So got into an argument with a coworker today who brought his self-made lunch in. He called them "enchiladas" but I had a feeling that something was amiss. Thereupon I asked him: "Oh! And have they been made with a corn tortilla or a flour tortilla?" and he replied: "flour" and I replied: "then they are not enchiladas!" and he replied: "they are" and I then hovered above him and his lunch while I googled "enchilada" which brought me to a wikipedia page about enchiladas where it clearly says "corn tortilla" and I told him this and he told me "no" and then I argued with him for 7 minutes.
The question is...
How much of an asshole am I exactly? It's hard to tell if it's a 9 or a full on 10 sometimes.
50 is a pretty sizable amount unless you live in like NYC or something.
The application process is pretty grueling for the most part since you have to spend like 45 minutes pressing buttons and copying your resume to little boxes so their HR can dismiss it 9 times out of 10. Or if you're lucky it's a 15 minute online application process.
I could see doing 50+ if you're driving around giving out resumes like you're a baby boomer in the 1960s.
I was unemployed for ~2 years.
I was sending out job applications like it was a full-time job. Some days when I was really struggling hard, I'd only manage to get one application done and dusted. Other days I'd fire off 10+.
Over the course of those two years I must have applied to at least a thousand jobs, easy.
Fuck, I'm back at it now because this gardening thing just isn't making me any real money, I don't want to be broke forever.
Me to C-Suite on Monday: Our planning process for changing our company KPIs should go something like:
Step A: Wednesday
Step B: Two Weeks
Step C: Two Weeks
Step Two Weeks
C-Suite to entire leadership team today, Wednesday: Your homework for next week is to complete Step D.
Me, in response: nodding and smiling
In their defense I also said "everyone's going to be a little uncomfortable with the outcome of this process, that's how we know it worked" so here's my helping of uncomfortableness as I try to do in four days what I said would take four weeks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And I'm sure to them they thought "boy, what good managers we are. look at us manage!"
Hoping there isn't too much backlash if you aren't able to hit that mark. I fucking hate people who completely misinterpret KPIs and how damn complex they can be to gather, let alone setup. I've been where you are now.
Lot of nice looking jobs at the University of Hawaii. Maaaaaan.... It's hard when you're trying not to upend your children's life, but sometimes I wonder what else is out there.
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
Lot of nice looking jobs at the University of Hawaii. Maaaaaan.... It's hard when you're trying not to upend your children's life, but sometimes I wonder what else is out there.
They would have to be very high paying jobs for an academic institution to make living there remotely affordable.
As someone who's lived most of my adult life in the LA/OC area I'm plenty biased but yeah, sooo many amazing food options it's ridiculous. I've never actually been to NYC so if someone made a case for that I could definitely see it.
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How good are the Greek joints in LA is my question
NY is great, obviously, and I'd figure Chicago has good ones too.
The city does and like...half? The suburbs do. Like my buddy moved out to Plainsfield and can't find a descent bowl of Lemon Rice to save his Lemon Life
I'm studying for a PhD at the moment, but after I finished my Masters and I was job hunting for a while it was a special flavour of hell knowing that:
1. There were virtually no jobs in my field.
2. What jobs there were had extremely specific requirements, because the people hiring already had someone picked out and were just going through the motions by listing the job at all.
3. My applications to jobs outside my field were likely getting binned because the people hiring saw my qualifications and assumed that if they did hire me I would immediately jump ship soon after for one of those science jobs that don't exist.
4. If I lied on my resume by omitting my qualifications and the study I did to get them, I would then have to account for an employment history with more holes than a slice of delicious ciabatta.
Yes coworker, boss can be an ass sometimes. But what I'm not saying is that i heard you making excuses to other boss when you didn't read schedule or check email.
So maybe this boss is not an ass and you need to be mindful of the data you collect and make sure it does not portray you as a lazy sumbitch?
The best city for food in the world is likely New Orleans, based on the bazillion people I've heard say that, and those people have traveled all over the world.
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My job hunt is over officially. I went with the SBIR company that does a lot of innovative research and has spun off about $4 billion in shareholder value. Their benefits weren't quite as good as another company in some ways, like the 401k match is anemic and the health plan is significantly more expensive; however, the opportunity to work on some really cutting edge stuff in a variety of fields was too attractive for me to pass up. Also, although I didn't count it towards my decision, I was granted shares in the company that are used to determine shares in spin-off companies that can be fairly lucrative. And every grant won results in a $1,500 bonus. Hopefully I can make it rain there, demonstrate my value with eery speed, and get paid.
My job hunt is over officially. I went with the SBIR company that does a lot of innovative research and has spun off about $4 billion in shareholder value. Their benefits weren't quite as good as another company in some ways, like the 401k match is anemic and the health plan is significantly more expensive; however, the opportunity to work on some really cutting edge stuff in a variety of fields was too attractive for me to pass up. Also, although I didn't count it towards my decision, I was granted shares in the company that are used to determine shares in spin-off companies that can be fairly lucrative. And every grant won results in a $1,500 bonus. Hopefully I can make it rain there, demonstrate my value with eery speed, and get paid.
