yay get bitched out-ish by boss when get back
and yay team made so little progress in the 1.5 days i was out and now have to do a million things on my almost no sleep in the next 24 hrs
and yay i was told i'll prolly be on this project/client for a while
currently i do what can best be described as marketing strategy consulting
my educational background is applied mathematics so it is not really related
i want to get out of this type of position though anyway so i likely won't be looking at identical positions
maybe something a bit more technical, though my learning and experience related to those things are getting further in my past
i like doing things with maths and data
i don't really enjoy all this making silly powerpoints
I'm lucky enough to not work during the summer, and have plenty of time to get my vag installed
fuck, how am I surviving the summer
FUCK
you doin that this summer? dang girl, things have been moving quickly for you it seems. congrats
my therapist is ready to write a letter for me (name change stuff, too)
just gotta call another number to get a PhD therapist to write a letter for me
then I gotta contact my school insurance
and then get in line at my surgery clinic of choice
That's awesome! But quick question, your school insurance is covering the surgery?
90% coverage, up to 70k dineros
And I want to see if I can raise it to 100% before I leave, especially in light of the city of San Fransisco's decision to cover SRS for all its uninsured trans citizens
Oh wow, the city covers that these days? That's kind of amazing.
yay get bitched out-ish by boss when get back
and yay team made so little progress in the 1.5 days i was out and now have to do a million things on my almost no sleep in the next 24 hrs
and yay i was told i'll prolly be on this project/client for a while
currently i do what can best be described as marketing strategy consulting
my educational background is applied mathematics so it is not really related
i want to get out of this type of position though anyway so i likely won't be looking at identical positions
maybe something a bit more technical, though my learning and experience related to those things are getting further in my past
i like doing things with maths and data
i don't really enjoy all this making silly powerpoints
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Oh man I hope this job pans out as awesome as it seems
I'm at lunch right now and they want me to 'take ownership of the room' and make a list of things I want to acquire for the classroom setup. This is great and also intimidating as hell! I'm excited/terrified.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
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I'm lucky enough to not work during the summer, and have plenty of time to get my vag installed
fuck, how am I surviving the summer
FUCK
you doin that this summer? dang girl, things have been moving quickly for you it seems. congrats
my therapist is ready to write a letter for me (name change stuff, too)
just gotta call another number to get a PhD therapist to write a letter for me
then I gotta contact my school insurance
and then get in line at my surgery clinic of choice
That's awesome! But quick question, your school insurance is covering the surgery?
90% coverage, up to 70k dineros
And I want to see if I can raise it to 100% before I leave, especially in light of the city of San Fransisco's decision to cover SRS for all its uninsured trans citizens
Oh wow, the city covers that these days? That's kind of amazing.
it's a very recent development
San Fransisco was already offering the same deal to its city workers
now only if it wasn't so fucking expensive to live there
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Pretty sure the administration function was designed either BY people with mental handicaps or FOR them.
I'm not yet able to rule out the possibility of both, either.
Seriously, trying to change workflows is like them saying "FUCK YOU" over and over.
It is intensely aggravating.
Maybe they hired a UX designer and said "Cool. Lets do the opposite of that. Yeah, the thing that is like punching someone in the groin repeatedly. That seems good."
Pretty sure the administration function was designed either BY people with mental handicaps or FOR them.
I'm not yet able to rule out the possibility of both, either.
Seriously, trying to change workflows is like them saying "FUCK YOU" over and over.
It is intensely aggravating.
Maybe they hired a UX designer and said "Cool. Lets do the opposite of that. Yeah, the thing that is like punching someone in the groin repeatedly. That seems good."
Tossrock that job looks cool
sigh
If only I had done a few things differently I'd be qualified for that job but as of now my experience in ML and whatnot stops with schoolwork and I only took one class (and that one research project I started to build out some product recommender that I never finished)
And I would need to relearn Java since I think I've forgotten most
Seems cool though thanks for sending
Maybe I should go get that masters I was thinking about
I need more stats knowledge
Anyone have suggestions for books and/or websites where I can learn about networking best practices? Possibly specifically improving VPN performance in an all Windows environment? I'm trying to figure out how to split up server roles and route traffic properly to get everyone to stop complaining about speed issues out at our remote sites.
I had someone scream at me today, literally scream, as loud as a person can, to the point where I could hear them straining with the effort, for almost 80 minutes, pretty much non-stop. It was incredible. Like speaking to a stressed out female Nic Cage after they'd jammed a spoonful of coke under each eyelid.
If only they had screamed a tiny bit louder. Like all customer service, we help people entirely based on how loud the phone call is.
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I had someone scream at me today, literally scream, as loud as a person can, to the point where I could hear them straining with the effort, for almost 80 minutes, pretty much non-stop. It was incredible. Like speaking to a stressed out female Nic Cage after they'd jammed a spoonful of coke under each eyelid.
If only they had screamed a tiny bit louder. Like all customer service, we help people entirely based on how loud the phone call is.
I just read and signed the first employment contract that I remember reading and signing.
I'm sure that there was one at Verizon and at Walmart, but i can't even begin to pretend to remember them. in the slightest.
I'll get the contract back to HR on thursday (tomorrow is a public holiday here), then I start work on monday.
11 February. EXACTLY 2 years to the day when I set foot in new zealand. I came here to live with the love of my life and find a brand new start. The love part was the easy part. The new start has taken some getting going.
