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MortalToaster
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Any exciting plans for you folks at work in 2013? I'm planning on making a career change this summer after I finish up a project in March.
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Meaning I hope to fuck i can find free wifi in some of the airports I'm hitting up in the next few days.
now that I have my 2 year work visa, I can actually start applying to real jobs and hoping that they'll either hire me or they'll at least inform me that they're not hiring me because I am somehow flawed as an individual. And not just use the excuse of "your visa sucks".
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I think I must be terrible at writing them as once I started using decent recruiters I was getting more more attention.
it's like, I'm 18 and just out of highschool, and I just feel like I don't have anything worthwhile to put on there
all of the volunteer shit i've ever done I did when i was, what, 10-13?
I suck at every language i've attempted
I've only ever had one job, and while that's something at least it it still just doesn't feel like enough
oh and my GPA in highschool was shit
help me you guys
Good luck!
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Which airports? Also, will your company allow you to expense internet access if need be?
In the nearly-two years I've been here, I've never once requested more than two days off. Like, never ever. And of those requests, the vast majority were just locking down days I typically have off anyway.
Heathrow and Qatar. And possibly, actually! I never thought about it but if it's reasonably priced then I think that would be perfectly ok.
also, hi kids. I'm out of school which means oh god I need a job. Same story as the last six months, except now it's not "forward thinking," it's "panic mode".
For about 20 minutes after I got the call I was walking around going "ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod" in my head.
It does but you have to pay. I've sometimes had luck scavenging off the club lounges, but last time I was there they'd managed to block that.
It looks like Heathrow uses Boingo, which is a pretty common provider. It looks like you can get a 24 hour pass for about 10 pounds, and I think they have smaller time increments too.
You should also look into one of the airport lounges if you really need to get work done. They include wifi and are generally much quieter and have real areas to work in.
Look into the Servisair Executive Lounge or the No. 1 Lounge. They range from 18 to 30 pounds but would probably be worth it.
I am the biggest worrywart when it comes to interviews and the like. I end up stressing myself out to the point where I get nauseous all the time and can't sleep well the night before. Then I go in and two minutes into the interview I feel fine. I really wish I could convince myself to cut that shit out.
ANYWAY, today/next week I'll be sanity checking all of our new images to make sure that they deploy properly, have all the shit they need, etc. Then we fire them off to our tech deployment warehouse folk (my old job) and they will begin using those on the new machines. Here's hoping I don't fuck anything up!
So far I'm pretty happy just casually working during my holidays in a warehouse, just processing clothes to be store-ready. Almost my entire team is great to work with, just hanging out, shooting the shit while working and having fun doing so. I'll definitely enjoy the week-long break I've gotten though so I can join HyperBallad up the coast with her family on their vacation. I'll probably miss work a little though, except for this one dude I've been put with on the same shift.
Holy hell this guy, he has to be one of the mist ignorant, high and mighty type of people I've ever met. Very intelligent, however he loves to prove to other people he's smart by putting down so much of what we say. He's also one of those guys who gets under your skin on purpose "just for a laugh." And it really pisses me off even more so than normal when he takes that attitude to some of the interesting, and usually balanced, discussions we have at work. The worst I can remember is that one guy mentioned his friend at high school was given someone to write for him in his final exams seeing as he broke his hand shortly before they began. Then the asshole jumps in to discuss how people with autism, or dyslexia "have it easy" and "should consider themselves lucky" because they get given more academic guidance and special provisions due to their circumstances. I was wary at this point, and just nudged here and there to make sure none of us were misunderstanding his words, but no he talks about how he'd prefer to have either of those conditions so he'd be "treated better" than the rest.
Some of us even pointed out the social ramifications that come with baggage like that, and I specifically mentioned how people who have autism or dyslexia are bullied because of it. His response?
"Well, look, you can't guarantee they'd ever be bullied! If I were them I'd still see it as a blessing and get over it!"
Some people.
i am backlogged till march so that's good
Jimmy no longer works for the company.
I need permissions to do administrative things.
Jimmy doesn't want to give me permissions to the network that I need full access to that he doesn't work on anymore.
What the fuck, Jimmy?
Do it.
Dooooo iiiiiit.
Some people are so goddamn power-hungry, even over stuff they shouldn't have power over anymore.
Some of the people in our security department are like that. They would routinely lock us out of our own server, and end up bringing production to a standstill. When you have 40 computers you're trying to get out same-day and restore people's data from a server that you have suddenly no access to, tempers tend to flare.
@godmode
Looks like you get to test the security of your network now!
This is a technical support team, damnit, this is what you get paid to do.
Like short stories that go into publications, magazines, some type of syndication?
Just wanna ask a few questions.
Maybe this is a better question to post in Writer's Block.
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You're 18 and just out of high school; you're going to get entry level jobs... work retail in the mall, work as a server in a restaurant, just get some experience in something that interests you (or that you think you can learn from). Also, they're not going to care about your GPA, so don't worry about that.
you're supposed to have a piece of paper with your phone number on it, indicating you have a heartbeat and basic brain function
MAKE SURE YOU SPELL YOUR NAME PROPERLY!
I may have sent out resumes once with my name misspelled in my email address. Which is my first and last name @ gmail.com
I saw it and just shouted GOD DAMMIT.
Also if you can come up with something about yourself to go in your cover letter, it will demonstrate that you can at least put words together in a sensible order.
Fortunately, my wife and I have been entertaining the idea of moving back to California, so my search area isn't limited to where we currently live. So far I've applied to 7 jobs; I have no expectation of hearing back from any of them, but at least my resume is out there.
Also, I set up a networking lunch next week with one of my company's outside counsel, so hopefully something positive will come out of that. I'd like to stay with the company; the people are nice here. I just need to be in legal rather than doing what I'm currently doing.
The servisair lounge is really good! Free wifi and drinks/snacks. It was really quiet when I was in it.
Go work in a computer store.
It's retail, but selling shit you know.