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  • C call_me_Cincin_please

    omg

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    R Giskard Reventlov
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    If you're good and have a decent CV you should not have a problem getting another gig. The market (in London) appears quite bouyant right now and I am confident I should find a new contract fairly rapidly (allowing for a couple of weeks of 'resting' :-))

    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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    • C call_me_Cincin_please

      I was a programmer

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      Baconbutty
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      You are still a programmer - just not working at the moment. Use this unexpected and probably unwelcome spare time to brush up on new skills that the market seems to be demanding. This will be the longest stretch of free time you will have so make the most of it. Even if you only end up with a basic knowledge of a subject you can speak about how you learned it, the problems you found AND OVERCAME and how you want to progress that area.

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      • D Dalek Dave

        Yeah, better to have a shitty job but bring in some money while you look than erode your savings like sandcastles in the incomin tide waiting for that ripe plum to fall from the tree (If you will excuse my appalling use of mixed metaphores!).

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        Baconbutty
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        Yup, my first contract was only just better than being on the dole in the end by about £50 a week (after all expenses etc) but after several months of not working it was very welcome and ended up being a bit of a foothold to get the next 2 contracts. Much easier to get another job when you are working than when you're not.

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          I guessed that! I meant "what happened to make you unemployed?" rather than "what did you do for your previous company?"

          Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

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          call_me_Cincin_please
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          i resign from that job for my girl

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          • C call_me_Cincin_please

            i resign from that job for my girl

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            Well if you resigned then why are you surprised at not having a job? You did say OMG. I find that if you resign, you tend to be out of a job, and to do it for a girl is a bit dim. "Hi honey, I love you so much I want to drag you into penury and the workhouse".

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            • D Dalek Dave

              Well if you resigned then why are you surprised at not having a job? You did say OMG. I find that if you resign, you tend to be out of a job, and to do it for a girl is a bit dim. "Hi honey, I love you so much I want to drag you into penury and the workhouse".

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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              call_me_Cincin_please
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              i cannt find job now

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              • D Dalek Dave

                Well if you resigned then why are you surprised at not having a job? You did say OMG. I find that if you resign, you tend to be out of a job, and to do it for a girl is a bit dim. "Hi honey, I love you so much I want to drag you into penury and the workhouse".

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                OriginalGriff
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                That's pretty close to what I was going to say... I would have added: "In the current economic condition, to resign without having something to go onto is pretty silly. It may be worth cooling down, and then trying to see if you can rescind the resignation"

                Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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                • M Mark_Wallace

                  What city are you in?

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  call_me_Cincin_please
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                  shanghai

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Well if you resigned then why are you surprised at not having a job? You did say OMG. I find that if you resign, you tend to be out of a job, and to do it for a girl is a bit dim. "Hi honey, I love you so much I want to drag you into penury and the workhouse".

                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                    Baconbutty
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                    Here's another 3 letter phrase. FFS! Resigning without another job to go to does NOT warrant an OMG. More, what the F were you doing? Think he's just lost the sympathy vote there.

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                    • B Baconbutty

                      Here's another 3 letter phrase. FFS! Resigning without another job to go to does NOT warrant an OMG. More, what the F were you doing? Think he's just lost the sympathy vote there.

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      As my old training sergeant used to say... "If you want Sympathy, look in the dictionary, it's right there between Shit and Syphilis!"

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                      • C call_me_Cincin_please

                        i cannt find job now

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                        NormDroid
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                        Course you can, try your hand at hat fitting.

                        Two heads are better than one.

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                        • C call_me_Cincin_please

                          shanghai

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                          Mark_Wallace
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                          Apply to the big boys immediately: Microsoft vacancies in Shanghai[^]. [edit] I'll probably be in Shanghai, in October, so we can say Hi.

                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                          • R R Giskard Reventlov

                            If you're good and have a decent CV you should not have a problem getting another gig. The market (in London) appears quite bouyant right now and I am confident I should find a new contract fairly rapidly (allowing for a couple of weeks of 'resting' :-))

                            "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                            digital man wrote:

                            The market (in London) appears quite bouyant right now

                            ... And has no relationship with the market in China. :doh:

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            • M Mark_Wallace

                              digital man wrote:

                              The market (in London) appears quite bouyant right now

                              ... And has no relationship with the market in China. :doh:

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              R Giskard Reventlov
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                              ?

                              "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                              • M Mark_Wallace

                                Apply to the big boys immediately: Microsoft vacancies in Shanghai[^]. [edit] I'll probably be in Shanghai, in October, so we can say Hi.

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                Want to have fun in China? Introduce them to this flower and get them to pronounce it. Fritillaria meleagris Hours of endless fun as the oriental tongue mangles it's way across all those L's and R's.

                                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                                • B Baconbutty

                                  Here's another 3 letter phrase. FFS! Resigning without another job to go to does NOT warrant an OMG. More, what the F were you doing? Think he's just lost the sympathy vote there.

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                                  phannon86
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                                  Here's another: WTF I'm in a similar situation, me and my gf moved here for this, my first graduate job, now we both desperately want out of the area and me, my job. I'm not daft enough to quit without lining up something else first though!

                                  He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                                  • C call_me_Cincin_please

                                    Thanks .Happy Tanabata Festival

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                                    Mark_Wallace
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                                    call_me_Cincin_please wrote:

                                    Happy Tanabata Festival

                                    Ah! That didn't twig, for a minute. It's the Qixi jie, ma?

                                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                    • D Dalek Dave

                                      Want to have fun in China? Introduce them to this flower and get them to pronounce it. Fritillaria meleagris Hours of endless fun as the oriental tongue mangles it's way across all those L's and R's.

                                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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                                      Mark_Wallace
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                                      Dalek Dave wrote:

                                      Fritillaria meleagris Hours of endless fun as the oriental tongue mangles it's way across all those L's and R's.

                                      I used to carry a bottle of Worcestershire sauce in my hand luggage, in case I ran into any Americans, but nowadays, I have to settle for one of their advertising pamphlets :(

                                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                      • R R Giskard Reventlov

                                        ?

                                        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                                        Mark_Wallace
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                                        CinCin is Chinese, in China. Bit tricky for him to get a job in London; the commute would be a killer.

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                        • C call_me_Cincin_please

                                          omg

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                                          hairy_hats
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                                          Have you tried down the back of the sofa?

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