[...] sitting in the corner of an unfinished basement like an unloved piece of dick cheese [...]
When I did a PC refresh project for a local hospital, "the corner of an unfinished basement" was just around the corner from the morgue. Whenever the scent of vanilla was in the air,
it meant that another dead stiff was brought down from upstairs.
[...] a couple other mouth-breathing helpdesk trolls [,,,]
I spent six weeks cleaning out their cave in between tickets and deployments by sorting, organizing and recycling old computer hardware, freeing up 600-sqft of floor space that the IT manager haven't seen in eight years.
60+ interviews and only 3 job offers? You should have mentioned how good you were at your job where the guy had to lay you off because you were too efficient.
Ancient history. Recruiters and hiring managers are only interested in the last three positions in the last three years. Besides, I didn't really want to explain that I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. Some people find such details... tedious.
You're not a student of human nature then. It's quite natural for people to think that OTHER PEOPLE (typically minorities) are unworthy of government assistance and proclaiming their own self-sufficiency from government assistance. But if a storm comes through, floods their home because it was built on a flood plain, and they didn't bother to buy flood insurance, they fully expect to get government assistance. After all, they paid taxes and OTHER PEOPLE did not.
Individuals who have the power to affect purchase decisions of others because of their (real or perceived) authority, knowledge, position, or relationship. In consumer spending, members of a peer group or reference group act as influencers. In business to business (organizational) buying, internal employees (engineers, managers, purchasers) or external consultants act as influencers.
That is most unusual definition of awesome I have ever read.
If you don't mind being an contractor. My shortest assignment was four hours with four hours of notification. My current assignment is a five-year contract. Some people can't handle the stress of getting a new job and then start planning to get the next job for when the assignment is over.
Wow, 20+ years and 800+ recruiters? You must be making a LOT of money!
At the end of the day, it's still a numbers game. The last time I had an active job search, I went to 60+ interviews over eight months to get three job offers at the same time.
All I've ever gotten from Indeed is spam. I've been hearing their radio campaign a lot lately too. As near as I can figure, Indeed is full of fake jobs and pushy ads for Uber and Lyft.
The trick with Indeed is to watch for when a new job position gets posted and call that recruiter immediately. If you're one the first callers in 15 minutes of the posting, you're very likely to get an interview immediately.
You've "talked" to about two recruiters per month over the last 20 years.
These days I typically get 20+ emails and phone calls from recruiters. I'm not even do an active job search. An active job search would be on phone and email for eight hours straight each day (including weekends and holidays).
What did you talk about?
Whatever positions they're offering at the moment, if I know of anyone else who would qualify, or what other recruiters are looking for in the marketplace (I don't mind trading info but I detest being pumped for information and will ban recruiters/companies).
How full of shit you are?
My shit is quite normal and regular. Thank you for asking.
With 800+ recruiter connections over a 20+ year career and still paid $50,000 [...]
That's $50K+, not $50K. I'm not a programmer, computer engineer or software artitecht. I've done software testing, help desk/desktop support, PC refresh projects, built out a data center, equipped 300+ laptops for 11ac rollout testing, and, currently, doing InfoSec for government IT. If you need a miracle worker, want the job done right the first time and clean up after the last guy who did it wrong, I'm your guy.
[...] creimer is a big fat talkative turd.
Wrong! I'm an asshole. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in IT support.
I got 800+ connections with recruiter I've talked to over a 20+ year career. If I was doing an active job search, I would be tracking up 32 position and talking or emailing that many recruiters each day. The funny thing is... I've never gotten a job through LinkedIn. I had better luck getting interviews through Indeed.com.
LinkedIn is awesome. When I got an iPhone a few years ago and installed the LinkedIn app, I was able to merge all my Yahoo Mail contacts with LinkedIn profiles. I was able to connect to the 800+ recruiters I've talked to over the last 20+ years. But I still get annoyed that LinkedIn periodically wants to spam all my email addresses again.
