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  • RoloRolo Registered User regular
    uuuurgh terrible nerd joke I hate myself

    damn dude

    that was pretty bad

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    who gos into a flower shop and thinks man I really want that metal deer

    other then SUPERVILLIANS who want to use metal animals in some mad plan

    METAL DEER?!

    My old boss bought two metal deer to sell, they were forty quid each. They sold.

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  • LegbaLegba Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote:
    They were bought. IN FACT, before Christmas he bought two 4ft wicker 3d reindeer and they sold too. The flower market is full of strange things.

    Do you do a brisk business in garden gnomes?

  • EdcrabEdcrab Registered User
    I thought it was a good joke, judge me now

    Edcrab on
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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Greatest Wizard In All of Ooo. Cantrip!Registered User regular
    me and you edcrab

  • JasconiusJasconius bird internet Saint Petersburg RussiaRegistered User regular
    Smart Hero wrote:
    Jasconius wrote:
    I have very little work at my job this week. I am ahead of the curve on every project and all of our upcoming stuff is stuck in proposals.

    Which means it is read the internet time

    yep. catching up on podcasts, too.

    I aint got enough podcasts. I need to expand my podcast horizons.

  • YukiraYukira Fuck with Aria? No.Registered User regular
    Smart Hero wrote:
    i thought it was solid

    This made me grin.

    On a job related note, why is Paccar's Prospector have such an arcane method of installation? Where's my eye of newt? I gotta install this custom MSSQL database.

    Yukira on
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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Legba wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    They were bought. IN FACT, before Christmas he bought two 4ft wicker 3d reindeer and they sold too. The flower market is full of strange things.

    Do you do a brisk business in garden gnomes?

    I bloody hate those things. Thankfully, we do not!

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter passive-aggressive raven Registered User regular
    terrible nerdpuns everywhere

    looks like I retroactively ruined christmas

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  • YukiraYukira Fuck with Aria? No.Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote:
    Legba wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    They were bought. IN FACT, before Christmas he bought two 4ft wicker 3d reindeer and they sold too. The flower market is full of strange things.

    Do you do a brisk business in garden gnomes?

    I bloody hate those things. Thankfully, we do not!

    Gulls and Gnomes, the two things Liiya has declared war on.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Registered User
    Yukira wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    Legba wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    They were bought. IN FACT, before Christmas he bought two 4ft wicker 3d reindeer and they sold too. The flower market is full of strange things.

    Do you do a brisk business in garden gnomes?

    I bloody hate those things. Thankfully, we do not!

    Gulls and Gnomes, the two things Liiya has declared war on.

    They seem like natural enemies to a florist.

    One is a stubby little stalker that hides in your garden, the other is a flying ratbag that defecates on your plants

    They are clearly in cahoots

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    Liiya wrote:
    who gos into a flower shop and thinks man I really want that metal deer

    other then SUPERVILLIANS who want to use metal animals in some mad plan

    METAL DEER?!

    My old boss bought two metal deer to sell, they were forty quid each. They sold.

    Since I don't know the relative value of a quid, I'm going to pretend you said Squid, and that you actually accepted 40 Cephalopods in exchange for each deer.

    Raneados wrote: »
    so what SPECIFICALLY is the problem with my hole?
  • BucketmanBucketman Dyslexic Puppy Skraggle RockRegistered User regular
    you would think with us becoming a fully digital theater and with the addition of the fully automated system about a month ago my job as projector manager would have become easier.

    nope. I've spent well over 30 hours on the phone with our tech support troubleshooting issues, and at least 15 fixing issues on my own.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Ruckus wrote:

    Since I don't know the relative value of a quid, I'm going to pretend you said Squid, and that you actually accepted 40 Cephalopods in exchange for each deer.

    $61.57 each for you, my good man.

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  • YukiraYukira Fuck with Aria? No.Registered User regular
    Edcrab wrote:
    Yukira wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    Legba wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    They were bought. IN FACT, before Christmas he bought two 4ft wicker 3d reindeer and they sold too. The flower market is full of strange things.

    Do you do a brisk business in garden gnomes?

    I bloody hate those things. Thankfully, we do not!

