wouldn't it be nice if the server monkeys had to pull a months worth of all nighters to get ready for "the big release" only to find out in the last 2 days that management is changing all the requirements but not the deadline?
Look, almost all of us here are technical geeks and proud of what we represent. What constantly surprises me is while reading slashdot stories, the amazing disparity between "us". Antisocial, outgoing, poor, loaded, everyone between.. this one is for those on the "bad" side of all those distinguishing characteristics...
I'm a programmer, many languages over the years, mostly i've followed where the money is. By this I mean i've switched my specialty based on the market where i'm living, jobs available, pay scales etc etc.
I've worked with every type of IT person described in the posts attached to this article, and the lessons I've learned along the way? Abandon those things you most closely associate with being a geek while interacting with "norms". They don't care if you're technically smarter than them, they do care if you're dirtier than them. They don't want to hear your binary jokes, read your slashdot story of the day or hear about your diatribe on why asimovs three laws wouldn't work on your girl robot.
When your career is concerned, be a blender, a diffuser, a problem solver. Put your pride away on your shelf next to your thinkgeek nerf missile launcher. Check your righteousness at the corporate door. Realize the smartest people learn from everyone around them and don't know everything. Realize there are very few situations where you need to be right all the time, and even fewer where you need to let everyone else know about it.
Find friends like you, do all this sh*t with them, but at work, be respectful, people that aren't as smart as you are still people, and may still have something to teach you.
For all the posters on/. who talk about crappy jobs, low pay, basement windowless offices, no respect, blah blah blah and all the "stupid" people you work with.. STFU.
I'm not the smartest guy on this site, or at my company, but i'm smart enough to get my job done, interact well with people, and advance myself each and every time i change jobs. Because of this i've risen to a level of pay and respect in my job that very few people I meet can rival.
I still have like 6 shirts from thinkgeek, i still sometimes have to pause when presented with a new computer game or sex with my wife, but at work, i'm whatever i need to be, because thats what makes the rest possible.
i wish my IQ was a high as the numerous claims attached to this story... then I could count them all.. what a glorious story for the/. masses to use in a giant "phallic" war of the minds... MINES BIGGER!
I advertise on the smallest blogs, the tiniest forums, the most niche communities, and those consumers thank me for supporting their communities by buying my products and services.
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and some slashdot readers say I am a spamming troll. I'm not. MOST slashdot readers who come back to my sites already block my ads (as I request that they do!).
That's some thanks!!
General/. comments are useless, especially when they are ADS hidden by "useful" comments.
ohhh I got burned. The supposedly non-fictional she-male you met on that website definately shows me how wrong I am about MySpace... those thousands of MySpace pages that exist only to prove my theory have got nothing on that kind of evidence.
Oh wait holdon, you're a MySpace user, let me write it in language you'll understand:
OHHHH SNAP homeyz! Your super-fly tranny honey you spit game on dat websitez put me in my place for shizzo! You gotz mad skillz yo in with the MySpace Q-teez despitez my seeing all those online peeps with mad whack sites...
I'm under 30 and not living with my parents. Myspace sucks ass. It's like all the least interesting people in the world got together and decided to design the ugliest web pages in the world, and then they all list each other as friends and leave comments with the word "dawg" and anything that endz in "Z" where there should be an "S".
But stop wasting time reading my reply, you're probably missing out on a whole new set of recently released butt-ass ugly animated graphics that you can use while posting to hot girls myspace accounts who are actually 30+ males living in their parents basements with dreams of luring you into their wrangler jeans...
It gets on my nerves when people refuse to use a simple f***ing paragraph break when they have something legitimate to say.
I think you might have had something legitimate to say, but the resulting migraine I got from trying to read your run-on comment caused me to quit reading...
People here don't even read the articles, much less in a critical fashion.
Maybe you are not new here, and instead just confused. People here are very often critical of the articles that they have not even read... if so, please disregard my email, if not, please add me to your newsletter.
business model??? who cares?? Your parent post was following the/. joke model for karma whoring success. Yours however, was sadly lacking the ??? step, making it less mod-friendly.
I salute your attempt, but here people just want to laugh at the same tired jokes over and over again so please, please, stop posting and trying to raise the bar.
is it Monty Python themed? Because I read no technical book without a Monty Python theme... as we've seen today, it's the only way to get through that technical mumbo jumbo!
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great, now my laptop is going to be tied to the APR and then balloon up in 15 years... f*ck what did I do to deserve this!?!?!
sorry about the vm
hah! i see what you did there...