The trick is to drink nothing but Mountain Dew High Voltage, eat nothing but Pizza, Chips (Doritos Especially), and Lays' Ranch dip. Throw in jerky for added protein, and cigarettes for added appetite.
I don't recommend the Supersize Me diet for weight training. You sound like a pregnant woman when working out in the gym. Neither the guys nor the gays will be impressed by your screaming.
If you can make an investment of $1 million today that will bring in $300k of "profit" every year for the next 15 years, do you make that investment?
Nope. The purpose of education is to educate the next generation. Not to make a short-sighted profit because short-sighted politicians refused to fund schools adequately.
So to me the problem is flat out simple that we waste our computing resources with gay abandon.
I paid $50 for 8GB DDR3 RAM in 2016. The same price I paid for 4GB DDR2 RAM in 2007. When I upgraded my nine-year-old system last year, I doubled the specs for the same price ($150).
[...] just to run your programs elsewhere, "in the cloud"?
I run my programs on my systems and store my data on my file server. Hackers can't steal what isn't in the cloud.
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[...] sitting in the corner of an unfinished basement like an unloved piece of dick cheese [...]
When I did a PC refresh project for a local hospital, "the corner of an unfinished basement" was just around the corner from the morgue. Whenever the scent of vanilla was in the air, it meant that another dead stiff was brought down from upstairs.
[...] a couple other mouth-breathing helpdesk trolls [,,,]
I spent six weeks cleaning out their cave in between tickets and deployments by sorting, organizing and recycling old computer hardware, freeing up 600-sqft of floor space that the IT manager haven't seen in eight years.
60+ interviews and only 3 job offers? You should have mentioned how good you were at your job where the guy had to lay you off because you were too efficient.
Ancient history. Recruiters and hiring managers are only interested in the last three positions in the last three years. Besides, I didn't really want to explain that I was out of work for two years (2009-2010), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month), and filed for Chapter Seven bankruptcy in 2011. Some people find such details... tedious.
Seriously.
You're not a student of human nature then. It's quite natural for people to think that OTHER PEOPLE (typically minorities) are unworthy of government assistance and proclaiming their own self-sufficiency from government assistance. But if a storm comes through, floods their home because it was built on a flood plain, and they didn't bother to buy flood insurance, they fully expect to get government assistance. After all, they paid taxes and OTHER PEOPLE did not.
And I note you still haven't provided one.
Others have provided with at least five examples.
What's a "thought-leader"?
Influencer.
Individuals who have the power to affect purchase decisions of others because of their (real or perceived) authority, knowledge, position, or relationship. In consumer spending, members of a peer group or reference group act as influencers. In business to business (organizational) buying, internal employees (engineers, managers, purchasers) or external consultants act as influencers.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/influencers.html
Are you creimer?
I AM CREIMER!
That is most unusual definition of awesome I have ever read.
If you don't mind being an contractor. My shortest assignment was four hours with four hours of notification. My current assignment is a five-year contract. Some people can't handle the stress of getting a new job and then start planning to get the next job for when the assignment is over.
Wow, 20+ years and 800+ recruiters? You must be making a LOT of money!
At the end of the day, it's still a numbers game. The last time I had an active job search, I went to 60+ interviews over eight months to get three job offers at the same time.
All I've ever gotten from Indeed is spam. I've been hearing their radio campaign a lot lately too. As near as I can figure, Indeed is full of fake jobs and pushy ads for Uber and Lyft.
The trick with Indeed is to watch for when a new job position gets posted and call that recruiter immediately. If you're one the first callers in 15 minutes of the posting, you're very likely to get an interview immediately.
You've "talked" to about two recruiters per month over the last 20 years.
These days I typically get 20+ emails and phone calls from recruiters. I'm not even do an active job search. An active job search would be on phone and email for eight hours straight each day (including weekends and holidays).
What did you talk about?