    Gulls and Gnomes, the two things Liiya has declared war on.

    They seem like natural enemies to a florist.

    One is a stubby little stalker that hides in your garden, the other is a flying ratbag that defecates on your plants

    They are clearly in cahoots

    Unfortunately, the War on Gnomes was not UN sanctioned, so there are currently only border skirmishes around Liiya's yard and the shop she works at.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Dyslexic Puppy Skraggle RockRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote:
    Ruckus wrote:

    Since I don't know the relative value of a quid, I'm going to pretend you said Squid, and that you actually accepted 40 Cephalopods in exchange for each deer.

    $61.57 each for you, my good man.

    man I can get actual deer meat for that price. Screw your british steel deer. Their meat tastes like fillings

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    Bucketman wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    Ruckus wrote:

    Since I don't know the relative value of a quid, I'm going to pretend you said Squid, and that you actually accepted 40 Cephalopods in exchange for each deer.

    $61.57 each for you, my good man.

    man I can get actual deer meat for that price. Screw your british steel deer. Their meat tastes like fillings

    Well

    You are missing out, sir!

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  • That Dave FellaThat Dave Fella Registered User regular
    Bucketman wrote:
    you would think with us becoming a fully digital theater and with the addition of the fully automated system about a month ago my job as projector manager would have become easier.

    nope. I've spent well over 30 hours on the phone with our tech support troubleshooting issues, and at least 15 fixing issues on my own.

    My uncle was made redundant because they did this at his cinema and upper management think you can just press play and leave the projectors alone.

    heh

    So he's on a 6 month contract at their other site and they're training the concessions people to be projectionists but they keep leaving because it gets busy downstairs so they're not actually being trained properly.

  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    Job thread, do I put together an interactive proof-of-concept for my latest project in the hope that it drives further contributions, or do I hustle Craigslist freelance design ads?

    You'll dislike the answer, but here's the truth: Both.

    Crossing your fingers while working towards finding that angel investor isn't the best idea in the world.

    Nor is simply thrashing yourself against the freelance tree without some kind of plan to make the pain stop.

  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    orik you need some cash? does anyone owe you money?

  • JasconiusJasconius bird internet Saint Petersburg RussiaRegistered User regular
    Liiya wrote:
    Ruckus wrote:

    Since I don't know the relative value of a quid, I'm going to pretend you said Squid, and that you actually accepted 40 Cephalopods in exchange for each deer.

    $61.57 each for you, my good man.

    great

    now we can't pretend about the squid scenario

    thanks a lot, Liiya, geez

  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    I am a terrible spoil sport. Sorry folks!

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    Ruckus wrote:
    Liiya wrote:
    who gos into a flower shop and thinks man I really want that metal deer

    other then SUPERVILLIANS who want to use metal animals in some mad plan

    METAL DEER?!

    My old boss bought two metal deer to sell, they were forty quid each. They sold.

    Since I don't know the relative value of a quid, I'm going to pretend you said Squid, and that you actually accepted 40 Cephalopods in exchange for each deer.

    Now you're just being crazy. There's no way those two metal deer are worth that much calamari.

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  • ScudoScudo Registered User regular
    Scudo wrote:
    I've been told I was being made permanent over a month ago, and they've been dangling this mythical recquisition and official offer in front of me since. I know a lot of folks have been out for the holidays and we've had some leadership changes (new guy has signed my rec, apparently) but my contract only goes through the end of the year, dudes!

    Maybe I will get a week off until they get me the paperwork? Or maybe they'll pull the rug out from under me, because I don't trust corporate suits/employers/white people.

    Probably the rug. You don't avoid telling someone good news for that long. I may have colored expectations since I went to the hospital last month at the impetus of my employer and was told I would have a job to come back to.

    Yeah, I'm starting to worry that that is the case. Luckily I have saved up a little money to keep me afloat for a few months if I'm let go.

    For what it's worth, nobody on my team can muddle through the most minor update without asking for my help. We handle communications/news for internal sites, which are old and they haven't invested in a modern CMS so you have to know your way around html and css to do just about anything. Our director is always tied up in meetings and doesn't get hands-on with our systems much, and the two people who knew their way around our software/servers were in the process of leaving while they trained me. The two people hired around the time I was brought on as an intern just aren't computer savvy enough -- they write well and can generally tell the difference between a .pdf and a .doc, but Dreamweaver/Sharepoint are like arcane wizardy to them and they freeze up at the sight of < > tags.