Getting paid is a noble goal. Good work.
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
50 is a pretty sizable amount unless you live in like NYC or something.
The application process is pretty grueling for the most part since you have to spend like 45 minutes pressing buttons and copying your resume to little boxes so their HR can dismiss it 9 times out of 10. Or if you're lucky it's a 15 minute online application process.
I could see doing 50+ if you're driving around giving out resumes like you're a baby boomer in the 1960s.
I was unemployed for ~2 years.
I was sending out job applications like it was a full-time job. Some days when I was really struggling hard, I'd only manage to get one application done and dusted. Other days I'd fire off 10+.
Over the course of those two years I must have applied to at least a thousand jobs, easy.
Fuck, I'm back at it now because this gardening thing just isn't making me any real money, I don't want to be broke forever.
It's also entirely dependent on where you live and how far you can feasibly go. Not everyone has the ability to find employment more than 45 minutes away from where they live. 50ish might be like, all of the businesses in that area. I just wouldn't poo-poo it so easily, it's a pretty large number but likely to not result in many bites.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
But then, inexplicably, you can't get good Mexican food in New York, so I don't know. Maybe there is no right answer.
I've had better luck stumbling on random, small delicious Mexican places in the Northeast than I ever have finding even halfway decent pizza on the west coast.
Also the east coast has better burgers, don't @ me.
But then, inexplicably, you can't get good Mexican food in New York, so I don't know. Maybe there is no right answer.
I've had better luck stumbling on random, small delicious Mexican places in the Northeast than I ever have finding even halfway decent pizza on the west coast.
Also the east coast has better burgers, don't @ me.
I remember watching a show about pizzas across the US and when they got to california some dude was taking like mozz kraft singles and slapping them on a pizza.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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Approximately 3/5 on the asshole scale.
I was unemployed for ~2 years.
I was sending out job applications like it was a full-time job. Some days when I was really struggling hard, I'd only manage to get one application done and dusted. Other days I'd fire off 10+.
Over the course of those two years I must have applied to at least a thousand jobs, easy.
Fuck, I'm back at it now because this gardening thing just isn't making me any real money, I don't want to be broke forever.
And I'm sure to them they thought "boy, what good managers we are. look at us manage!"
Hoping there isn't too much backlash if you aren't able to hit that mark. I fucking hate people who completely misinterpret KPIs and how damn complex they can be to gather, let alone setup. I've been where you are now.
This was my secret agenda. Wearing an enchilada made by a coworker is on my bucket list.
Unfortunately he didn't bite.
Pun intended.
LA, best food city in America or best food city on Earth?
I’ma go get Mexican food today.
Strong contender for best in America from a sheer volume of amazing options and diversity. Honestly, yea, probably the number 1.
In the world? Clearly you've never been to Singapore
They would have to be very high paying jobs for an academic institution to make living there remotely affordable.
Weird way to spell Chicago. LA is up there sure, but their pizza is how deep? Not deep enough in LA.
I've heard that LA and most of the rest of the west coast has shit pizza selections.
That's a deal breaker.
NY is great, obviously, and I'd figure Chicago has good ones too.
The city does and like...half? The suburbs do. Like my buddy moved out to Plainsfield and can't find a descent bowl of Lemon Rice to save his Lemon Life
Chicago has good everything else too, in addition to the amazing pizza.
I have.
It’s ai’ite, I feel like maybe you just wanted to use this Jack Sparrow line.
Chicago is not the best anything.
Slander! Calumny! Demonstrably false!
We must do more research.
Edit: holy shiiiiit, this dude’s carnitas are legit.
1. There were virtually no jobs in my field.
2. What jobs there were had extremely specific requirements, because the people hiring already had someone picked out and were just going through the motions by listing the job at all.
3. My applications to jobs outside my field were likely getting binned because the people hiring saw my qualifications and assumed that if they did hire me I would immediately jump ship soon after for one of those science jobs that don't exist.
4. If I lied on my resume by omitting my qualifications and the study I did to get them, I would then have to account for an employment history with more holes than a slice of delicious ciabatta.
So maybe this boss is not an ass and you need to be mindful of the data you collect and make sure it does not portray you as a lazy sumbitch?
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Getting paid is a noble goal. Good work.
It's also entirely dependent on where you live and how far you can feasibly go. Not everyone has the ability to find employment more than 45 minutes away from where they live. 50ish might be like, all of the businesses in that area. I just wouldn't poo-poo it so easily, it's a pretty large number but likely to not result in many bites.
Wait shit ummmmm hey how’s the weather today?
I've had better luck stumbling on random, small delicious Mexican places in the Northeast than I ever have finding even halfway decent pizza on the west coast.
Also the east coast has better burgers, don't @ me.
I remember watching a show about pizzas across the US and when they got to california some dude was taking like mozz kraft singles and slapping them on a pizza.