Whatever positions they're offering at the moment, if I know of anyone else who would qualify, or what other recruiters are looking for in the marketplace (I don't mind trading info but I detest being pumped for information and will ban recruiters/companies).
How full of shit you are?
My shit is quite normal and regular. Thank you for asking.
With 800+ recruiter connections over a 20+ year career and still paid $50,000 [...]
That's $50K+, not $50K. I'm not a programmer, computer engineer or software artitecht. I've done software testing, help desk/desktop support, PC refresh projects, built out a data center, equipped 300+ laptops for 11ac rollout testing, and, currently, doing InfoSec for government IT. If you need a miracle worker, want the job done right the first time and clean up after the last guy who did it wrong, I'm your guy.
[...] creimer is a big fat talkative turd.
Wrong! I'm an asshole. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in IT support.
I got 800+ connections with recruiter I've talked to over a 20+ year career. If I was doing an active job search, I would be tracking up 32 position and talking or emailing that many recruiters each day. The funny thing is... I've never gotten a job through LinkedIn. I had better luck getting interviews through Indeed.com.
LinkedIn is awesome. When I got an iPhone a few years ago and installed the LinkedIn app, I was able to merge all my Yahoo Mail contacts with LinkedIn profiles. I was able to connect to the 800+ recruiters I've talked to over the last 20+ years. But I still get annoyed that LinkedIn periodically wants to spam all my email addresses again.
The trick is to drink nothing but Mountain Dew High Voltage, eat nothing but Pizza, Chips (Doritos Especially), and Lays' Ranch dip. Throw in jerky for added protein, and cigarettes for added appetite.
I don't recommend the Supersize Me diet for weight training. You sound like a pregnant woman when working out in the gym. Neither the guys nor the gays will be impressed by your screaming.
[...]gained most of their weight through fast food[...]
I haven't eaten fast food in 10+ years.
[...] posts on Internet forums in most of their free time.
I only post on Slashdot while waiting for a script to get finish at work.
And who plans to shoot people who disagree with him.
Thanks to asshats like you, I'm on target to make extra $50+ in ad revenues for my blog this month.
https://www.kickingthebitbucket.com/tag/slashdot/
This is one of the weirdest Asian stereotypes I've ever heard of - Asians drink fruit cleanse blends? Really?
Seems like every job I had in recent years have one Asian coworker who was a health nut. Cleanse blends was frequently recommended.
You can. My mother does it to me all the time.
I'm often accused of "slim-shaming" people when I eat 25% of a 1,200-calorie plate, and take the rest home to make into three additional meals.
If you can make an investment of $1 million today that will bring in $300k of "profit" every year for the next 15 years, do you make that investment?
Nope. The purpose of education is to educate the next generation. Not to make a short-sighted profit because short-sighted politicians refused to fund schools adequately.
slim people drink juice cleanse blends.
Not everyone is Asian.
But, the "normal" person today, is pretty much obese as compared to someone as recent as maybe 20 years ago or so....
I'm a big guy at 350 pounds (think football player), but I'm always astonished to see people who are bigger than me.
Wasn't it earlier this week that we had an article on this patch? Must be a slow news day.
So to me the problem is flat out simple that we waste our computing resources with gay abandon.
I paid $50 for 8GB DDR3 RAM in 2016. The same price I paid for 4GB DDR2 RAM in 2007. When I upgraded my nine-year-old system last year, I doubled the specs for the same price ($150).
[...] just to run your programs elsewhere, "in the cloud"?
I run my programs on my systems and store my data on my file server. Hackers can't steal what isn't in the cloud.
Citation please.
Uh, seriously?
The older you get the closer you come to dying.
What focus on education? The word is 'indoctrination'.
The discussion is about public schools, not religious and/or conservative schools. :P
According to several gaming sites and such like HCP 12GB ram for a gaming computer seems to be the sweet spot.
System RAM, GPU RAM or both? It's been a long time since I had a video card with more RAM than the system.