  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Mysst wrote:
    orik you need some cash? does anyone owe you money?

    quite a few people, but none i want to collect on. i'll be fine for the nonce, just got my ass in the fire is all.

    zip: solid and timely advice as usual. i'm on it.

  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Greatest Wizard In All of Ooo. Cantrip!Registered User regular
    Jasconius wrote:
    Smart Hero wrote:
    Jasconius wrote:
    I have very little work at my job this week. I am ahead of the curve on every project and all of our upcoming stuff is stuck in proposals.

    Which means it is read the internet time

    yep. catching up on podcasts, too.

    I aint got enough podcasts. I need to expand my podcast horizons.

    Listen to You Look Nice Today's entire backlog

    Then listen to Back to Work with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin, Hypercritical with John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin, and Build and Analyze with Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin.

  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    Mysst wrote:
    orik you need some cash? does anyone owe you money?

    quite a few people, but none i want to collect on. i'll be fine for the nonce, just got my ass in the fire is all.

    zip: solid and timely advice as usual. i'm on it.

    I mean, I hate to say it, but yea...this one is going to be taxing. Doesn't need to be a full blown working prototype or beta or whatever, but something that shows proof of concept and begins to give the idea of what you have in mind would be helpful. If for no other reason then "SE is a limited pool". Sure, we all know what you can do, but investors and folks in the mental health field may stumble upon you and go "Cor, this guy has a good idea....but can he execute?" You should have something that speaks to that.

    As for the freelance. Hey, dudes gotta eat.

    DrZiplock on
  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, definitely. Need to put my big boy clothes on and reshoot that pitch, too.

    Oh well. No rest for the self-employed.

  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    SE is a limited pool, but I'm getting a lot of traffic and few conversions, so the problem is definitely on my end.

  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    Pitch was actually pretty solid, in my opinion.

    Could be cleaned up a bit for clarity's sake, but most certainly was not a bad place to start. It's almost like you're eloquent, or something.

  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    D'aww. Thanks buddy. I definitely appreciate the vote of confidence. I do want to redo it just so I can ensure I'm doing my absolute best and not coming off as half-assed.

    Let me know if you get into too much work to handle, despite both of our smirks at the thought of that happening, yeah?

  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    There's a Budweiser plant the next town over from me

    I'm gonna apply for a weekender job

    28 bucks an hour and free beer

    How bad could it be

  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    Buttlord wrote:
    There's a Budweiser plant the next town over from me

    I'm gonna apply for a weekender job

    28 bucks an hour and free beer

    How bad could it be

    The free beer is probably Budweiser.

    Raneados wrote: »
    so what SPECIFICALLY is the problem with my hole?
  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    D'aww. Thanks buddy. I definitely appreciate the vote of confidence. I do want to redo it just so I can ensure I'm doing my absolute best and not coming off as half-assed.

    Let me know if you get into too much work to handle, despite both of our smirks at the thought of that happening, yeah?

    You know it.

  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    Ruckus wrote:
    Buttlord wrote:
    There's a Budweiser plant the next town over from me

    I'm gonna apply for a weekender job

    28 bucks an hour and free beer

    How bad could it be

    The free beer is probably Budweiser.

    That's alright because I don't drink beer

    But when I do

    Bud Light is my drink of choice based on price

  • JasconiusJasconius bird internet Saint Petersburg RussiaRegistered User regular
    For 28 dollars an hour for a weekend-only job I'd drink a Coors/polluted rain water cocktail if I had to

  • JasconiusJasconius bird internet Saint Petersburg RussiaRegistered User regular
    What am I saying.

    Coors IS polluted rainwater.

  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Well, it's water at least.

  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    Alright so I applied to that

    Fingers crossed yo

    That'd be AWESOME money

    I could buy so much manga/books with that

    Buttlord on
  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    that reminds me, i get to start lettering yaoi in a few days

    fuck yeah

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