it's time for me to stop shitting on myself and really find myself a new job
What do you do again?
Other than fix MilkGlass when Lord Dave is too lazy.
I wrote software for a lot of different things, like web apps, some graphic database tools and even some embedded software for handheld instrumentation
then somehow more recently I ended up doing more IT than writing software and also convinced myself I was awful at writing software
End on
I wish that someway, somehow, that I could save every one of us
I'm hoping that the next job I get I will have for a good few years. Because man, fuck changing jobs every year like I've been doing. Though to be fair this most recent time isn't voluntary.
Nice thing about today? It's the last day I'll have to work with idiot new guy.
Of course he's still showing me why I call him that, what with not loading the machine with plates at all and going 'uh, was I supposed to do that?' When every night he's worked I've told him that.
And this kid wants to be a firefighter! I can imagine a scenario where he forgets the hose because 'uh, I didn't know I had to bring it.'
I've done a lot of web stuff in python, some of it using django. in my spare time recently I did some stuff without using a specific framework using webob, sqlalchemy and mako (it started out using the pyramid framework but somehow I lost the pyramid part)
I also did some pyqt and gtk stuff that connected to a mysql database and did some reporting
edit: a lot of my personal website stuff has been postgres, but work stuff was always mysql
End on
I wish that someway, somehow, that I could save every one of us
I've done a lot of web stuff in python, some of it using django. in my spare time recently I did some stuff without using a specific framework using webob, sqlalchemy and mako (it started out using the pyramid framework but somehow I lost the pyramid part)
I also did some pyqt and gtk stuff that connected to a mysql database and did some reporting
edit: a lot of my personal website stuff has been postgres, but work stuff was always mysql
Oh just make a dice.com profile with that on it. You'll probably have recruiters calling you.
Nice thing about today? It's the last day I'll have to work with idiot new guy.
Of course he's still showing me why I call him that, what with not loading the machine with plates at all and going 'uh, was I supposed to do that?' When every night he's worked I've told him that.
And this kid wants to be a firefighter! I can imagine a scenario where he forgets the hose because 'uh, I didn't know I had to bring it.'
I've known people like that. The mentality is "this isn't what Ireally want to do with my life, so I have no reason to be motivated.
They don't realize that a lack of motivation is an easy habit to develop, that won't go away just because they're working toward their 'real job', which they very, very rarely actually get into.
Just remember the cardinal rule of interviews/networking, never ever ever speak poorly of a previous employer
This isn't necessarily applicable in some situations.
My last bar gig lasted five days before I walked out because there were drug deals going down in the bathroom twenty feet from me.
Also, the Manager on Duty was a 53-year-old, 350 lb. sack-o-shit who smoked weed, on the clock, indoors.
My last night at my previous bar: Football weekend against Tech. Downtown was fucking slammed EVERYWHERE. The dumpster next door was over flowing, ours was full. The bar next to us was full. Somebody threw a bag on top and it busted. The guys next door were cleaning it up when our owner came out and started screaming at them to clean it up. Which they were doing. After bitching for quite some time, they end up having to take our trash out. So I'm helping them, and the owner starts telling me to let them do it. While I'm pushing two full trashcans up a ramp, which being on wheels, they will roll back to the bottom if I just drop everything and spill at the bottom. I started berating at him while taking the trash out, and then continued this tirade up to the bar where he turned around and walked off and my coworkers said he was ghost white and scared.
To this day if anybody asks what I think of him, I call him a fucking chickenshit lying bully.
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Nice thing about today? It's the last day I'll have to work with idiot new guy.
Of course he's still showing me why I call him that, what with not loading the machine with plates at all and going 'uh, was I supposed to do that?' When every night he's worked I've told him that.
And this kid wants to be a firefighter! I can imagine a scenario where he forgets the hose because 'uh, I didn't know I had to bring it.'
I've known people like that. The mentality is "this isn't what Ireally want to do with my life, so I have no reason to be motivated.
They don't realize that a lack of motivation is an easy habit to develop, that won't go away just because they're working toward their 'real job', which they very, very rarely actually get into.
Yup. Just 20 minutes till I hopefully never see him again, at least.
Nice thing about today? It's the last day I'll have to work with idiot new guy.
Of course he's still showing me why I call him that, what with not loading the machine with plates at all and going 'uh, was I supposed to do that?' When every night he's worked I've told him that.
And this kid wants to be a firefighter! I can imagine a scenario where he forgets the hose because 'uh, I didn't know I had to bring it.'
