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Are you bored with your job?

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  • M Matt Gullett

    That's it. How many of you are bored with whatever it is you are doing at work? If you are not bored, what is it that you are doing that is not boring? Are you hiring? Send resume requests to marriedwith3kidscarpaymentmortgagedidImentionkids@boredinmarketresearch.howdidIgethre.com

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    ColinDavies
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    Only recently have I been doing work that I don't find entirely boring. Unfortunately I need more hours as well. :-( But quite likely what I find interesting you might find darn boring. Regardz Colin J Davies

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    It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox

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      Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Not bored at all. I love political fights You sick puppy.

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      Michael A Barnhart
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      CillyMe wrote: You sick puppy. That is what ulcers are! X| "For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."

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      • M Matt Gullett

        In all reality, the pay at my current job is pretty good. I'd have a hard time finding a better paying job without moving and then there's the issue of cost-of-living. CillyMe wrote: Why're you married and have kids? Because without them I'd jump off a cliff. My family is awesome. I love all of them and I can't imagine not having them now. It just my job that is pissing me off.

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        Michael A Barnhart
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        Matt Gullett wrote: Because without them I'd jump off a cliff. My family is awesome. I love all of them and I can't imagine not having them now. It just my job that is pissing me off. Ditto, Just thinking of retirement and not a late one! "For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."

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        • T Tim Smith

          I'm in the tools group. I am currently working on SW:KotOR for the PC. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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          Jeremy Kimball
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          :mad: Oohhh! Jealousy level...rising...rising... They hiring? ;) Jeremy Kimball

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          • J Jeremy Kimball

            :mad: Oohhh! Jealousy level...rising...rising... They hiring? ;) Jeremy Kimball

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            Tim Smith
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            yup: http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/[^] But you have to move to Edmonton.... Canada (shudder) Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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            • M Matt Gullett

              That's it. How many of you are bored with whatever it is you are doing at work? If you are not bored, what is it that you are doing that is not boring? Are you hiring? Send resume requests to marriedwith3kidscarpaymentmortgagedidImentionkids@boredinmarketresearch.howdidIgethre.com

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              Daniel M Edwards
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              I actually enjoy my job but that is most likely due to the fact I do not work for a software development company. I develop solutions for my company to use internally so it isn't day in day out the same thing. Some days it is integration applications, next day it is network management applications. All in all I am pretty happy.

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              • M Matt Gullett

                That's it. How many of you are bored with whatever it is you are doing at work? If you are not bored, what is it that you are doing that is not boring? Are you hiring? Send resume requests to marriedwith3kidscarpaymentmortgagedidImentionkids@boredinmarketresearch.howdidIgethre.com

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                Tim Craig
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                We paid off the house, never had a car payment, no kids. It was all boring, boring, boring and I got sick of working for idiots. That's why I retired at a little over 50. :laugh: At any given instant there are considerably more assholes than mouths in the universe.

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                • M Matt Gullett

                  That's it. How many of you are bored with whatever it is you are doing at work? If you are not bored, what is it that you are doing that is not boring? Are you hiring? Send resume requests to marriedwith3kidscarpaymentmortgagedidImentionkids@boredinmarketresearch.howdidIgethre.com

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                  Nic Rowan
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                  I'm so bored with my job at the moment I could cry. Hopefully I'm starting on a new project next week. I've just gotta get through this one first :)


                  The trouble with apathy these days is nobody cares. Capital Punishment means never having to say "you again?" As easy as 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169


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                  • T Taka Muraoka

                    I got hired to worked on search engine technology. Instead, I've been doing database reports (in Java) X|. I've been here two months and I still don't have a PC, a desk nor reliable email. You tell me :mad: It's a good thing the money's OK :rolleyes:


                    "Sucks less" isn't progress - Kent Beck [^] Awasu 1.1.3 [^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.