But two years to the day, I'll finally get a chance to get my own independence back.
I am now crying. fuck yes.
(also, my manager totally put the wrong year down on the contracts. he totally signed them 2012)
I am awesoming your tears. Delicious delicious tears.
Honestly, Jira is pretty decent once you get it configured the way you want it.
From a single page, I can see everything the team is working on and where it's at. I also like that it automatically tracks cycle time. It is one of the metrics we are getting judged by, and having it calculated automatically is just one less thing for us to worry about.
It's just getting it set up that was a pain in the ass.
Honestly, Jira is pretty decent once you get it configured the way you want it.
From a single page, I can see everything the team is working on and where it's at. I also like that it automatically tracks cycle time. It is one of the metrics we are getting judged by, and having it calculated automatically is just one less thing for us to worry about.
It's just getting it set up that was a pain in the ass.
New job wanted me to start Monday. Then they pushed it to Wednesday because the CEO had some end-of-month stuff he was trying to get done. Fine. He emails me today telling me he's going to have to push it to the 18th because he's going out of town next week.
I emailed him back and said as politely as possible that I need rent and food money. Hoping he sees the light. If this falls apart, I am going to be so mad.
I thought you were going to work at a university?
shortly after that i got offered full-time work as a c# programmer. now of course it's been delayed
Oh wow I missed that! Why would the CEO need to be around for your first day? What kind of development is it? I use C# for ASP .Net.
It's a small studio, apparently he handles setting up workstations for new hires and such. It's game programming with Unity. He was supposed to send me the paperwork on Monday, so I don't know the specifics yet.
I had someone scream at me today, literally scream, as loud as a person can, to the point where I could hear them straining with the effort, for almost 80 minutes, pretty much non-stop. It was incredible. Like speaking to a stressed out female Nic Cage after they'd jammed a spoonful of coke under each eyelid.
If only they had screamed a tiny bit louder. Like all customer service, we help people entirely based on how loud the phone call is.
I had someone scream at me today, literally scream, as loud as a person can, to the point where I could hear them straining with the effort, for almost 80 minutes, pretty much non-stop. It was incredible. Like speaking to a stressed out female Nic Cage after they'd jammed a spoonful of coke under each eyelid.
If only they had screamed a tiny bit louder. Like all customer service, we help people entirely based on how loud the phone call is.
What do you do?!
Ashcroft works in headphone customer service, most people who call him are deafened by faulty products
We're looking at JIRA because we can self-host, some of the bigger contracts we're pulling in now are really pushy on data protection so we can't hold anything outside of the EU which pretty much kills the tool our current PM/Dev team are using, so we have to do these annoying 'mini-feasibility' studies that end up taking months.
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my company is hiring applied math people
Oh wow, the city covers that these days? That's kind of amazing.
what kind of things
a few [ and a couple ()
I'm at lunch right now and they want me to 'take ownership of the room' and make a list of things I want to acquire for the classroom setup. This is great and also intimidating as hell! I'm excited/terrified.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
that's for noobs
it's a very recent development
San Fransisco was already offering the same deal to its city workers
now only if it wasn't so fucking expensive to live there
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Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
The ] is silent, so it's basically optional.
I'm not yet able to rule out the possibility of both, either.
Seriously, trying to change workflows is like them saying "FUCK YOU" over and over.
It is intensely aggravating.
Maybe they hired a UX designer and said "Cool. Lets do the opposite of that. Yeah, the thing that is like punching someone in the groin repeatedly. That seems good."
Fuck
Any if/then statements or any y = mx + b?
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interesting
though i am likely underqualified experience wise
perhaps maybe though @tossrock could you PM me some info about position and qualifications
it's good to know what kind of jobs need what kinds of skills
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Just click around in the menus until you get a graph that looks right.
And that's what we call Marketing
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Oh shit.
He's onto us.
you talking bout jira?
then charge you 20 grand.
sigh
If only I had done a few things differently I'd be qualified for that job but as of now my experience in ML and whatnot stops with schoolwork and I only took one class (and that one research project I started to build out some product recommender that I never finished)
And I would need to relearn Java since I think I've forgotten most
Seems cool though thanks for sending
Maybe I should go get that masters I was thinking about
I need more stats knowledge
yes
and reweight things
and yadda yadda
such bullshit
Waka
Flocka
honest job description
move numbers around and make them into charts and pretend that they mean something
Oh look somebody already did mine!
If only they had screamed a tiny bit louder. Like all customer service, we help people entirely based on how loud the phone call is.
So you basically had to assist this guy today?
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I am awesoming your tears. Delicious delicious tears.
From a single page, I can see everything the team is working on and where it's at. I also like that it automatically tracks cycle time. It is one of the metrics we are getting judged by, and having it calculated automatically is just one less thing for us to worry about.
It's just getting it set up that was a pain in the ass.
And getting everyone to use it the same way
It's a small studio, apparently he handles setting up workstations for new hires and such. It's game programming with Unity. He was supposed to send me the paperwork on Monday, so I don't know the specifics yet.
What do you do?!
I'm kinda disappointed he andthe other guys coming from his school weren't able to get use of one of the school vans.
One of their nondescrpit windowless vans
At a certain point, it's just like 'fuck it'.
Ashcroft works in headphone customer service, most people who call him are deafened by faulty products