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I had this interview today. I've been asked back for the third round.2:20 pm: Call from the IT Director at Company C. "So, like I explained before in our first round interview, we do three rounds and I am incredibly picky about who I hire. To give you context I had two openings 6 months ago and I interviewed 193 people before I found the two I would be willing to be stuck in an office with every day. You did very well in our first conversation and I'd like to schedule you for our 2nd round interview for Monday at 3pm. This is the 'culture and core values' interview. We can teach any gaps in tech skills. I don't have time to teach you to play well with others, so this is where everybody washes out. You interested?"
Yes. Yes I am. This is the job I want.
Woo hoo! Congratulations!
EDIT: Maybe more celebration than you wanted to see, but whatevs.
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I will accept the celebration.
Q: When is a job "good enough"?
My Answer: When it's right. If it's not right, it's not done.
Interviewer: <smile>
I will accept the celebration.
Q: When is a job "good enough"?
My Answer: When it's right. If it's not right, it's not done.Interviewer: <smile>
You're starting to sound like me, you'll do great!
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I was successful in procuring a cruiser bike for Crookshanks' birthday on Friday, I was expecting I'd have to assemble it myself so you can imagine my disappointment when the guy at the order pickup wheeled it out, especially since I had to drive back to the shop to borrow a truck because you're not fitting an adult bike in my car. But the store was only a five minute drive from the shop so it wasn't too bad.
And as a bonus Crookshanks got an early birthday present.
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I didn't mean for this to be Home Barber night, but Teensy Valeros decided to start cutting his own hair in class today and caused a bit of a ruckus, and as I was setting up on the back deck to do his, Hermione asked if I could trim her ends, and then Dr. Darling politely reminded me that he's been asking me for a haircut for a couple of weeks now. It only took about two and a half hours and I only cut my right hand in four places, and dinner was over an hour late.
Also, when you cut hair outside, it manages to creep inside your clothing and it itches like mad. How does it get inside my bra when I am fully clothed?
Real hair stylists do not make *nearly* enough money.
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I'm actually bringing long hair back in style. Since I started 3 other guys have started growing their hair out.
If you can learn how to do that in real life let me know.
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Yeah I had to actually go and ask for the raise but it should be going through soon.
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I had this interview today. I've been asked back for the third round.2:20 pm: Call from the IT Director at Company C. "So, like I explained before in our first round interview, we do three rounds and I am incredibly picky about who I hire. To give you context I had two openings 6 months ago and I interviewed 193 people before I found the two I would be willing to be stuck in an office with every day. You did very well in our first conversation and I'd like to schedule you for our 2nd round interview for Monday at 3pm. This is the 'culture and core values' interview. We can teach any gaps in tech skills. I don't have time to teach you to play well with others, so this is where everybody washes out. You interested?"
Yes. Yes I am. This is the job I want.
Good luck!
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Hermione is now calling her brother "Ferris" because she says the new haircut makes him look like Ferris Bueller.
She's not wrong.
I will accept the celebration.
Q: When is a job "good enough"?
My Answer: When it's right. If it's not right, it's not done.Interviewer: <smile>
Fingers crossed!
I had this interview today. I've been asked back for the third round.2:20 pm: Call from the IT Director at Company C. "So, like I explained before in our first round interview, we do three rounds and I am incredibly picky about who I hire. To give you context I had two openings 6 months ago and I interviewed 193 people before I found the two I would be willing to be stuck in an office with every day. You did very well in our first conversation and I'd like to schedule you for our 2nd round interview for Monday at 3pm. This is the 'culture and core values' interview. We can teach any gaps in tech skills. I don't have time to teach you to play well with others, so this is where everybody washes out. You interested?"
Yes. Yes I am. This is the job I want.
Finally, a little justice!
I didn't mean for this to be Home Barber night, but Teensy Valeros decided to start cutting his own hair in class today and caused a bit of a ruckus, and as I was setting up on the back deck to do his, Hermione asked if I could trim her ends, and then Dr. Darling politely reminded me that he's been asking me for a haircut for a couple of weeks now. It only took about two and a half hours and I only cut my right hand in four places, and dinner was over an hour late.
Also, when you cut hair outside, it manages to creep inside your clothing and it itches like mad. How does it get inside my bra when I am fully clothed?
Real hair stylists do not make *nearly* enough money.
How white people cut their hair makes no sense to me.
I was successful in procuring a cruiser bike for Crookshanks' birthday on Friday, I was expecting I'd have to assemble it myself so you can imagine my disappointment when the guy at the order pickup wheeled it out, especially since I had to drive back to the shop to borrow a truck because you're not fitting an adult bike in my car. But the store was only a five minute drive from the shop so it wasn't too bad.
And as a bonus Crookshanks got an early birthday present.
AWRIGHT RIDE FREE CROOKSHANKS
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How white people cut their hair makes no sense to me.I didn't mean for this to be Home Barber night, but Teensy Valeros decided to start cutting his own hair in class today and caused a bit of a ruckus, and as I was setting up on the back deck to do his, Hermione asked if I could trim her ends, and then Dr. Darling politely reminded me that he's been asking me for a haircut for a couple of weeks now. It only took about two and a half hours and I only cut my right hand in four places, and dinner was over an hour late.
