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  • ToxTox I kill threads they/themRegistered User regular
    Something that was mildly helpful for me when I had bad teeth pain (as opposed to most stuff that just wasn't helpful at all) was to rinse/gargle warm salt water. It was very temporary so I was just carrying a mug around, but it did help a little bit

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  • FrylockHolmesFrylockHolmes Registered User regular
    Had a new team member introduce themself this morning in a managers meeting, they seemed enthusiastic and excited to jump in and help us out with some areas that we severely need help in

    They apparently quit on the spot a few hours later

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Had a new team member introduce themself this morning in a managers meeting, they seemed enthusiastic and excited to jump in and help us out with some areas that we severely need help in

    They apparently quit on the spot a few hours later

    Oof

    What happened?

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  • FrylockHolmesFrylockHolmes Registered User regular
    Had a new team member introduce themself this morning in a managers meeting, they seemed enthusiastic and excited to jump in and help us out with some areas that we severely need help in

    They apparently quit on the spot a few hours later

    Oof

    What happened?

    They met their boss

  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    Had a new team member introduce themself this morning in a managers meeting, they seemed enthusiastic and excited to jump in and help us out with some areas that we severely need help in

    They apparently quit on the spot a few hours later

    Oof

    What happened?

    They met their boss

    "I can't fix this."

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Full props to someone that willing and able to avoid the sunk cost fallacy, sounds like an incredible decision-maker.

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    In a just world, that would be an excellent answer to a future interview question. Alas.

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    Had a new team member introduce themself this morning in a managers meeting, they seemed enthusiastic and excited to jump in and help us out with some areas that we severely need help in

    They apparently quit on the spot a few hours later

    Oof

    What happened?

    They met their boss

    I am still laughing at this whole situation, but especially the bolded.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 14
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    tynic on
  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    Tox wrote: »
    Something that was mildly helpful for me when I had bad teeth pain (as opposed to most stuff that just wasn't helpful at all) was to rinse/gargle warm salt water. It was very temporary so I was just carrying a mug around, but it did help a little bit

    Yeah my problem is that the ones that are currently flaring bad are broken down beneath the gums so like, Short of extraction, there's a small list of temporary remedies, and most of them are drugs of location dependant legality.

    I'm hoping I can just suffer through till Friday

  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

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    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    also I had cause to go to LinkedIn (*spit, curse, turn around three times*) and on a whim clicked on the activity/notification tab

    from a brief skim, it seems like the CEO of my last-but-one company now spends most of his time trolling notable/famous roboticists on LinkedIn, which is either a sad waste of a life or a noble endeavor. Can't decide.

  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    This morning, I walked by a co-worker's area and turned a product around. He told me to leave his stuff alone and that he was now going to have to mess with my desk.
    When I got back from lunch, my chair was gone.
    It was easily found, and to keep things from escalating too quickly, I put his chair where he had put mine

    Begun, the prank wars have

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Today is Freshman first day, where 9th graders are introduced to High School. I've spent most of the day 3D printing tiny teddy bears that an English teacher is hiding all over the building. I also spent 20 minutes finding a Simpson's clip and trimming out a specific part to send as an email reply.



    No fights yet!

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    He came and got his chair, but didn't say anything.
    Now it's my turn to be paranoid.

  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    Younger member of my staff reflexively explained a meme to me today on the assumption I didn't understand.

    They will be joining me in my crypt as an eternal servant.

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  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

    5iesoztdk9r5.png

    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46483458/#Comment_46483458

  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field ---Registered User regular
    Younger member of my staff reflexively explained a meme to me today on the assumption I didn't understand.

    They will be joining me in my crypt as an eternal servant.

    I had a 20 year old at my last job do this to me when referencing the badger badger badger video.

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    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    This is the same junior designer who I had to instruct on the important of avoiding "two hands pulling at a circle" imagery to.

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  • V1mV1m Registered User regular
    With a helpful link, right?

  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    V1m wrote: »
    With a helpful link, right?

    I told him to look it up at home after asking his parents for permission to use the computer.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    Well, I thought it had been going well, two weeks in, get called into a meeting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyzUwdtSous

    They told me my performance on the first project I was assigned was unsatisfactory and I failed to communicate sufficiently, but like... we checked in on this like a dozen times in the last two weeks and clarified expectations numerous times.

    Back to the job hunt I guess!

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    Had a new team member introduce themself this morning in a managers meeting, they seemed enthusiastic and excited to jump in and help us out with some areas that we severely need help in

    They apparently quit on the spot a few hours later

    Funny story, this is what they told everyone else in the engineering group this morning after firing me last night so uh, don't believe everything you hear!

  • FFFF Once Upon a Time In OaklandRegistered User regular
    Ugh. Unofficially/officially filling in for my boss (Head of IT) while he's out on vac. Just got a surprise 3pm meeting with the head of HR, another HR rep, and the IT Desktop team manager titled "Network Security Question". I'm sure I'm not being fired or anything like that but...thanks for the low-level panic until I get into the meeting.

    Huh...
  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Well, I thought it had been going well, two weeks in, get called into a meeting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyzUwdtSous

    They told me my performance on the first project I was assigned was unsatisfactory and I failed to communicate sufficiently, but like... we checked in on this like a dozen times in the last two weeks and clarified expectations numerous times.

    Back to the job hunt I guess!

    :bro:

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    Genuinely funny how much being Cursed with Internet Knowledge is an important skill for my job.

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

    5iesoztdk9r5.png

    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46483458/#Comment_46483458

    oh christ that thing yeah I had totally forgotten that tangent
    this current guy is someone else's intern so tbh I'd be pretty happy if he wandered off into downtown SF and was never retrieved.

