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yuriart10
Bahrain1 Post
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BamBam
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Chronopolis
Canada1484 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule18943 Posts
On November 10 2010 11:02 ShaperofDreams wrote: PRINCIPLE 2 Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, "You're wrong." These are some principals from "how to win friends and influence people", a good book. You said you were in a yelling match with your boss? big no-no. you have to make him feel important and then admit any faults in your own self even if its half made up. he wants to prove his authority over you. then you have to explain to him why it would be a negative thing for his wallet to keep doing things the way he is. There's a difference between an opinion like "BW > SC2" - "You're wrong" and "The sky is made out of potatoes" - "You're wrong". I told him he was wrong because he was stating things as facts when he understands neither the system nor most of the words he's using (he calls variables "shelves"). | ||
Metalwing
Turkey1038 Posts
On November 10 2010 09:01 tofucake wrote: I'll make this as simple as possible. Here's my version, written to the spec my boss laid out for the previous guy, under the constraints of the previous guy's shitty-ass database structure: http://pastebin.com/wrRWiwrj Here's the retarded bullshit I need to be able to recite: http://pastebin.com/skDFbHRw Wow, this is just too much to handle.. Get a SC2-EU account, move to Turkey, live your life. $25k a year can make you live so damn easily. | ||
O-ops
United States4236 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule18943 Posts
On November 10 2010 11:51 Metalwing wrote: Wow, this is just too much to handle.. Get a SC2-EU account, move to Turkey, live your life. $25k a year can make you live so damn easily. I have an EU account. Not enough time to use it :< | ||
Tensai176
Canada2061 Posts
On November 10 2010 08:38 Sufficiency wrote: As far as I know, you don't get free fries. ... You dont =( FML | ||
Diamond
United States10796 Posts
On November 10 2010 12:42 O-ops wrote: We need R1CH in here. This is the obvious and probably would be the most effective solution. I'm sure he could whip up a program that works like the Matrix and you could learn all the shit in two seconds having it directly downloaded to your brain. | ||
Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On November 10 2010 11:51 Metalwing wrote: Wow, this is just too much to handle.. Get a SC2-EU account, move to Turkey, live your life. $25k a year can make you live so damn easily. Seriously? It's only 1k lines long... | ||
TheAmazombie
United States3714 Posts
Then the next step is to tell managers why their stuff does not work and why we cannot make it work in plain English. Then we get chewed out and we have to remind them why all of these changes were REQUIRED before freeze started but EVERY YEAR it is the same routine and they NEVER have their stuff submitted before freeze. I have been doing this for a few years now and it is the same...no matter how many times you tell them...oh well. | ||
meeple
Canada10211 Posts
Bring on the booze man | ||
Scorcher2k
United States802 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule18943 Posts
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On November 10 2010 23:35 tofucake wrote: I am in the process of getting a new job now. Hm... good call. just keep on trucking. | ||
Happy.fairytail
United States327 Posts
On November 10 2010 15:45 meeple wrote: Eh... ineffective bosses are something you always have to deal with... I suggest apathy. If you don't care about your boss, being yelled at for it is much less psychologically damaging. Bring on the booze man This. Being able to laugh at my circumstances really helped me cope with how ridiculous my boss and coworkers were in my previous job. | ||
tofucake
Hyrule18943 Posts
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aidnai
United States1159 Posts
Be careful about describing why you are leaving your current job. I've conducted a couple job interviews, and when the interviewee says he's quitting his job because his boss was unreasonable or the work was too demanding, it's kind of a red flag imo. Could be totally legit, could be a lazy worker, impossible to tell from hearing one side of the story. | ||
Happy.fairytail
United States327 Posts
On November 11 2010 04:28 aidnai wrote: Well, this could be an ideal resolution. Be careful about describing why you are leaving your current job. I've conducted a couple job interviews, and when the interviewee says he's quitting his job because his boss was unreasonable or the work was too demanding, it's kind of a red flag imo. Could be totally legit, could be a lazy worker, impossible to tell from hearing one side of the story. Agreed 100%. In fact, I would avoid talking about your boss as much as possible. Talking smack about someone, anyone -- especially your former employers -- is really unprofessional. (Burning bridges is also very unprofessional) If they press the issue and specifically ask about your former boss, yeah you might say he had time management issues, BUT -- you were able to learn from that by figuring out how to manage expectations by setting appropriate deadlines, project update meetings, etc. (shows you turn negatives into positives) | ||
Adeny
Norway1233 Posts
On November 10 2010 14:00 Sufficiency wrote: Seriously? It's only 1k lines long... Dunno if you're a programmer or not, but 1,000 lines of code is more than just 1,000 lines of code. See spoiler for example, this is actually a "3d" flight simulator written in C. It requires some arguments to compile, check the wikipedia entry for IOCCC if you want more info. + Show Spoiler +
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