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Re: The SE++ Bad Game Jam For Weirdos 2023 (SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ADDED 5/4)
I submitted a game.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
expendable
+4
Re: [Honkai: Star Rail] Trash Can meta has arrived
My first standard banner 5* was Gepard's Light Cone, seems like a shoe-in for Fire Trailblazer, but I wonder if it would also be good for March...
Feldorn
+1
Re: Can't live with [Jobs], Can't live without [Jobs]
My Wage history for the last decade, best as I can remember
my wife's wage history for the last decade, best as I can remember
2011: Disney World, $7.50 per hour
2012: Hired at university owned hotel, Full time Second shift front desk, $13 per hour
2013: Same, $13.25 per hour
2014: Same, no increase
2015: Same, pay increased to $13.75 per hour
2016: Same, pay increased to $14 per hour
2017: Same, pay increased to $14.25 per hour
2018: Same, pay increased to $15 per hour, that fall went back to college part time
2019: Same place for same pay, dropped to part time and went full time on my education in the fall
2020: Hotel closed due to covid. Various customer service for under $15 per hour while I worked on my education
2021: Winter got a new weekend part time hotel front desk job at $16 per hour
2022: Graduated in May with a math degree (Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics). In October started in my current role as a Thermal Test Engineer for $30 per hour
Present: Thermal Test Engineer, Third-Party Contractor, $30 per hour, in Silicon Valley. Functionally more like a salary with overtime since I am instructed to put 40 hours minimum into the system.
2012: Hired at university owned hotel, Full time Second shift front desk, $13 per hour
2013: Same, $13.25 per hour
2014: Same, no increase
2015: Same, pay increased to $13.75 per hour
2016: Same, pay increased to $14 per hour
2017: Same, pay increased to $14.25 per hour
2018: Same, pay increased to $15 per hour, that fall went back to college part time
2019: Same place for same pay, dropped to part time and went full time on my education in the fall
2020: Hotel closed due to covid. Various customer service for under $15 per hour while I worked on my education
2021: Winter got a new weekend part time hotel front desk job at $16 per hour
2022: Graduated in May with a math degree (Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics). In October started in my current role as a Thermal Test Engineer for $30 per hour
Present: Thermal Test Engineer, Third-Party Contractor, $30 per hour, in Silicon Valley. Functionally more like a salary with overtime since I am instructed to put 40 hours minimum into the system.
my wife's wage history for the last decade, best as I can remember
2012: In May graduated college with an english teacher bachelors of science, by the fall she found a secretarial job at a local high school, $35k salary
2013: Same, $36K Salary
2014: Moved into Special Education partial-masters program paid for by the school (Only needed to complete half the program to for the state to give my wife the license to be a special educator in Wisconsin). Assigned to an elementary school, salary now $45K
2015: Same first half, second half moved back to the high school she was a secretary at, salary now $52K
2016 to 2020: Same position with steady increases in pay, around $62k by the start of the 2019 school year.
2021: Shit went down at the school in the fall of 2019, and then COVID solidified her need to leave the profession. Last day teaching was June 2021.
2022: January she found a position as a Project Manager at a small marketing agency that has been 100% fully "Work From Anywhere" remote since 2010, Salary of $60k
Present: Same place as 2022, recently got done with the yearly review and received a $10k bonus and now making a salary of $63k
2013: Same, $36K Salary
2014: Moved into Special Education partial-masters program paid for by the school (Only needed to complete half the program to for the state to give my wife the license to be a special educator in Wisconsin). Assigned to an elementary school, salary now $45K
2015: Same first half, second half moved back to the high school she was a secretary at, salary now $52K
2016 to 2020: Same position with steady increases in pay, around $62k by the start of the 2019 school year.
2021: Shit went down at the school in the fall of 2019, and then COVID solidified her need to leave the profession. Last day teaching was June 2021.
2022: January she found a position as a Project Manager at a small marketing agency that has been 100% fully "Work From Anywhere" remote since 2010, Salary of $60k
Present: Same place as 2022, recently got done with the yearly review and received a $10k bonus and now making a salary of $63k
Veevee
+5
Re: Can't live with [Jobs], Can't live without [Jobs]
Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »I don't often get asshole clients, but when I do, they always suck.
I always go out of my way to get my client's what they want before we start any orders. I'm open and clear about pricing, and yet, some of them still fight it.
It's not the word count that matters. I've made more money for less words ya' dick. $20 for your shitty YT project was a steal.
Did the client not provide the words they wanted you to say?
I can only guess they hoped Dover would just cave in an effort to at least get paid something.
Be cheap and bank on them being in need, basically.
I guess I'm just confused that the person seems surprised (and unsure) how many words it was when they presumably wrote them.
What a prick. Also, it's $20! That's like the minimum I would expect to pay anyone for doing anything. Fucking cheapskate.