Also, when you cut hair outside, it manages to creep inside your clothing and it itches like mad. How does it get inside my bra when I am fully clothed?
Real hair stylists do not make *nearly* enough money.
I don't let anyone cut my hair.
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Global Megacorporation is bizarre in that it can't figure out why it constantly loses top talent to the competition, then executives like my SVP make statements like the one he did yesterday: "Nobody deserves a raise. I don't believe in giving everybody a raise just for the sake of giving out raises. If you get a raise, you'll know it's because you're special."
Which indicates that this man has never heard of inflation or cost-of-living. He's asking all of his non-special employees to take pay cuts every year for the honor of continuing to work for him. And many of them quit and go elsewhere instead.
What a surprise! :-O
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I don't let anyone cut my hair.How white people cut their hair makes no sense to me.I didn't mean for this to be Home Barber night, but Teensy Valeros decided to start cutting his own hair in class today and caused a bit of a ruckus, and as I was setting up on the back deck to do his, Hermione asked if I could trim her ends, and then Dr. Darling politely reminded me that he's been asking me for a haircut for a couple of weeks now. It only took about two and a half hours and I only cut my right hand in four places, and dinner was over an hour late.
Also, when you cut hair outside, it manages to creep inside your clothing and it itches like mad. How does it get inside my bra when I am fully clothed?
Real hair stylists do not make *nearly* enough money.
I am thinking you are Construction Samson, your hair must never be cut or you will lose your abilities.
Global Megacorporation is bizarre in that it can't figure out why it constantly loses top talent to the competition, then executives like my SVP make statements like the one he did yesterday: "Nobody deserves a raise. I don't believe in giving everybody a raise just for the sake of giving out raises. If you get a raise, you'll know it's because you're special."
Which indicates that this man has never heard of inflation or cost-of-living. He's asking all of his non-special employees to take pay cuts every year for the honor of continuing to work for him. And many of them quit and go elsewhere instead.
What a surprise! :-O
Jesus. Someone above that guy needs to talk to him.
How white people cut their hair makes no sense to me.I didn't mean for this to be Home Barber night, but Teensy Valeros decided to start cutting his own hair in class today and caused a bit of a ruckus, and as I was setting up on the back deck to do his, Hermione asked if I could trim her ends, and then Dr. Darling politely reminded me that he's been asking me for a haircut for a couple of weeks now. It only took about two and a half hours and I only cut my right hand in four places, and dinner was over an hour late.
Also, when you cut hair outside, it manages to creep inside your clothing and it itches like mad. How does it get inside my bra when I am fully clothed?
Real hair stylists do not make *nearly* enough money.
Grade Three on the back and sides, and a little bit off the top.
Well that's a welcome surprise! I was trying to remember how long I've worked here, so I logged into the payroll site and was looking around at my "job history". I did find what I was looking for (I started here in May of 2012), but more importantly noticed that I had been given a pay raise effective this coming paycheck. Now, last year they didn't give me a raise because 1) COVID had pretty much killed all travel, and 2) the hotel was basically closed at the time. But this year, they certainly made up for it. I got a 10.34% raise. Pretty damn good if you ask me. The previous largest raise (in percentage) I'd gotten was 5%, and that was like 7 or 8 years ago.
They looked through your posts and noticed Vany quitting and getting a better job so they decided to give you incentive to stay?
Jesus. Someone above that guy needs to talk to him.Global Megacorporation is bizarre in that it can't figure out why it constantly loses top talent to the competition, then executives like my SVP make statements like the one he did yesterday: "Nobody deserves a raise. I don't believe in giving everybody a raise just for the sake of giving out raises. If you get a raise, you'll know it's because you're special."
Which indicates that this man has never heard of inflation or cost-of-living. He's asking all of his non-special employees to take pay cuts every year for the honor of continuing to work for him. And many of them quit and go elsewhere instead.
What a surprise! :-O
You mean not give him a raise or a bonus until he actually deserves it?
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I am thinking you are Construction Samson, your hair must never be cut or you will lose your abilities.I don't let anyone cut my hair.How white people cut their hair makes no sense to me.I didn't mean for this to be Home Barber night, but Teensy Valeros decided to start cutting his own hair in class today and caused a bit of a ruckus, and as I was setting up on the back deck to do his, Hermione asked if I could trim her ends, and then Dr. Darling politely reminded me that he's been asking me for a haircut for a couple of weeks now. It only took about two and a half hours and I only cut my right hand in four places, and dinner was over an hour late.
Also, when you cut hair outside, it manages to creep inside your clothing and it itches like mad. How does it get inside my bra when I am fully clothed?
Real hair stylists do not make *nearly* enough money.
That is one of my nicknames with the Latino crews, yes.
