Well that was an odd experience
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We had no pizza and beer, but more Israeli food... It was good...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
Humus, Falafel, and wine from the Galil, or was it upscale, with Salat Hazalim with M&H Single Malt? Please don't say garinim and a spit-cup.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Imagine a speed dating event with 100 guys and 20 girls. Except it wasn't guy&girl kinda event. Not exactly guy&guy either. It was the engineer meet new employers kind. Apparently this HackerX thing is huge. From Edinburgh to Vegas. Sit in line for an hour and then chat with three companies, 5 minutes each. Free pizza and beer. I cannot quite decide how I felt about the whole thing, but I sure didnt fancy going into the second line. Have you done something similar?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Imagine a speed dating event with 100 guys and 20 girls. Except it wasn't guy&girl kinda event. Not exactly guy&guy either. It was the engineer meet new employers kind. Apparently this HackerX thing is huge. From Edinburgh to Vegas. Sit in line for an hour and then chat with three companies, 5 minutes each. Free pizza and beer. I cannot quite decide how I felt about the whole thing, but I sure didnt fancy going into the second line. Have you done something similar?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
Well, 3 hours ago I signed a contract with another company, my second employer ever. Do you want to know how long did it take? 1 hour in November 2017, after a while they said I was interesting but they had no openings for me; 2 hours in February 2018, I renounced the possibility because I did not like the job offered; 1 hour in July 2018 to organize the meeting after my honeymoon, in September; 1 hour in August 2018 to explore the offering with the company; 2 hours in September 2018 to speak to the customer to see if I was ok for them; 3 hours to discuss salary and expenses (I'll have to drive a lot more than now, with car consumptino and expenses I do not meet, it's about 6k/year of new expenses) 1.5 hours today to explore every comma of the contract and iron out the last details. 5 minutes? Pffft.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Well, 3 hours ago I signed a contract with another company, my second employer ever. Do you want to know how long did it take? 1 hour in November 2017, after a while they said I was interesting but they had no openings for me; 2 hours in February 2018, I renounced the possibility because I did not like the job offered; 1 hour in July 2018 to organize the meeting after my honeymoon, in September; 1 hour in August 2018 to explore the offering with the company; 2 hours in September 2018 to speak to the customer to see if I was ok for them; 3 hours to discuss salary and expenses (I'll have to drive a lot more than now, with car consumptino and expenses I do not meet, it's about 6k/year of new expenses) 1.5 hours today to explore every comma of the contract and iron out the last details. 5 minutes? Pffft.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Imagine a speed dating event with 100 guys and 20 girls. Except it wasn't guy&girl kinda event. Not exactly guy&guy either. It was the engineer meet new employers kind. Apparently this HackerX thing is huge. From Edinburgh to Vegas. Sit in line for an hour and then chat with three companies, 5 minutes each. Free pizza and beer. I cannot quite decide how I felt about the whole thing, but I sure didnt fancy going into the second line. Have you done something similar?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
I'd only be curious to see if the people from the companies are the respective department managers, or (my expectation) some mug from HR with a check list of skills (... the usual crap, "do you know X?" "yeah I know that, in fact just finished a job in X version 7.1.2." "have you used version 7.1.3?" "No, mine was v 7.1.2, but they are the same." HR person, "OK, sounds really good, we will let you know..." strikes a line through name ... "next please!")
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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den2k88 wrote:
I signed
Congrats! No more weird IT-policies? Absent managers? And whatnot? You have deserved a bit of pizza & beer!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
I see you remember quite well the situation at my current (well, former) workplace :D IT policies depend from the customer, some of them are Defense so I wouldn't bet on it, but mostly it should be normal. Managers, they've been exceedingly present up to now, I almost refused them a couple of days ago and two of them, separatedly, called me to change my mind (and I gained some more €€ in the process). All the people I met who work there are satisfied and relaxed, so it's either a relaxed workplace or they're all Zen masters in disguise as engineers.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I'd only be curious to see if the people from the companies are the respective department managers, or (my expectation) some mug from HR with a check list of skills (... the usual crap, "do you know X?" "yeah I know that, in fact just finished a job in X version 7.1.2." "have you used version 7.1.3?" "No, mine was v 7.1.2, but they are the same." HR person, "OK, sounds really good, we will let you know..." strikes a line through name ... "next please!")
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
It was mostly startups. The interviewers were often the founders. And it was more about the companies showing themselves than checking out tech skills. You can hardly do the latter in a blink.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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It was mostly startups. The interviewers were often the founders. And it was more about the companies showing themselves than checking out tech skills. You can hardly do the latter in a blink.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
startups sounds OK, but given 90% are idiots (not my stat = "90% of all new businesses fail in the first year") a tough way to find a winner. Only 3 interviews to strike one of the 1 in 10 that might have an OK idea/product from the 1 in 10 that has funds & commitment to get through the dev before going belly up - phhht. lucky dip, or 10 guys at the flea market selling the same china power banks, if you're lucky one of those guys will have one piece that will actually last longer than a month.
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Imagine a speed dating event with 100 guys and 20 girls. Except it wasn't guy&girl kinda event. Not exactly guy&guy either. It was the engineer meet new employers kind. Apparently this HackerX thing is huge. From Edinburgh to Vegas. Sit in line for an hour and then chat with three companies, 5 minutes each. Free pizza and beer. I cannot quite decide how I felt about the whole thing, but I sure didnt fancy going into the second line. Have you done something similar?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
Free pizza and beer? Sign me up!
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Well, 3 hours ago I signed a contract with another company, my second employer ever. Do you want to know how long did it take? 1 hour in November 2017, after a while they said I was interesting but they had no openings for me; 2 hours in February 2018, I renounced the possibility because I did not like the job offered; 1 hour in July 2018 to organize the meeting after my honeymoon, in September; 1 hour in August 2018 to explore the offering with the company; 2 hours in September 2018 to speak to the customer to see if I was ok for them; 3 hours to discuss salary and expenses (I'll have to drive a lot more than now, with car consumptino and expenses I do not meet, it's about 6k/year of new expenses) 1.5 hours today to explore every comma of the contract and iron out the last details. 5 minutes? Pffft.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Nope, but not far :D I'm in Italy, at 100 km more or less from the French border.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Imagine a speed dating event with 100 guys and 20 girls. Except it wasn't guy&girl kinda event. Not exactly guy&guy either. It was the engineer meet new employers kind. Apparently this HackerX thing is huge. From Edinburgh to Vegas. Sit in line for an hour and then chat with three companies, 5 minutes each. Free pizza and beer. I cannot quite decide how I felt about the whole thing, but I sure didnt fancy going into the second line. Have you done something similar?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
Did a couple in Toronto and my experience was not bad. No beer though. I believe they are ran by a local "franchise" so YMMV depending on the group organizing it.