  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
    edited August 14
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

    5iesoztdk9r5.png

    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46483458/#Comment_46483458

    oh christ that thing yeah I had totally forgotten that tangent
    this current guy is someone else's intern so tbh I'd be pretty happy if he wandered off into downtown SF and was never retrieved.

    It seems harsh but venture capitalists gotta eat.

    Styrofoam Sammich on
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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field ---Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

    5iesoztdk9r5.png

    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46483458/#Comment_46483458

    oh christ that thing yeah I had totally forgotten that tangent
    this current guy is someone else's intern so tbh I'd be pretty happy if he wandered off into downtown SF and was never retrieved.

    It seems harsh but venture capitalists gotta eat.

    ...do they, though?

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

    5iesoztdk9r5.png

    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46483458/#Comment_46483458

    oh christ that thing yeah I had totally forgotten that tangent
    this current guy is someone else's intern so tbh I'd be pretty happy if he wandered off into downtown SF and was never retrieved.

    It seems harsh but venture capitalists gotta eat.

    ...do they, though?

    If you don't feed your venture capitalist they won't taste very good after the harvest.

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  • PacificstarPacificstar Registered User regular
    The BOD of the startup I'm in is made up almost entirely of VCs, and honestly, they've been really quite helpful and supportive. They're also more experienced than the investment bank -> MBA -> VC types who are professional investors without ever having run a business.

  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    furlion wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    I had an alarmingly competent and capable intern this year, it caused me an undue amount of consternation. He'd ask me a question and then in the time I took to respond he'd have done a detailed autopsy of the problem, tried several solutions, identified the bug and rewritten the codebase to avoid it in future.

    He's now returned to his regularly scheduled grad student life and I've spent the morning dealing with another researcher's intern who can't get anything to work, because he skips basic troubleshooting steps like "turning things on" and "checking the IP address". He also seems to struggle with the notion that machines can move, which is a worrying trait in a robotics phd student.
    But at least it's a reassuring return to the status quo re: the utility of interns.

    You still got that bluetooth thingybob?

    5iesoztdk9r5.png

    me, trying to figure out if this is a reference to something I've complained about in the past, or a reference to something else that I should probably know about

    https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/46483458/#Comment_46483458

    oh christ that thing yeah I had totally forgotten that tangent
    this current guy is someone else's intern so tbh I'd be pretty happy if he wandered off into downtown SF and was never retrieved.

    It seems harsh but venture capitalists gotta eat.

    ...do they, though?

    If you don't feed your venture capitalist they won't taste very good after the harvest.

    If you don’t feed them routinely, they have to scavenge for weaker companies, and that’s how you get vulture capitalists.

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    With new people getting excited and then either getting crushed or up and quitting is a theme at the hell known to men. I have been blamed for some of them quitting or stop showing up.
    I was not in frozen or around them when this happened

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Career update!

    I still have no job for this upcoming school year!!

    It is now mid-August, where every school district goes into panic mode as staff members surprise them with sudden resignations and such. As a result, there have been more jobs being posted. Districts are still largely only posting Social Studies positions coupled with either Spanish, Language Arts, or Multi-Lingual but those that are just Social Studies, and are within an hour drive of my home, have been applied to in a mad dash to secure employment.

    I have even started applying to leave replacement positions because come September, I need a job.

    It has been wild to see it happen, where we hit mid-August and every school has immediate staffing issues. It's like the arrival of a season.

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  • StragintStragint Do Not Gift Always DeclinesRegistered User regular
    I used bereavement for today and the rest of the week. I feel like I'm screwing myself over with training but I don't know, I can't really see myself focusing and learning right now.

    Gonna go back in on Monday and hopefully I'm not extremely behind.

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    Woke up today lookin like I'm smuggling a banana under my top lip. Boss sees me and says nope we are going to medical. So early in the day they haven't even arrived yet. Credit to my boss she said to just go home and schedule and appointment and they'll wave the points for missing. We're gonna ignore an abscess this severe shouldn't have been something that was in question but whatever
    Now to hope somewhere has an opening today

  • KamarKamar Registered User regular
    Huh. So I asked my client about assignments and received two answers from different editors: I should be getting ~50 pages/mth from them, which is down from the highs of 80/mth but still solid. Thing is, I've been getting less than 50 for a while. Like 40, then 30, and probably less than 20 this month unless they really load me up in the back half of the month.

    Second editor to respond said that they like working with me, but that I always max out my word count even if it means padding, so it was a pain to edit things down and thus fewer jobs went to me, so I needed to fix that.

    Which is true...and pretty unfortunate, since I assumed the opposite and have been aiming to hit the maximum. I figured that writing towards the lower end of the word count range would be what got me in trouble. I'm lazy and naturally write on the tight side of things (for work, I ramble and forget how the sentence started and wander all over the place when I'm writing here). So if they'd ever bothered to say something in the last few years since the standard word count maximums changed I'd have reined things in immediately and spared everyone some headache. One might wonder why they don't just drop the maximum on jobs they want to be shorter, but whatever.

    Not sure if things will get back to normal (recent) or normal (further back, when I was making pretty good money) if I make the necessary changes going forward, but it sounds like I should still be able to pay my bills without too much anxiety.

    I really, really need to diversify my income even if things start looking good again, so one client's decisions can't cause instant emotional dysregulation (my emergency ADHD medication supply dwindles further. Really need to find a new psychiatrist).

  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    yeah that's super lame that they didn't bother giving you that incredibly important feedback and just opted to slow-fire you until you explicitly asked for info, but hopefully that'll help turn things around for you

  • KadithKadith Registered User regular
    i accidentally started using the new outlook after an update and i really tried hard to not hate it

    but i have to stop using it because it makes it near impossible to attach actual files instead of links to my onedrive and it's like

    outlook, you know i'm federal employee, that's not a thing i can share easily!

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