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Reply #840 on: February 01, 2013, 08:43:24 AM

I agree also end user support is just tedious and annoying. Even straight sysadmin work after awhile gets old to be honest if you get to specialized. Mid 30's is a great time to stretch your legs, once you get into your mid 40's avenues start closing off. For some employers ageism is a real problem in the technology world.
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Reply #841 on: February 05, 2013, 09:16:16 AM

Stage 3/4 of a thorough interview process for a job I wasn't fussed about at first and now I know what it involves I want desperately.


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Reply #842 on: February 05, 2013, 11:07:13 AM

Good luck!  Or break a leg, whichever message of positivity you prefer.

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Reply #843 on: February 05, 2013, 11:25:48 AM

Pop a tart.

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Reply #844 on: February 06, 2013, 09:07:03 AM

Bust a nut.

Why am I homeless?  Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Reply #845 on: February 06, 2013, 11:51:42 AM

Burp and a squeeze.
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Reply #846 on: February 06, 2013, 11:55:35 AM

I would actually punch a test lab ape right in its smiling maw right now for some fucking callbacks.
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Reply #847 on: February 06, 2013, 12:56:31 PM

I guess I reap what I sow. I just got an email back asking about skills that aren't even in the realm of the qualifications for one of the jobs I applied for. Also, it was sent by the webmaster. Also, it had grammatical errors.

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Reply #848 on: February 06, 2013, 01:38:19 PM

Well, perhaps you could get hired and stage a coup after a few weeks.

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Reply #849 on: February 06, 2013, 01:40:17 PM

I just want to email his boss right now and be like - "Is this a joke? IS IT? TELL ME NOW."
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Reply #850 on: February 06, 2013, 02:38:41 PM

Guy just replied back to me with a description for a job that isn't even a little bit like the posted description. Pretty sure I'm going to send him a link to the original posting and ask if we're talking about the same job. Because we're not. Because he's terrible at his job.
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Reply #851 on: February 06, 2013, 03:44:22 PM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.

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Reply #852 on: February 06, 2013, 07:17:56 PM

Are you sure you are so desperate that you'd go to those shitty places?

Good luck though, I'd go to one of those places too.

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Reply #853 on: February 06, 2013, 07:18:31 PM

Your job list reads like my vacation wishlist.

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Reply #854 on: February 06, 2013, 08:59:55 PM

Guy just replied back to me with a description for a job that isn't even a little bit like the posted description. Pretty sure I'm going to send him a link to the original posting and ask if we're talking about the same job. Because we're not. Because he's terrible at his job.

Don't be a tease, is this the position we were messaging about? If so I am highly amused.  I am so incredibly happy I left to go work for the agency with a total disaster of a website, it is the most supportive environment I have ever worked in.
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Reply #855 on: February 06, 2013, 10:36:42 PM

Are you sure you are so desperate that you'd go to those shitty places?

Good luck though, I'd go to one of those places too.

Singapore is a shit place.  why so serious?

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Reply #856 on: February 07, 2013, 06:15:11 AM

Guy just replied back to me with a description for a job that isn't even a little bit like the posted description. Pretty sure I'm going to send him a link to the original posting and ask if we're talking about the same job. Because we're not. Because he's terrible at his job.

Don't be a tease, is this the position we were messaging about? If so I am highly amused.  I am so incredibly happy I left to go work for the agency with a total disaster of a website, it is the most supportive environment I have ever worked in.

I don't have any background, but just because the guy they put in charge of posting job descriptions didn't get it together doesn't mean the whole place is shit.  I found out that posting jobs correctly is actually not the clean breeze I had assumed it would be... admittedly because we had to rely on a HR monkey.

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Reply #857 on: February 07, 2013, 06:25:01 AM

Guy just replied back to me with a description for a job that isn't even a little bit like the posted description. Pretty sure I'm going to send him a link to the original posting and ask if we're talking about the same job. Because we're not. Because he's terrible at his job.

Don't be a tease, is this the position we were messaging about? If so I am highly amused.  I am so incredibly happy I left to go work for the agency with a total disaster of a website, it is the most supportive environment I have ever worked in.
I just PM'd you what the job was since its relevant to, well, you.
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Reply #858 on: February 07, 2013, 08:18:03 AM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.
Paris - Eww.  Montreal is okay as long as it's not Funcom...

Hope it comes quickly regardless.

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Reply #859 on: February 08, 2013, 04:08:20 PM

So yeah. I applied for another job on campus that looked interesting (working in the central data center) because I really want to get away from answering first line desktop support calls. At the same time I was applying for a job to move into the serverside group where I am (which the HR department denied me for saying I didn't meet the minimum qualifications because they don't understand IT).

Long story somewhat short, I interviewed for the other job on campus last week (which was awkward as my current boss was on the search committee). Yesterday they offered me the job. Current place is willing to match (cannot go above due to University policy change...match only) and I would be moving for the most part into working in the infrastructure/server group.

