I'm not well-known, but I've gotten probably close to half a dozen unsolicited interview offers over the last year or so and none of them were spammy. In fact, a couple of them were via phone.
Unfortunately, none of them have panned out for various reasons (including one place being downright psychotic) so I'm still looking.
You'd be amazed at the things that you'll screw up on code-wise during a crunch period when you've been up for days on end trying to meet the deadlines that the pointy-hairs have set for you.
We're still human in theory at least, so mistakes will happen and in a piece of software that's *that* big, it's really easy to miss them.
Bad move. This just labels you as a malcontent who has "no loyalty" and puts you at the top of the list of people who get cut the next time layoffs happen.
The better move in this situation would just be to accept the new job offer and move on.
I've got news for you - the IT department often doesn't have control over its budget. They have to go through the bean counters.
"Why do you need another server? You already have one"
No, trying to explain it to them doesn't work. They care about the bottom line and won't change their tune until it bites them in the ass.
To help put in into perspective, I've actually been called in as a consultant just to work up some figures and plans for expanding IT departments because it carried more weight with the beancounters when I said it than when the IT manager did. Go figure.
mine: two neoprene bags. One holds the laptop and the wireless card. The other holds the power cord, retractable cat5 and phone cables, mouse, and a few other odds and ends.
top it off with a couple of pens and pencils and, like you, occasionally a pad of paper.
I learned my lesson after being caught in a shelter in the local park for several hours while I waited for the rain to die down.
Actaully, I'd advocate the taking of shoes and clothing as well. Granted, most of the people looting the stores for them were doing so for personal gain, but in a situation like that, reliable footware and dry, clean clothing is really a necessity.
When you're spending most of the day on your feet in an area where the ground is wet, covered with debris (including broken glass), and you aren't in a situation to keep very clean, anything you can do to prevent blisters and other injuries which can become infected is necessary for survival. This is something the people serving in the military in jungle climates have learned well.
You should have seen the fun I had in Japanese history when the professor started trying to throw questions at me and have it backfire because he swore some of his answers were right and mine weren't.
I brought in sources the next day as well as explaining why I knew what I was talking about and he didn't (the fact that I trained in Japanese sword arts and was a blacksmith among them).
Part of his problem was an extreme inferiority complex - he was an Asian Studies professor and wasn't Asian, so he felt the need to throw his weight around. I'm not Asian either. I just have more practical experience in the areas that he was trying to make himself feel better on than he did.
I'm glad you made that point for me, because I was going to call bunk on the "no longer than one page" thing.
Mine is one page at the moment, but that is due to a couple of things - I've only held two positions at this point, and I actually compressed and edited a few things out because it would have been a page and maybe 5 lines on the second page (which just looked silly to me).
I have had a fairly high call-in rate for interviews as well. Unfortunately, most of them have turned out to be psychotic or we decided that we weren't the best fit for each other, so I'm still looking.
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Believe it or not, some of the newer Sun hardware is certified to run windows.
Sun, perhaps? Though why you would want to waste a Sun box by running windows on it is beyond me...
I'm not well-known, but I've gotten probably close to half a dozen unsolicited interview offers over the last year or so and none of them were spammy. In fact, a couple of them were via phone.
Unfortunately, none of them have panned out for various reasons (including one place being downright psychotic) so I'm still looking.
You'd be amazed at the things that you'll screw up on code-wise during a crunch period when you've been up for days on end trying to meet the deadlines that the pointy-hairs have set for you.
We're still human in theory at least, so mistakes will happen and in a piece of software that's *that* big, it's really easy to miss them.
You know, that story is as depressing and sickly humorous as it is true...
Bad move. This just labels you as a malcontent who has "no loyalty" and puts you at the top of the list of people who get cut the next time layoffs happen.
The better move in this situation would just be to accept the new job offer and move on.
I've got news for you - the IT department often doesn't have control over its budget. They have to go through the bean counters.
"Why do you need another server? You already have one"
No, trying to explain it to them doesn't work. They care about the bottom line and won't change their tune until it bites them in the ass.
To help put in into perspective, I've actually been called in as a consultant just to work up some figures and plans for expanding IT departments because it carried more weight with the beancounters when I said it than when the IT manager did. Go figure.
Most companies work through national holidays with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and sometimes New Years.
Really the only people that get the other days off are banks, government offices, and a few buisnesses that actually decide to close for the day.
After that, most people get 2 weeks or so of vacation if you're salaried.
It's not a troll. It's satire, really.
That sort of thing seems to be lost on a lot of the people who responded to it.
My hat is off to you. I needed the chuckle.
Well done.
The old Cheech and Chong records used to come with a rolling paper slightly smaller than the record sleeve.
:P
For the pot, you're on your own
Looks like I spoke too soon since I just found one online (though it was several pages into a google)
http://www.conectl.com/premier/network.htm
I agree that it's annoying not to be able to find a 10' cat5 cable when my retractable phone cord is 10'.
The only solution I've ever come up with is to use two of them and a connector.
When I go to the park, I generally use my backpack which is a bit water resistant to begin with so it's not such an issue.
mine:
two neoprene bags. One holds the laptop and the wireless card. The other holds the power cord, retractable cat5 and phone cables, mouse, and a few other odds and ends.
top it off with a couple of pens and pencils and, like you, occasionally a pad of paper.
I learned my lesson after being caught in a shelter in the local park for several hours while I waited for the rain to die down.
A massive earthquake in San Francisco.
. htm
http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu/_in_the_news/houston
Actaully, I'd advocate the taking of shoes and clothing as well. Granted, most of the people looting the stores for them were doing so for personal gain, but in a situation like that, reliable footware and dry, clean clothing is really a necessity.
When you're spending most of the day on your feet in an area where the ground is wet, covered with debris (including broken glass), and you aren't in a situation to keep very clean, anything you can do to prevent blisters and other injuries which can become infected is necessary for survival. This is something the people serving in the military in jungle climates have learned well.
Granted, I liked the books better, but the movie was actually really good for its time.
We didn't always have massive budgets and whiz-bang effects.
One of the other two most likely disasters listed was a terrorist attack on NYC.
2 out of 3. Go figure.
The book that comes to my mind when I hear this sort of thing is The Evolution Man: or how I ate my Father
It's a most amusing read.
You should have seen the fun I had in Japanese history when the professor started trying to throw questions at me and have it backfire because he swore some of his answers were right and mine weren't.
I brought in sources the next day as well as explaining why I knew what I was talking about and he didn't (the fact that I trained in Japanese sword arts and was a blacksmith among them).
Part of his problem was an extreme inferiority complex - he was an Asian Studies professor and wasn't Asian, so he felt the need to throw his weight around. I'm not Asian either. I just have more practical experience in the areas that he was trying to make himself feel better on than he did.
I think the best offer for an interview that I ever go was:
"Use your Visual Basic skills to develop manufacturing, distribution, and inventory software in a UNIX environment.
Excellent benefits including stock ownership!"
I giggled for a good five minutes.
Darn my long, curly hair. I knew it was a problem, but I never knew that it sapped what little intelligence I had =]
I'm glad you made that point for me, because I was going to call bunk on the "no longer than one page" thing.
Mine is one page at the moment, but that is due to a couple of things - I've only held two positions at this point, and I actually compressed and edited a few things out because it would have been a page and maybe 5 lines on the second page (which just looked silly to me).
I have had a fairly high call-in rate for interviews as well. Unfortunately, most of them have turned out to be psychotic or we decided that we weren't the best fit for each other, so I'm still looking.
3) Turn kindergarten children everywhere into ballistic missles.
3.5) Threaten to use them against $ENEMY unless demands are met.