I've known people like that. The mentality is "this isn't what Ireally want to do with my life, so I have no reason to be motivated.
They don't realize that a lack of motivation is an easy habit to develop, that won't go away just because they're working toward their 'real job', which they very, very rarely actually get into.
Especially because working towards your real job requires work. Ain't nobody slack their way into a position. Except for Idiot Son.
Today I dropped off my resume, a sterling cover letter extolling my virtues and skill, and (what I feel is) an incredible piece of research journalism about a well known business (a coffee shop everyone in this city is familiar with) as a writing sample. I dropped off two of these packets. One to the hundred year old newspaper, and one to the liberal "hippie" newspaper we have here.
I humbly request all the fondest wishes of luck. I would be so god damn happy if I get even a mail room job at either of these places.
I plan to call them next week and start the "HIRE ME" shenanigans.
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it's time for me to stop shitting on myself and really find myself a new job
I was rehearsing this in my head all day. It's all 'ended amicably' this and 'contract dissolved' that
yes, this is the end
This isn't necessarily applicable in some situations.
My last bar gig lasted five days before I walked out because there were drug deals going down in the bathroom twenty feet from me.
Also, the Manager on Duty was a 53-year-old, 350 lb. sack-o-shit who smoked weed, on the clock, indoors.
I'm not sure how much it applies outside of the game industry, but the game industry is fucking tiny.
Just be prepared to answer "what happened at your old job" without saying anything bad
Nobody wants to hire someone who shit talks their old boss because eventually they will become your old boss
I'm trying to edit my resume and I'm just tripping over myself trying to figure out to undo some of the layout
What do you do again?
Other than fix MilkGlass when @Lord Dave is too lazy.
Same level of pot usage, more corporate accountability.
Not really ruthless with how much he's AFK.
I wrote software for a lot of different things, like web apps, some graphic database tools and even some embedded software for handheld instrumentation
then somehow more recently I ended up doing more IT than writing software and also convinced myself I was awful at writing software
Yeah, after a while, you tend to know at least one person at pretty much every studio.
Doesn't always mean they'll say anything about your time with them at their previous job, but better safe than sorry.
Of course he's still showing me why I call him that, what with not loading the machine with plates at all and going 'uh, was I supposed to do that?' When every night he's worked I've told him that.
And this kid wants to be a firefighter! I can imagine a scenario where he forgets the hose because 'uh, I didn't know I had to bring it.'
Where are you?
What languages and technologies?
I've done a lot of web stuff in python, some of it using django. in my spare time recently I did some stuff without using a specific framework using webob, sqlalchemy and mako (it started out using the pyramid framework but somehow I lost the pyramid part)
I also did some pyqt and gtk stuff that connected to a mysql database and did some reporting
edit: a lot of my personal website stuff has been postgres, but work stuff was always mysql
Oh just make a dice.com profile with that on it. You'll probably have recruiters calling you.
I've known people like that. The mentality is "this isn't what Ireally want to do with my life, so I have no reason to be motivated.
They don't realize that a lack of motivation is an easy habit to develop, that won't go away just because they're working toward their 'real job', which they very, very rarely actually get into.
My last night at my previous bar: Football weekend against Tech. Downtown was fucking slammed EVERYWHERE. The dumpster next door was over flowing, ours was full. The bar next to us was full. Somebody threw a bag on top and it busted. The guys next door were cleaning it up when our owner came out and started screaming at them to clean it up. Which they were doing. After bitching for quite some time, they end up having to take our trash out. So I'm helping them, and the owner starts telling me to let them do it. While I'm pushing two full trashcans up a ramp, which being on wheels, they will roll back to the bottom if I just drop everything and spill at the bottom. I started berating at him while taking the trash out, and then continued this tirade up to the bar where he turned around and walked off and my coworkers said he was ghost white and scared.
To this day if anybody asks what I think of him, I call him a fucking chickenshit lying bully.
Yup. Just 20 minutes till I hopefully never see him again, at least.
Especially because working towards your real job requires work. Ain't nobody slack their way into a position. Except for Idiot Son.
Well that and go to the interview fully dressed.
I made almost $60k last year, and average $27/hr.
It's a disgrace that I made 11.50/hr responding to 911 calls, compared to what I make now slinging clam chowder to old biddies.
Where the hell do waiters make 27 bucks an hour?
Yeah for real
I humbly request all the fondest wishes of luck. I would be so god damn happy if I get even a mail room job at either of these places.
I plan to call them next week and start the "HIRE ME" shenanigans.
Oh god I hope they call me first.
They are indeed, fond.