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I'm currently job searching while listening to Pink Floyd, what is everyone else doing?
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So I tought I'd post :D
I'm currently job searching while listening to Pink Floyd, what is everyone else doing?
Looking for employment myself as it happens.
Planning on starting my MBA course in January 2006.
Cleaning up the laptop too :p
laptops... hmmmm not my favourite word right now....
I've just decided to check the site before heading for bed after a long, busy day. It's been flat out at work lately.
oohooh - get me a job :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Platypus
Here in Okieland, I've been having fun chasing down the documentation proving whether, or not, my section resolved the recommendations of an internal audit done on our Purchasing Department way back in 2000. I have become nothing but a paper pusher, since my last promotion. God, how I long for the days when I was a programmer. :sad:
Prepared to commute? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Garak
hmmm considering flattening my lappie and turning it into a portable oracle box.
[rant]Why is it that I cannot get a nice easy job like the tech in my uni has???? He didn't know how to change the target drive for my documents in 2k, nor did he know about how to change the templates folder in word, he looks after the oracle server - how come he doesn't know about init.ora? I spent 30 minutes sorting out cosmetic things that he didn't know how to do (mostly reg changes or shortcuts to valid places etc) and then he says he will reimage all the machines???? WTF? why???? just merge a freaking reg file with the changes....update the image by all means, but all of the changes done manually would take me less time than reimaging a machine.....oh and they have never heard of multicasting so the boot each machine with a floppy one at a time and install the image from a mapped drive.... push from server.... what's that he said AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH HHHH [/rant]
You must learn that the bits that fit between this question & that answer have a great deal to do with re-colouring your nose ! :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
.. but oh yeah what have I been up to ?
Err not much, chasing (very un-sucessfully I might add), various "f'ers" who seem to think my cash flow is theirs :rolleyes:, so far I've had a whole host of unbelievable reasons, but the star prize, goes to a bloke who almost literally lives up a mountain, who told me he'd had a flood !
Why can't I lie like that ? Maybe then I could get a cushy network techies job ! :thumbs2:
:confused:huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
I am at work, working on a bulletin. I am getting ready to leave in 15 minutes to look for a new car (either a minivan or a hybrid), needs to be a bigger car to lug around two labs(DOGS), a son and a hubby.
I think -ed was referring to "brown nosing". But, that may not be necessary. Why don't you just help the current uni tech out with his job, sort of like volunteering (like you do here), and not just making him or her seem like a joke. After a while, the "powers that be" will indeed notice, and soon that "cushy" job may just be yours. Colleges really like those that volunteer at first. That is how I got my lead tech job at a college many moons ago, after all. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
Good luck on the vehicle search Ames. I have a mini van for sale,btw. I just bought a compact Pontiac Vibe that gets over 30 mpg, as I didn't need all that space any longer. Gas prices are a killer nowadays. This little Vibe carries lots of cargo when needed and it's fun to drive. It's the same as a Toyota Matrix, give it a look. :thumbs2:
He gets $40 an hour to sit on his *** and reset passwords - help him?? He won't be taught anything, I would just end up doing it all and him still being paid $40 an hour.
I post here because (for the most part) people learn, not because I want to do other people's jobs for them.
You too!:sad:Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
Otherwise listening to Harry Chapin, writing stern letters (see above) and waiting for the footie to kick off!
John
Take your point TripleR but sometimes you feel you have helped out once too often. I have a less helpful attitude now to people who won't listen than I used to. Whether they be clients or fellow techs. That is a better thing for me and I believe a better thing for them in the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
emr
Only stern letters ? .. I think I might have to borrow that lump hammer of yours ! :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by Atodini
Sadly though bad debt/late payers are a constant 'pita' for me, & I guess every small business, they have no pride :( !, I hate owing anybody anything, as I know how tough it can be, when folks don't pay up like they promised.
& thanks for reminding me about Football, I nearly missed kick off ! :thumbs: (still nil-nil 20 minutes later when I eventually pressed return on this reply !)
Hell, I'd move :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Platypus
currently, I'm listening to Jim Steinman. While trying not to beat this MEDION around my room......
BTW, anyone like my sig or is it a touch much?
Yeah, it's a bit much Gary, but that's just my op. But, for beginners it should be helpful. :thumbs:
So, what happened to your business? Sorry that I don't know. But, what happened? I thought everything was good with you and yours.
btw: currently I am watching "Ray" again. DAMN!!! What a movie!!!:thumbs2:
Great- that's whoit'saimedfor :PQuote:
Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
Well, basically -alot of things, money dried up, work stopped, couldnt afford to advertise so i got out before I waskicked out, then it got worse. Then in came everyone who I owed or just about and now I'm just looking for work to get me trough the next year or two. Without much luck I might add.Quote:
So, what happened to your business? Sorry that I don't know. But, what happened? I thought everything was good with you and yours.
btw: currently I am watching "Ray" again. DAMN!!! What a movie!!!:thumbs2:
Oh well, another year is almost over :P
Too much, they made you a mod for a reason, use the stickies Luke, use the stickies .. (that's wrong somehow :D, but I'm sure you understand ;))Quote:
Originally Posted by Garak
ah - but they made me a mod of motherboards.. not hard drives :PQuote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
But I will be putting some stickies up in the motherboard section very very soon *I can feel a headache coming on*
Might be a plan... :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Garak
Bummer Gar. My last year hasn't been as profitable either, what with two months lost to a hurricane and several months raising several children for a lousy mom (they are back with mom now, and she is supposed to be getting "better"...we'll see). Things are picking up again though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garak
On top of that, the pc tech business is so changed now that low cost pc's are a way of life. Big Industry is taking its toll on us little guys. Everyone around my area has lowered their service fees, and some have changed to what I started doing over a year ago: FLAT fees, not hourly. It is different with business networks though...they will get charged more. ;)
Yeah, it's tougher now. I do wish you the best in your job search! What type of job are you looking for? Bench tech or IT networking or what?