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Cold-sell telemarketer... Joking! Joking! Put down the axe!!! :eek: ;P
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Shog9 Life seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair And you're burnin up inside and no one cares...
Been there, done that. It sucked. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Suppose you were to pick another job entirely outside of IT, programming, engineering altogether. What would you choose? I have been thinking about this lately and I have thought teaching might actually be fun given the right situation. Any other thoughts, what would you pick?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Well i wouldnt mind being an electroniocs engineer, but seeing as engineering is not allowed, id have to go with neuro-surgon.....now, where that knife ;)
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Cold-sell telemarketer... Joking! Joking! Put down the axe!!! :eek: ;P
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Shog9 Life seems pretty easy when it's from my easy chair And you're burnin up inside and no one cares...
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high heels, suspenders and a bra. How's the new job ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Christian Graus wrote: How's the new job ? Not bad. After 13 months unemployed it would be hard to whinge about anything that is paying money. It is as a Work For the Dole Supervisor for Mission Australia. They are the people I had to report too when I was on WFtD (which doesn't officially end until 20/03/2003 for me). I am on probation until this project ends 13/04/2003 and can then not have my contract renewed if I am unsatisfactory or they don't get a new project for me. If they do I will be on another 6 month contract where the same rules apply. Each WFtD project is 6 months so that is why the employment contracts are the same length. I am tenuously linked to IT with my project being Web Pages and Ausio editing for a community radio station. Better than my book boxing warehouse job. Currently on a break from the Category 4 Workplace Trainer and Assessor training which in the next few weeks will be followed up with Senior First Aid and Line Manager OH&S. So if nothing else I will end up with some industry recognised certificates that are relevant to office and building site work. Back to training, fill in more stuff later. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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Christian Graus wrote: How's the new job ? Not bad. After 13 months unemployed it would be hard to whinge about anything that is paying money. It is as a Work For the Dole Supervisor for Mission Australia. They are the people I had to report too when I was on WFtD (which doesn't officially end until 20/03/2003 for me). I am on probation until this project ends 13/04/2003 and can then not have my contract renewed if I am unsatisfactory or they don't get a new project for me. If they do I will be on another 6 month contract where the same rules apply. Each WFtD project is 6 months so that is why the employment contracts are the same length. I am tenuously linked to IT with my project being Web Pages and Ausio editing for a community radio station. Better than my book boxing warehouse job. Currently on a break from the Category 4 Workplace Trainer and Assessor training which in the next few weeks will be followed up with Senior First Aid and Line Manager OH&S. So if nothing else I will end up with some industry recognised certificates that are relevant to office and building site work. Back to training, fill in more stuff later. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
Doesn't sound too bad - as you say, better than stacking books, at least. How are the bush fires affecting you ? I remember last time they came within a street of Damiens house. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Suppose you were to pick another job entirely outside of IT, programming, engineering altogether. What would you choose? I have been thinking about this lately and I have thought teaching might actually be fun given the right situation. Any other thoughts, what would you pick?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Towel-boy at the YWCA. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Suppose you were to pick another job entirely outside of IT, programming, engineering altogether. What would you choose? I have been thinking about this lately and I have thought teaching might actually be fun given the right situation. Any other thoughts, what would you pick?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
If I didn't have to worry about money... A Writer of fiction, both Speculative Fiction and Fantasy. When I retire I am definitely going to give it a go. I'm a bit too busy now to write much more than short stories, and then not very often. If money was an issue... I have no idea what I'd do. I've had a number of different sorts of jobs during periods of retrenchment. Nothing I've done, other than programming, has much attraction for me. Cheers The universe is driven by the complex interaction between three ingredients: matter, energy, and enlightened self-interest.
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Doesn't sound too bad - as you say, better than stacking books, at least. How are the bush fires affecting you ? I remember last time they came within a street of Damiens house. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Christian Graus wrote: Doesn't sound too bad - as you say, better than stacking books, at least. Your right there. I hope to start a bit of an email thread with you tonight as I try to plan how I can use this job and a lot of work on my part to skill myself up (knowledge and certificates) so I can get back into IT and also be covered if I need to work on building sites again. Christian Graus wrote: How are the bush fires affecting you ? I remember last time they came within a street of Damiens house. Aside from choking on the smoke and everything being covered in grey dust they actually haven't affected me. If I had to travel by car or train to work in the city it would be a big problem but I'm about 1km from home so no effect yet. Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
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Towel-boy at the YWCA. "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
Roger Wright wrote: Towel-boy at the YWCA. Good idea. ;)
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
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Suppose you were to pick another job entirely outside of IT, programming, engineering altogether. What would you choose? I have been thinking about this lately and I have thought teaching might actually be fun given the right situation. Any other thoughts, what would you pick?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Nipple-Icer ;P
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Suppose you were to pick another job entirely outside of IT, programming, engineering altogether. What would you choose? I have been thinking about this lately and I have thought teaching might actually be fun given the right situation. Any other thoughts, what would you pick?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Nick Parker wrote: what would you pick?
- Author
- Architect
- Photo Journalist
If something does not pan out in the next month or two, then I am going to go and do one of the above.
Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South AfricaChristopher Duncan wrote: Which explains why when Santa asked, "And what do you want for Christmas, little boy?" I said, "A life." (Accesories sold separately)
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Suppose you were to pick another job entirely outside of IT, programming, engineering altogether. What would you choose? I have been thinking about this lately and I have thought teaching might actually be fun given the right situation. Any other thoughts, what would you pick?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Head of quality control at one of Amsterdam's coffee shops :cool:
Dylan
"In meetings, the person who is least competent usually does the most talking. Talking is a direct substitute for competence, at least in the minds of other people. Five minutes after you leave a meeting, you won't remember what anyone said but you will remember who did most of the talking. Withing a day your mind will translate that into a notion that the talker was unusually knowledgeable" - Scott Adams, Dilbert and the way of the weasel