plus one for the Hunter Thompson quote :-)

I agree 200%. I got so frustrated with interviews; I even got up and walked out on a couple because of the arbitrary-stretched-to-the-point-of-WTF who the hell has used one of those [insert obscure programming theory] in code in the last 20 years. The disgust has been so acrid that I started re-evaluating my career choices. I got thrown into the deep end of a lot of projects and successfully swam out. No one in any interview asked about that. I've given interviews and usually just by talking to the applicant inside of a few minutes can pretty quickly tell if the individual is a bullshit artist or not.

That one special moment in time where everyone in the universe plugged in their hair dryers at the same time.... :doh:

Having seen the carnation of various media, I would say vinyl was the coolest. Aside from the cover art, you got all sorts of neat things like posters and what not and things you could assemble to hang off the ceiling. There was a lot of creativity.

Hmmmm kinda confirms you made the right choice... Mike

Nagy Vilmos wrote:

Well, yesterday we finally took down our Christmas Tree. It is normal for us to keep it going until late January but this year was an exception.

Naw... last year, our tree was in a separate room that we normally don't spend a lot of time in.... we finally took it down in July. We were quite impressed how resilient the plastic needles were :-). Mike

DaveAuld wrote:

Come and spend some time in the North Sea, lovely views, fresh air....free food and lodgings. :rolleyes:

Wi not trei a holiday in Sweeden this yer ? See the loveli lakes The wonderful telephone system And mani interesting furry animals Including the majestic moose A moose once bit my sister... :cool:

jeeves77 wrote:

I could write a novel, but nonetheless. I once wondered what it was like to work on a dysfunctional team, but now I think I know.
It could always be worse right? Right?!!

Father had a saying "Leave while you still have something nice to say about the place". Mike

Andy Brummer wrote:

I hope it wasn't these Gummi Bears[^]

I read the customer comments... they were a scream.... :-D

OriginalGriff wrote:

Pipe welding doesn't pay that well in the UK - the country is apparently full of Polish plumbers who can do it for a cup of tea and a fiver... :laugh:

[Queue song: "I wanna be a cowboy", by Boys Don't Cry] Go west young man... go west [^]

TheWebDeveloper wrote:

How do you google for Google?

I tried that once... my computer just fell over and melted because of the jarring recursion. I think its somewhere in my ISP's terms of service not to do that. :wtf:

OriginalGriff wrote:

The second law of thermodynamics.

Yup... *looking at the hair on back noises* :doh:

Mark_Wallace wrote:

And remember these examples:
- C#, because we really need another programming language.
- Java, because there's a world shortage of programming languages.

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Sander Rossel wrote:

2 kg doesn't sound like much of an achievement, but I come from 64 kg, so that's not a lot already (I'm 1,80m long)..

Seriously, that is a fantastic achievement. I've spent a lot of effort trying to keep the weight stable and know what effort it takes to push it in the negative direction. You rock! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Cheers, Mike

I taught the kids not to lick the appliances... problem solved :java: :-D

You'll need to look this up, but as a start when another developer ask you "What is the airspeed velocity of a fully laden swallow?", you should almost instinctively and immediately respond with the correct answer. Also you should at least one reference in comments in your code:"A moose once bit my sister" (from the same movie). I usually mention this once during interviews... If there is at least a glint of recognition, You're hired :-) Mike

Yes, 6502 on the Apple and Merlin... I loved that. Mike

I remember hearing that from the Repo Man soundtrack....[^] "Repo Man is always intense".

You answer "African or European?" and then mention to the interviewer that you require a steady uninterrupted stream of "Skittles" delivered to your desk as you code. Interviews always respond favourably to developers with sugar addictions. Its not the capabilities, its the carbs....

Has anybody seen this? www.leapmotion.com It looks kinda interesting.... Mike