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Techies Working for Peanuts
The San Francisco Chronicle has a story about laid-off techies getting desperate and going to work for, well, nothing. No offense to these people, if you're up against the wall you do whatever you can, but I hope they're aware that most of them are not going to get even the slightest compensation for their time.
I don't know what these guys are complaining about anyways.
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Practice in front of a mirror:
"Do you want fries with that?"
Take up landscaping.
No, whats depressing is having already gotten a BS in Computer Science and after finding no work for 6 months, doing dsl tech support. Oh joy.
"what version of windows are you using?"
"its a dell."
With McDonalds facing up to a loss for the first time in its history, many servers are finding themselves out of work as the burger giant closes stores across the World.
All is not lost though, as many of those who previously spent their day deep fryin' hash browns and pulling milk-shakes are having to instead make do finding work as computer programmers or systems administrator, earning as little as USD 100,000 per year.
The BigMac(TM) bubble has burst, and Fast Food industry analysts predict a year of consolidation before a potential BigMac(TM) revival in 2004. Until then, workers highly trained in deep fat fryers and express lane tills will just have to live as best they can on the salaries of dot com techies.
Those who think in binary, and those who don't.
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Thank you,...I'll be here all week. Try the veal
I got laid a bit before Thanksgiving
Lucky boy! Only a bit though?
:-)
Working for Peanuts is ok.
Isn't Peanuts where they make that "Linux" kernel?
Oh, that was a different Linus.
Will I retire or break 10K?
You do need some government lookout on the labor market...Otherwise we might have geek workhouses pop up (instead of getting paid with money you get to live in a dry, dark room room and be fed pizza and Mountain Dew...Hey wait, geeks do this already!).
:). Having work houses for the unemployed techies would give them a free roof over their heads and they can continue doing what they do and eating what they eat. They wouldn't notice would they?
Maybe you're right
StarTux
Kilmor writes:
"what version of windows are you using?"
"its a dell."
My all-time fave is:
"Ok, you're gonna have to get out your Windows CD."
"Where would I find that?"
[long pause] "...you're asking me where you'd find your Windows CD?"
[No hint of anger or sarcasm] "Yes."
My
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'Cause I hear Uncle Enzo is looking for a new Deliverator...
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...processor in the house is a 600Mhz PII.
You have a ridiculous cooling system on that, I would imagine.
May we never see th
Being British and part of a UK brain drain to the USA, I have always wondered - aloud at times - if Britain ended up with a net increase in Cranial Capacity as a consequence of me leaving???