthetic. 4) Yeah. It hurt. 5) Lockheed Martin only wants to hire me if I take a 2k paycut. 6) I don't want to take a paycut 7) Given enough alcohol,...Continue Reading... -
job hunting part 1
May 13, 2009
My company is off-shoring. Which means that the guys are charge are saying that they're sending some of our workload to India. And it also means that all of us rank-and-file types have decided that this probably means that they'll send all our work to India within 2 years or so. Since we're curre...Continue Reading... -
My Chiropractor Cut His Hand Off
May 13, 2009
Just like the title says. I'm not sure if that qualifies as the literal definition of irony -- but it could probably fit into an Alanis Morissette song. Home improvement accident. (This is why you should hire carpenters to work with power tools for you. BTW as often as you hear about guys slicing...Continue Reading... -
job hunting part 3
May 13, 2009
Had an interview on Tuesday (two days ago). Went very well. It started with them throwing me in a room with a 40 question test. They've been getting a lot of fakers. (The IT biz is full of guys who will write that they have the skills you're looking for on their resume when they don't.…Continue Reading... -
job hunting part 2
May 13, 2009
Job hunting is bad these days. There are lots of jobs in my field. Most of them are for contract work. Which means no benefits and you can be fired at any time. Generally they pay pretty well, but there's no security. Fortunately, there are lot of jobs that need my skills at a town&nb...Continue Reading...
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