Jesus. Someone above that guy needs to talk to him.Global Megacorporation is bizarre in that it can't figure out why it constantly loses top talent to the competition, then executives like my SVP make statements like the one he did yesterday: "Nobody deserves a raise. I don't believe in giving everybody a raise just for the sake of giving out raises. If you get a raise, you'll know it's because you're special."
Which indicates that this man has never heard of inflation or cost-of-living. He's asking all of his non-special employees to take pay cuts every year for the honor of continuing to work for him. And many of them quit and go elsewhere instead.
What a surprise! :-O
The problem is, all of the executives feel that way. So whenever we get a really good PM, support person, or engineer, we get everything we can out of them as quickly as possible because we know they're not going to stay here more than a year or two. Easy to get hired, impossible to get fired, but tons of people choose to walk away anyway because none of our management believes that inflation exists.
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The problem is, all of the executives feel that way. So whenever we get a really good PM, support person, or engineer, we get everything we can out of them as quickly as possible because we know they're not going to stay here more than a year or two. Easy to get hired, impossible to get fired, but tons of people choose to walk away anyway because none of our management believes that inflation exists.Jesus. Someone above that guy needs to talk to him.Global Megacorporation is bizarre in that it can't figure out why it constantly loses top talent to the competition, then executives like my SVP make statements like the one he did yesterday: "Nobody deserves a raise. I don't believe in giving everybody a raise just for the sake of giving out raises. If you get a raise, you'll know it's because you're special."
Which indicates that this man has never heard of inflation or cost-of-living. He's asking all of his non-special employees to take pay cuts every year for the honor of continuing to work for him. And many of them quit and go elsewhere instead.
What a surprise! :-O
Because for them, it simply doesn't exist at the most basic levels. Saying much more would send me deep into a Fritzy Frenzy, but let's just go with this: They have no idea how much a gallon of milk is, but even if they did it wouldn't make a bit of difference to them if it was $1.15, $2.20, or $4.75. It's just insignificant digits for their personal budgets.
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Thunderstorm!
We have them so rarely here.
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I made it to the double doors corner of the house, on the other side of the house from where I started laying pavers. This is a pretty big deal, because it's a huge f@%~ing house.
Of course we still have a shitload of pavers to lay down as we go around the corner and then branch into the outside kitchen.
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Got my COVID jabs booked, first dose next month. I have to go to Bradford to get it, so goodness knows what I shall catch getting there and back.
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You would think that the landscape designer and coworker would stop acting like they're both better than me at this when they get together. They are not, yet they both think they can boss or push me around when they get together, but the boss loves it when I don't let them, which is always.
Uh yeah, the patio curves perfectly, I'm the one that climbed onto the third story roof to make sure. And, I'm also the only one who is afraid of heights.
Thankfully the boss is aware of how much I do so it doesn't bother me, just waves crashing ashore.
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Got my COVID jabs booked, first dose next month. I have to go to Bradford to get it, so goodness knows what I shall catch getting there and back.
Congrats! Just make sure you have some ibuprofen or naproxen set aside. And try to get it in the shoulder on the side of your body you don't sleep on.
I'll be able to register on Thursday (assuming no systemic f-ups*), because registartions for regular citizens (unlike for people in sensitive positions and conditions) go by the birth year.
Taking into account dates, I be lucky to get the first date around end of May, though no one knows what I will actually get. Maybe I will get lucky.
*like the 1st April... when the system glitched and a lot of people who pre-registered got message informing them about openings and being asked to register, which was later explained as a system error, though some of the people who got registrations that way got to keep them
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Got my COVID jabs booked, first dose next month. I have to go to Bradford to get it, so goodness knows what I shall catch getting there and back.Congrats! Just make sure you have some ibuprofen or naproxen set aside. And try to get it in the shoulder on the side of your body you don't sleep on.
Second this.
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I sleep on both sides of my body.
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This is why IT either loves me or hates me:
(1) A new feature was missing from our build, so I notified the PM.
(2) The PM responded, "That's not in the base build, but there's a workaround. Let me fix it for you," and he did.
(3) I was reviewing my notes from a talk he did on March 24, and he mentioned that there was a security privilege that unlocked a secret area of the application, but he wouldn't tell us what it was.
I finished my "real" work early this afternoon so in 12 minutes I'd figured out the security privilege, assigned it to myself, and figured out everything the PM did to fix our image, and I can do it whenever we need it.
Some IT staff/PMs love this because it saves them time and they trust me.
Some IT staff/PMs hate this because they want control or they don't trust me.
My co-workers? I just scare them.
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I sleep on both sides of my body.
The infamous Sandwich Bed™. Used by construction hippies everywhere!
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I sleep on both sides of my body.The infamous Sandwich Bed™. Used by construction hippies everywhere!
Either that, or he's a slaad with the Non-Orientable* Anatomy feat tree.
* Sorry about dropping in a mathematics reference, Freehold.**
** Disclaimer: Not actually sorry.
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I'm an active sleeper, I used to sleep walk and I'm known to have conversations and make sandwiches in my sleep.