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                    Paul Watson
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                    Come on man, do Awasu full time. Make a go of it. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                    • B brianwelsch

                      Frustrated, but not bored. I dislike the language, but code is code is code. The logic for assembly is just at a lower level, but essentially the same stuff. There is crap for documentation of a huge application that's grown over the past 20+ yrs. Zero standards, and diddley-squat direction. So there's too much scrambling around to be bored, but I am frustrated. My task is to help improve the flow of information as much as I can, while getting my regular job done. :sigh:

                      "The beat goes on.. da-da-dum dadum dum"

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                      Paul Watson
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                      >Frustrated, but not bored I hear you on that one :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                      • M Matt Gullett

                        That's it. How many of you are bored with whatever it is you are doing at work? If you are not bored, what is it that you are doing that is not boring? Are you hiring? Send resume requests to marriedwith3kidscarpaymentmortgagedidImentionkids@boredinmarketresearch.howdidIgethre.com

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                        Daniel Turini
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                        Matt Gullett wrote: If you are not bored, what is it that you are doing that is not boring? I work on my own idea (to be fair, the "hey!" part came from my partner): Crivo (Portuguese word for Sieve), an automated credit and risk assessment system. It's an expert system that also uses neural networks for image recognition, and statistical methods for data mining. It currently talks to more than 120 different information sources. Something I always had in mind is that working should be comfortable and fun. We work only with the lastest and the coolest tools, technologies. We have a fast Internet link (and with privacy), fast and powerful machines, dual monitors, a room with cable TV, a PS2, a microwave, some groceries, breads, cakes, popcorn, and so on. The cost of all this comfort is incredibly low (you can buy everything for around $500 and the montlhy cost is around $100) and the return is great: it's common some people here who get bored on the weekends and come to work. Three years ago, when we started, the company had a hard time paying its bills. We almost went bankrupt. Today, we have a small profit, and probably I'd get more working as a developer for someone else (my staff earns more than me), but this is fun! Maybe one day I get rich with my software. Until then, lots of work and fun :) Matt Gullett wrote: Are you hiring? Unfortunately, not now... Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. -- Bruce Schneier By the way, dog_spawn isn't a nickname - it is my name with an underscore instead of a space. -- dog_spawn

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                        • M Matt Gullett

                          In all reality, the pay at my current job is pretty good. I'd have a hard time finding a better paying job without moving and then there's the issue of cost-of-living. CillyMe wrote: Why're you married and have kids? Because without them I'd jump off a cliff. My family is awesome. I love all of them and I can't imagine not having them now. It just my job that is pissing me off.

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                          CillyMe
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                          Glad you have a good family.

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                          • B brianwelsch

                            Frustrated, but not bored. I dislike the language, but code is code is code. The logic for assembly is just at a lower level, but essentially the same stuff. There is crap for documentation of a huge application that's grown over the past 20+ yrs. Zero standards, and diddley-squat direction. So there's too much scrambling around to be bored, but I am frustrated. My task is to help improve the flow of information as much as I can, while getting my regular job done. :sigh:

                            "The beat goes on.. da-da-dum dadum dum"

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                            Nic Rowan
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                            brianwelsch wrote: I dislike the language, but code is code is code. The logic for assembly is just at a lower level, but essentially the same stuff. There is crap for documentation of a huge application that's grown over the past 20+ yrs. Zero standards, and diddley-squat direction. Whoa! Deja Vu... :~ Exactly the same in my case except the apps only about 4 years old and there's zero documentation. :)


                            The trouble with apathy these days is nobody cares. Capital Punishment means never having to say "you again?" As easy as 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169


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                            • P Paul Watson

                              Come on man, do Awasu full time. Make a go of it. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                              Taka Muraoka
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                              I will be! Had this job not have come up, I would've done exactly that. However, there are a few other things I have to take care of as well and these guys were offering some pretty good money. Plus I was under the impression that it would be interesting work :rolleyes: :-( But there are things in the works for Awasu coming soon... :-)


                              "Sucks less" isn't progress - Kent Beck [^] Awasu 1.1.3 [^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.

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                              • M Matt Gullett

                                Where do I send my resume?

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                                David Wulff
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                                Sod that, where do I send my salary? ;)


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                                • T Tim Smith

                                  yup: http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/[^] But you have to move to Edmonton.... Canada (shudder) Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                                  Atlantys
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                                  Tim Smith wrote: Edmonton I've done the whole "winter in Ottawa" thing and the "winter in Calgary" thing. How much worse can Edmonton be? It's *Bioware* (how many hours of my life disappeared thanks BG, IWD, NWN, etc). :homerdrool: The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]

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