Yegolev
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Oh shit! Threw out a high number and they said "Sounds good!" Trying to find a reason to say no and having a hard time. I'll check in after I accept and it all goes to hell.  Sounds good! |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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Didn't we say give him a number high enough that you wouldn't have to find reasons to say no?
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Paelos
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Oh shit! Threw out a high number and they said "Sounds good!" Trying to find a reason to say no and having a hard time. I'll check in after I accept and it all goes to hell. Take the offer and go full Costanza in that place. |
CPA, CFO, Sports Fan, Game when I have the time
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schild
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Oh shit! Threw out a high number and they said "Sounds good!" Trying to find a reason to say no and having a hard time. I'll check in after I accept and it all goes to hell. Take the offer and go full Costanza in that place. |
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Khaldun
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Got headhunted this week. At least a mild ego-boost. Don't think I want the position, but I'll at least do round 1 of the conversation beyond the initial contact, maybe just to stay in their list of folks, for when something I like better pops up.
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Samwise
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One week into the new job at Dropbox. Still a little overwhelmed by all the new things/procedures/people I need to learn but yesterday ended with an all hands meeting followed by an open bar with decent scotch (which is just a normal Friday at the office apparently) so I think I'll be able to power through.
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"I have not actually recommended many games, and I'll go on the record here saying my track record is probably best in the industry." - schild
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schild
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Lemme know when you get access to account flags. because ya know
cloudporn
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Trippy
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Welcome to the Bubble. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Teleku
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Gratz in getting into Dropbox! One of the better places to work from what I've seen.
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"My great-grandfather did not travel across four thousand miles of the Atlantic Ocean to see this nation overrun by immigrants. He did it because he killed a man back in Ireland. That's the rumor."
-Stephen Colbert
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Samwise
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I feel like I lucked out pretty hard -- culture/perks/pay are really good, and we have positive cash flow so it's not all going to instantly go tits up when the bubble pops and the VCs want their money back (also better chance that my equity might be worth something someday). I was pretty picky about wanting to work at a company that actually makes money instead of borrowing it until a business plan materializes. |
"I have not actually recommended many games, and I'll go on the record here saying my track record is probably best in the industry." - schild
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Yegolev
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Wow, picky! |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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RhyssaFireheart
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Interesting. We have a meeting scheduled tomorrow to talk about org changes to our group and it's just contractors invited.
I'm sure it's just to mention that all employee project managers have been let go as of this coming Friday, which is going to make transitioning some of these projects a real fucking joy. I think management is trying to see if they can get above 75% contractors here.
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Viin
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Why do you work there again?
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- Viin
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rattran
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Something to do with food and shelter I suspect.
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RhyssaFireheart
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Why do you work there again?
Something to do with food and shelter I suspect.
Yeah. That whole husband not working and paying the mortgage thing. At least he cooks though. But with how things are changing around here (the PMO group is officially 99% contractor now, my old manager has one employee report), I'm polishing up my resume and looking. The hard part is that they do pay contractors quite well and finding something for my position (without going back up to being a project manager) at the same rate of pay is tough. And I have to make at least the same amount as I am now - c.f. mortgage payment. |
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RhyssaFireheart
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As sad as it is these people got laid off, I did manage to poach a much, much nicer chair from one of the affected. Don't want her ergo keyboard though, but the fine Allsteel Acuity chair is a bonus! |
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Chimpy
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The number 19 is so much better imho.
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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RhyssaFireheart
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The number 19 is so much better imho.
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Yegolev
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I'm now able to enter my gender identity in the HR system. Wondering how I can turn this to my advantage.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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I also discovered that my job title in the Mothership is Software Developer. End times are here.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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Booking a trip to Boston in the 2nd week of November, I just remember that it's still inside the US.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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Booking a trip to Boston in the 2nd week of November, I just remember that it's still inside the US.
Might not be if Trump wins. Who knows. I think Boston has an inner city. |
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Yegolev
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It's actually Andover, so I'll roll up my windows and look straight ahead.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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It's actually Andover, so I'll roll up my windows and look straight ahead.
You can die just going to the convenience store there. |
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Rasix
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I am fucked. (again)
Sorry for the vaguebooking, but expanding would likely be a bigger breach of confidentiality than I'm usually comfortable with.
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Merusk
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Whelp, that's modern IT. Milk it till you have to find another place to milk it. Best of luck.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Rasix
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Work: CLOUD CLOUD CLOUD WATSON ANALYTICS CLOUD CLOUD CLOOOOOUUUUUUD
Me: Uhh, so can I use our cloud stuff?
Work: OHH GOD, YOU'RE SERIOUS. *hides*
This is why you don't speak up in meetings.
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Yegolev
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The Watson stuff needs work. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Abagadro
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Started my new job yesterday. Weird being in a new place for the first time in 10 years.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Yegolev
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Awesome.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Khaldun
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Congrats, Ab.
Got a different headhunting contact yesterday but it turned out to be the intern at the headhunting firm who clearly has access to the rolodex of "people we might call for this kind of job" but hasn't yet learned to also follow the instruction "but read the client's specifications carefully". I had to gently point out that though it was an interesting position, it is asking for someone in a fundamentally different field than me. I gave her some names of other people to call.
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Rasix
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Working with an immutable, garbage code base (SVC) is driving me bonkers. Hard to do what I want to do when the code was never designed to do anything close to this and adding anything on is just not possible. I wish I could stop being a fake developer. |
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Chimpy
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Oh boy, I can blame you for my storage not working right now!  |
'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Rasix
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Hey, I'm not allowed to change a thing. I just have to find out how to use this turd to do Cloud shenanigans. Good thing they have a garbage version of curl on it. YAY.
But yah, I may break something if they let me. Odds of that happening are low though.
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Chimpy
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The things I need it to do (simple things) are fucking broken already anyway, so you couldn't make it much worse.
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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