So I basically have a lot of thought to put into things this weekend as I need to decide if I want to stay where I am, which I like overall, or move across campus where I would never have to deal with a workstation not my own again.

Pay raise will happen either way, I just need to decide where I want to get it from and what is best for my long term prospects, etc.

Other job I would be able to walk to work from my current residence.

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Reply #860 on: February 08, 2013, 04:10:55 PM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.

I vote Montreal, for reasons of Blood Bowl time zone superiority.

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Reply #861 on: February 08, 2013, 05:52:12 PM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.
Well, that's a pretty awesome set of options.  So long as it's still in game development and you're not becoming a male prostitute.

If you are becoming a male prostitute go Singapore!
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Reply #862 on: February 08, 2013, 07:35:18 PM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.
Well, that's a pretty awesome set of options.  So long as it's still in game development and you're not becoming a male prostitute.

If you are becoming a male prostitute go Singapore!

He does already have a cowboy hat.

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Reply #863 on: February 09, 2013, 06:58:20 AM

So I basically have a lot of thought to put into things this weekend as I need to decide if I want to stay where I am, which I like overall, or move across campus where I would never have to deal with a workstation not my own again.
Server/infrastructure will probably have more long-term career benefits, however it's also important to like where you're working and doing things you enjoy.

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Reply #864 on: February 09, 2013, 07:03:09 AM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.
Well, that's a pretty awesome set of options.  So long as it's still in game development and you're not becoming a male prostitute.

If you are becoming a male prostitute go Singapore!

I figured the male prostitution thing would be a steadier job but that maybe I could do some game dev on the side.

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Reply #865 on: February 09, 2013, 07:07:17 AM

It's good to have a hobby, so yeah.  And really, male prostitution is something you can do anywhere, so it you might as well pick a place to live based on your hobbies.

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Reply #866 on: February 09, 2013, 07:53:53 AM

We'll know if that's the case when Iain's next game is called "Pound Town"

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Reply #867 on: February 09, 2013, 10:26:42 AM

So I basically have a lot of thought to put into things this weekend as I need to decide if I want to stay where I am, which I like overall, or move across campus where I would never have to deal with a workstation not my own again.
Server/infrastructure will probably have more long-term career benefits, however it's also important to like where you're working and doing things you enjoy.

Well, staying where I am will be server/infrastructure as well. Just would not solely be doing that (and would have more actual OS level work, the data center job is mostly a physical layer thing).

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Reply #868 on: February 09, 2013, 12:30:28 PM

So I basically have a lot of thought to put into things this weekend as I need to decide if I want to stay where I am, which I like overall, or move across campus where I would never have to deal with a workstation not my own again.
Server/infrastructure will probably have more long-term career benefits, however it's also important to like where you're working and doing things you enjoy.

Well, staying where I am will be server/infrastructure as well. Just would not solely be doing that (and would have more actual OS level work, the data center job is mostly a physical layer thing).

It's important to not only gain responsibility in higher-raking tasks, you also have to shed the lower-ranking tasks if you want to move up.  Training backups and replacements is an important skill in IT, if you want to look at it that way.  So, I'd say you will benefit in the long run from avoiding the workstation stuff if only because it should give you the time/ability to look upward for new things.

Why am I homeless?  Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Reply #869 on: February 09, 2013, 04:42:26 PM

Just to clarify a bit more. The "workstation" stuff I would be doing if I stay would be backend stuff like SCCM, GPOs, and maintaining the base images. I would be shedding the day to day desktop support stuff.


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Reply #870 on: February 09, 2013, 05:29:25 PM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.

What were you working on? Can you say? (Or did you already?)

The video game industry wastes so much money on half-finished products it's crazy.
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Reply #871 on: February 10, 2013, 05:39:26 AM

Game is shutting down, studio is closing and I need a new job. So far looking at positions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Montreal and SIngapore.

What were you working on? Can you say? (Or did you already?)

The video game industry wastes so much money on half-finished products it's crazy.

I was working as senior designer on Bullet Run, a free-to-play FPS using Unreal 3 and published (until the end of the month at least) by SOE. The game was released and we were adding content to it every week after launch.

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Reply #872 on: February 10, 2013, 12:15:59 PM

I've started vocational training as a Casino Dealer. The casinos in the Los Angeles area are all experiencing expansion and in need of new blood. Two casinos are building hotels -- Hollywood Park and Bicycle.

So, yeah, I'm done with the "video" games industry.  Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #873 on: February 10, 2013, 03:27:19 PM

I was a croupier and later an Inspector and pit boss for a while in an English casino. I hated it.

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Reply #874 on: February 10, 2013, 06:00:00 PM

Pit Boss, there's a job I wouldn't want.  Like a cop you're seeing the bad in everyone as you see cheat after cheat but you also have to let people ruin their lives so you can have a job.

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