Look, almost all of us here are technical geeks and proud of what we represent. What constantly surprises me is while reading slashdot stories, the amazing disparity between "us". Antisocial, outgoing, poor, loaded, everyone between.. this one is for those on the "bad" side of all those distinguishing characteristics... I'm a programmer, many languages over the years, mostly i've followed where the money is. By this I mean i've switched my specialty based on the market where i'm living, jobs available, pay scales etc etc. I've worked with every type of IT person described in the posts attached to this article, and the lessons I've learned along the way? Abandon those things you most closely associate with being a geek while interacting with "norms". They don't care if you're technically smarter than them, they do care if you're dirtier than them. They don't want to hear your binary jokes, read your slashdot story of the day or hear about your diatribe on why asimovs three laws wouldn't work on your girl robot. When your career is concerned, be a blender, a diffuser, a problem solver. Put your pride away on your shelf next to your thinkgeek nerf missile launcher. Check your righteousness at the corporate door. Realize the smartest people learn from everyone around them and don't know everything. Realize there are very few situations where you need to be right all the time, and even fewer where you need to let everyone else know about it. Find friends like you, do all this sh*t with them, but at work, be respectful, people that aren't as smart as you are still people, and may still have something to teach you. For all the posters on /. who talk about crappy jobs, low pay, basement windowless offices, no respect, blah blah blah and all the "stupid" people you work with.. STFU.
I'm not the smartest guy on this site, or at my company, but i'm smart enough to get my job done, interact well with people, and advance myself each and every time i change jobs. Because of this i've risen to a level of pay and respect in my job that very few people I meet can rival.
I still have like 6 shirts from thinkgeek, i still sometimes have to pause when presented with a new computer game or sex with my wife, but at work, i'm whatever i need to be, because thats what makes the rest possible.
2d girls are easier to divorce, plus my 2d children don't mind being flushed
but only if i can get a trenchcoat, skateboard, really cool nickname and access to a non-baby crazy angelina jolie...
i wish my IQ was a high as the numerous claims attached to this story... then I could count them all.. what a glorious story for the /. masses to use in a giant "phallic" war of the minds... MINES BIGGER!
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and some slashdot readers say I am a spamming troll. I'm not. MOST slashdot readers who come back to my sites already block my ads (as I request that they do!).
That's some thanks!!
General /. comments are useless, especially when they are ADS hidden by "useful" comments.
I thought he took pictures of cars... *damn*, right when my dream job was at my fingertips.. stupid maps!
didn't work for me at the bar last night... maybe I need to switch brands.
comments "apologizing" for anything do not exist.
If you have any questions about this post, it is in sourceforge, simply email me at youmustbenewhere@gmail.com.
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Oh wait holdon, you're a MySpace user, let me write it in language you'll understand:
OHHHH SNAP homeyz! Your super-fly tranny honey you spit game on dat websitez put me in my place for shizzo! You gotz mad skillz yo in with the MySpace Q-teez despitez my seeing all those online peeps with mad whack sites...
But stop wasting time reading my reply, you're probably missing out on a whole new set of recently released butt-ass ugly animated graphics that you can use while posting to hot girls myspace accounts who are actually 30+ males living in their parents basements with dreams of luring you into their wrangler jeans...
I miss M-M-M-Max.
I think you might have had something legitimate to say, but the resulting migraine I got from trying to read your run-on comment caused me to quit reading...
wait wait wait.. you can have more than 1??? I need to email my mom and tell her this great news. Time to open Outlook. Just gotta close my browse
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welcome to slashdot, you are apparently new here.
I don't think you critically read the article.
People here don't even read the articles, much less in a critical fashion.
Maybe you are not new here, and instead just confused. People here are very often critical of the articles that they have not even read... if so, please disregard my email, if not, please add me to your newsletter.
you insensitive clod.
I salute your attempt, but here people just want to laugh at the same tired jokes over and over again so please, please, stop posting and trying to raise the bar.
imagine a beowulf cluster of these dead links... we will be millionaires! Sign me up for your newsletter!
Don't anthropomorphize computers: they hate that.
Only 3 articles below this very one, is a Monty Python themed technical book... SPOILER WARNING: it sucks.
Henry's Python Programming Guide
Good luck, oh, and I've added you to my newsletter.
is it Monty Python themed? Because I read no technical book without a Monty Python theme... as we've seen today, it's the only way to get through that technical mumbo jumbo!