Of geeks and bankers
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My office was recently moved from the Massachusetts tech hub at Kendall Square, Cambridge to Boston Financial District. Surprisingly, the office space is nowadays cheaper here :~ So, here we are among the people in suites suits. When we enter an elevator they stare at us, unsure whether we are working for some kind of delivery service or are homeless people who somehow tricked the security and got in. We are struggling not to laugh when looking at their ties and shiny shoes. Two worlds colliding...
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My office was recently moved from the Massachusetts tech hub at Kendall Square, Cambridge to Boston Financial District. Surprisingly, the office space is nowadays cheaper here :~ So, here we are among the people in suites suits. When we enter an elevator they stare at us, unsure whether we are working for some kind of delivery service or are homeless people who somehow tricked the security and got in. We are struggling not to laugh when looking at their ties and shiny shoes. Two worlds colliding...
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
suites
suits. ;)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
No, they wear sofas, and use armchairs as shoulder pads.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote:
suites
suits. ;)
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
:doh: Can't even spell it.
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My office was recently moved from the Massachusetts tech hub at Kendall Square, Cambridge to Boston Financial District. Surprisingly, the office space is nowadays cheaper here :~ So, here we are among the people in suites suits. When we enter an elevator they stare at us, unsure whether we are working for some kind of delivery service or are homeless people who somehow tricked the security and got in. We are struggling not to laugh when looking at their ties and shiny shoes. Two worlds colliding...
I work in Prime Tower, Zurich, which is about as bankery as you get. Some of the younger types look like Donald Trump's two sons. All slicked hair and stripey shirts. I still have my ridiculous biker hair, and I get away with a basic trousers and shirt combo. Still, I feel uncomfortable around these people. They're too damn slick.
"This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedivere. Explain to me again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes"
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My office was recently moved from the Massachusetts tech hub at Kendall Square, Cambridge to Boston Financial District. Surprisingly, the office space is nowadays cheaper here :~ So, here we are among the people in suites suits. When we enter an elevator they stare at us, unsure whether we are working for some kind of delivery service or are homeless people who somehow tricked the security and got in. We are struggling not to laugh when looking at their ties and shiny shoes. Two worlds colliding...
If you really want to freak 'em out, wear either a Gadsden t-shirt ("Don't Tread On Me"), or a Black Lives Matter t-shirt over a hoodie.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
My office was recently moved from the Massachusetts tech hub at Kendall Square, Cambridge to Boston Financial District. Surprisingly, the office space is nowadays cheaper here :~ So, here we are among the people in suites suits. When we enter an elevator they stare at us, unsure whether we are working for some kind of delivery service or are homeless people who somehow tricked the security and got in. We are struggling not to laugh when looking at their ties and shiny shoes. Two worlds colliding...
I used to work for a company owned by a big-time lawyer in San Diego. The partner of the firm that was in charge of the office itself hated the fact that I wore tennis shoes at work every day, and even said something to my boss about it. When I heard about it, I figured I would meet the guy half-way and wear one tennis shoe and one dress shoe. He was not amused. He was so not amused that he tried to get me fired. When I found out about that, I started wearing flip flops. The icing on the cake, though, was for Halloween, all of the secretaries (about 30 women) in the office had a "dress like John" contest. At the time I was riding a Harley and came to work wearing black biker t-shirts, a leather vest, jeans, and biker boots. I came to work dressed as a lawyer as my costume. Whenever possible, I would park my bike next to the guy's car. I thought the law partner was gonna have a freakin' stroke. All of the other lawyers thought it was funny as hell. He learned after a while that if you poke JSOP, JSOP pokes back.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I used to work for a company owned by a big-time lawyer in San Diego. The partner of the firm that was in charge of the office itself hated the fact that I wore tennis shoes at work every day, and even said something to my boss about it. When I heard about it, I figured I would meet the guy half-way and wear one tennis shoe and one dress shoe. He was not amused. He was so not amused that he tried to get me fired. When I found out about that, I started wearing flip flops. The icing on the cake, though, was for Halloween, all of the secretaries (about 30 women) in the office had a "dress like John" contest. At the time I was riding a Harley and came to work wearing black biker t-shirts, a leather vest, jeans, and biker boots. I came to work dressed as a lawyer as my costume. Whenever possible, I would park my bike next to the guy's car. I thought the law partner was gonna have a freakin' stroke. All of the other lawyers thought it was funny as hell. He learned after a while that if you poke JSOP, JSOP pokes back.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013My three years at Hughes Aircraft will funny in that way. Still a shirt/tie (no jacket) culture, but every Friday before Halloween, all of the s/w people came to work in their suits - preferably 3 piece. Of course, being a Friday, and a suit, senior management was worried the entire department was out on job interviews (market was white hot then).
Charlie Gilley Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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My three years at Hughes Aircraft will funny in that way. Still a shirt/tie (no jacket) culture, but every Friday before Halloween, all of the s/w people came to work in their suits - preferably 3 piece. Of course, being a Friday, and a suit, senior management was worried the entire department was out on job interviews (market was white hot then).
Charlie Gilley Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
charlieg wrote:
senior management was worried the entire department was out on job interviews
Management should always be worried that their talent will leave.
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I used to work for a company owned by a big-time lawyer in San Diego. The partner of the firm that was in charge of the office itself hated the fact that I wore tennis shoes at work every day, and even said something to my boss about it. When I heard about it, I figured I would meet the guy half-way and wear one tennis shoe and one dress shoe. He was not amused. He was so not amused that he tried to get me fired. When I found out about that, I started wearing flip flops. The icing on the cake, though, was for Halloween, all of the secretaries (about 30 women) in the office had a "dress like John" contest. At the time I was riding a Harley and came to work wearing black biker t-shirts, a leather vest, jeans, and biker boots. I came to work dressed as a lawyer as my costume. Whenever possible, I would park my bike next to the guy's car. I thought the law partner was gonna have a freakin' stroke. All of the other lawyers thought it was funny as hell. He learned after a while that if you poke JSOP, JSOP pokes back.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013awesome! :thumbsup:
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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:doh: Can't even spell it.
I have allergic reactions too only speaking of it. The couple of times I went to work in shirt and jacket (no tie, I usually wear it only at wedding and funerals, which is a repetition) my colleagues wanted to take photographs...
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 If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I used to work for a company owned by a big-time lawyer in San Diego. The partner of the firm that was in charge of the office itself hated the fact that I wore tennis shoes at work every day, and even said something to my boss about it. When I heard about it, I figured I would meet the guy half-way and wear one tennis shoe and one dress shoe. He was not amused. He was so not amused that he tried to get me fired. When I found out about that, I started wearing flip flops. The icing on the cake, though, was for Halloween, all of the secretaries (about 30 women) in the office had a "dress like John" contest. At the time I was riding a Harley and came to work wearing black biker t-shirts, a leather vest, jeans, and biker boots. I came to work dressed as a lawyer as my costume. Whenever possible, I would park my bike next to the guy's car. I thought the law partner was gonna have a freakin' stroke. All of the other lawyers thought it was funny as hell. He learned after a while that if you poke JSOP, JSOP pokes back.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013I sincerely respect you :D In my office there are no rules except common sense, during winter I usually go to work in my leather biker jacket and hoodie, with t-shirt, jeans and black tennis shoes. All of my t-shirts and hoodies are either geek or heavy metal themed and nobody ever complained (except a couple of times but there were actually other reasons piling up and that was just a pretext, which I pointed out... along with the subtext "If I come to work dressed as you wish you pay as I wish or I'll put my good clothes in service of another company and say goodbye to the 4 years of experience for your pitiful salary". They stepped down).
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 If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
