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I would like to set mine to Pirate Swedish, but who has ever heard of a Swedish pirate? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Haven't you heard of the "Piratpartiet"?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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True - now that you mention it - but they don't appear to be real pirates. They don't know the language, and they don't parlay either! And I haven't seen ONE single one with a decent eye patch or wooden leg! 
I even voted for them ONCE! But then it turned out that they don't actually have ANY political opinions except for the pirate thing... 
Then again, neither has the sitting governmen. But that's not my fault, I didn't vote for THEM at least...
They've gone and done the Polish thing here, you see: Set a welder as the leader of a country. Unfortunately, it seems like there is a hell of a difference in intelligence between welders throughout the world! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 6-Apr-16 11:14am.
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Vikings, the original pirates. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The following post is about Cricket, if you are likely to get your knickers in a twist about Cricket posts please stop reading now. Civilised people please carry on reading.
We are holding our annual Fantasy League for the Indian Premier League in GIT, if you are a Cricket Fan and like a good competition I highly recommend it. You can join by following the link here[^]. If you haven't done a Fantasy League before it only takes 5 minutes a day and is highly addictive.
It starts Saturday so you have to register before then.
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Having seen you guys do this the past few years, I've joined this year - hope to be in the top 3 at the end of the season
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Allright i'll have a go on that!
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Great wasn't expecting a German 
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You have to try anything, at least i now have a reason to learn/understand the rules
Learning Rubgy was easy i hope this ain't harder to understand 
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This should be fun
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Nobody expects ... oh, wait, wrong sketch. Anybody point me to Room 378?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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My son got his first programming job before he had his hands on his associates degree. The pay was just sub $30k. He started looking after he had a year at that shop and it took a months, but then he got double and then some what he was making at his first job. The big problem was that everyone wanted complicated skill combinations that were very odd to say the least. One shop wanted Objective-C but admitted they would have to rewrite the project in Swift just as soon as they got the project deployed.
My favorite job ad ever required 5+ years experience with Visual Studio 2010 in 2010.
BTW he had several agents getting him interviews, but the CIO of his new company spotted him on LinkedIn.
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Make sure you social media footprint telling your story. Tap into self branding techniques to drive positive interactions.
Manager will say a stream of consciousness to the recruiter. Who puts all the words onto a job description. Manager is looking for a hard hitter, not an encyclopedia.
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Dikshitar V. wrote: Manager is looking for a hard hitter, not an encyclopedia.
In the case you described, manager must be looking for someone from marketing.
I'd rather see a dev work on source-code than on updating FB and LinkedIn connections. Knowing what you want is indeed a difficult task. Knowing what you need is even harder.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Dikshitar V. wrote: Make sure you social media footprint telling your story. Tap into self branding techniques to drive positive interactions.
Sounds like something out of Dilbert. Are you a PHB?Dikshitar V. wrote: Manager will say a stream of consciousness to the recruiter.
Oh, such irony.Dikshitar V. wrote: Manager is looking for a hard hitter, not an encyclopedia.
It's not Fight Club. Why this talk about hitting?
This space for rent
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See, this Pete's funny- one liners and zingers guy. This translates to quick thinker.
To self branding effectively OP, don't "roll the dice", take an honest look at strengths and translate it to the business paradigm. Set proper expectations to wow them in the interview.
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Now, it is probably not too hard, especially here in the U.S. Back between 2000 to 2004 it was hard for me being junior level to get a decent job. The .Com bubble burst, the 9/11 attacks occurred, and the U.S. was in a recessionary period. I imagine between 2008 and 2011 it was the same story. So good for him getting his first job.
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Software development is project work, like building a skyscraper. During a recession, nobody is starting new projects. If you're standing up when the music stops, you may wait out the recession unemployed. Doesn't matter how good you are if no one is hiring.
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I remember a one job ad 'Young Graduate, 5 year experience' So at the time I was a fresh graduate with no experience. The agent phoned me we went through everything from degree to my dental records and was then asked if I had the '5 Years Experience'. I did not and was accused of wasting time. In other words the client wanted 5 years experience but didn't want to pay for it...
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I have 35 years of experience and find it difficult to get a job, but mostly because I'm much less inclined to suffer the "testing phase" of the interview process. IMHO, problems don't arise because someone doesn't know the answer - they arise because someone doesn't know how/where to FIND the answer and move on.
I also don't appreciate being told that I have to be willing to socialize with my co-workers. I actually got laid off once for that - it was viewed as not being a "team player". The main problem is that I have a very narrow and specific list of interests, and none of them are an interest in being interested in other people's interests unless they closely align with mine.
I was also laid off once because I refused to work overtime for the sake of working overtime. My view is that if my work is behind, or if someone specifically asks me for help, I'll put in the extra hours. I'm 60 years old with a wife and a life, and long ago learned that loyalty to the company isn't necessarily (and more often than not, is most definitely not) reciprocated.
".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
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Best posting I've read for a month. It might as well have been me talking (or me +5 years, you old fogey).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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One of the few pleasures at work is being the office grump, pester me and I'm likely to growl at them. I often hear some newbie ask who the old bloke is, they usually get a reply like "just give him work and leave him alone".
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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problems don't arise because someone doesn't know the answer -
Usually it's because someone doesn't know they don't know the answer.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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I learnt this same thing when I was a "company man". My first 'real' job. It was a production environment, and I ended up becoming a manager. I thought this was it, and I would always work there.
I got passed for promotion a couple of times because I was very valuable where I was at. They decided that, after finding out I was not happy about it, they would have me train my replacement, and then demote me. That's not intuition, they actually said that specifically. After training this dude, I would work under him in that area so that I would be available if problems arose. So I clocked out at lunch and just never went back.
Don't give yourself to a company. They are not going to take care of you, and they simply don't care when it comes down to it. I've done well after I learned that lesson.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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