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I've had to down play some of my experience to give myself a chance of getting back into dev work.
veni bibi saltavi
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No coincidence at all...
Once I got to interview by someone I've teach a few years before...I saw the panic in his eyes when he recognized me...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Forogar wrote: I removed the PhD from my CV and got a decent job almost immediately. Coincidence? I think not.
Yea, I have kept my PhD on the resume, because it's a point of pride; otherwise, why did I do the damn thing? However, you are correct that it was a MAJOR hinderance just out of grad school. People would say "you're too expensive," or "you will be bored." Well, yea -- it's just work, I do software, you give me $$$ it's strictly business.
Oh, it's just stupid. I was always told a PhD was prestigious, that you'd get called "Doctor" and stuff. Well, huh, that did not turn out to be the case. However, now I've started my own consulting company and I can make my own employees and vendors call me "Doctor." That's nice 
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I got the "you will be bored" bit one time. I said I wouldn't but it didn't help.
I now work for a major US Hospital and am surrounded by "real" doctors so I never use the appellation and even had HR take it off my security badge. My wife always tells everyone I have a doctorate but I rarely do myself unless it is relevant.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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My current employer asked me to show them my original documents for a Doktor-Ingenieur.
I guess they didn't quite believe it. Still got the job.
it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I lost the original certificate a long time ago but have a signed document saying I had it. An employer in the US has never asked for it since I never declare it but the Green Card process wanted to see it. That's the last time I saw it so I assume they never gave it me back. I'm not really bothered as I now think that academic bits of paper are nothing compared to hard-earned experience.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yes I agree. There is this one consulting assignment from 2-3 years back I did as a freelancer for 1-1/2 years, that I've simply left on my resume....they've stopped sending me work, and I've not invoiced them for a long time; however, I leave it at the top of my Experience section so that it looks like, to the brainless HR drones, that it's a job I've held for a "long time" and that I am not a "job jumper."
For some reason, HR drones do not understand that developers are "disposable employees," and "interchangable parts." So, they see something that's alot of short term gigs on there and they say, "Oh you're a job jumper." Pooey on them. No, I am not; I am a software developer and a scientist, and I'm so expensive, that people only keep me around as long as the project lasts, and then they dump me.
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I was interviewed for a job once where the team leader was very keen on me and so took me immediately to see the director who had the final say so. The director glanced at my resume, hardly looked at me, and said, "You have a lot of jobs on here; we need someone who wants to stay a while, not a job-hopper. Goodbye!"
The team leader and I were both stunned by this remark and clear dismissal. He escorted me out, apologizing for the rudeness of his boss and clearly upset about it. I thought myself lucky to not have to work for a boss like that. More than one of the jobs was 6-7 years in length - I had a lot of jobs because I taught Moses how to program - but he clearly didn't want me there. A friend went to work at that company a few months later and said that that team leader had quit shortly after she started and then the director (she called him an a**hole) did a few weeks later. She says it's now a great place to work - but I have a better job now anyway.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Slacker007 wrote: when I see such potatoes around me.
It seems you need a new gig, where you're (mostly) in the company of good devs.
/ravi
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Oh, I have a great gig, and most of the engineers I work with are great - no worries there. 
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/ravi
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Took my dad's Winchester to the range this weekend, and am happy to report that despite never having been fired in its 59-years of existence, from a rest, it managed about a 6-inch group at 100 yards with the factory iron sights, using cheap Monarch blunt tip 150gr ammo. I really don't care for the front blade sight and rear buckhorn, so I'm changing the sights this week to a Marbles tang sight and a Lyman globe front sight, and see if I can do a bit better.
".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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(disclaimer, I'm not a gun nut person  )
Out of curiosity.
Are there particular precautions when firing an old gun and/or do gun range usually accept them (in regards to safety) ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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As long as there aren't signs of mistreatment/rust/mechanical problems/etc not really.
The one majorish exception is for much older (generally 100+ years) guns, you don't want to fire modern ammunition with higher chamber pressures (and resultant muzzle velocity) in guns that weren't designed for it. Likewise, smokeless power ammo in something designed for blackpower only is a bad idea. In both cases a kaboom is possible.
Of course if you don't know what to look for, paying a gunsmith to look it over first is never a bad idea.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Depends on the condition of the weapon. This one is (or was) in like-new condition because it was stored properly and cleaned/oiled regularly. I stripped it down and cleaned/inspected/oiled it before taking it out to the range, though.
".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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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I stripped it down and cleaned/inspected/oiled it before taking it out to the range, though.
And that's how you treat a lady.
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I'm not a gun "nut" either. I just happen to have a few.
.22 Henry lever action
AR15 in 5.56 that I built myself
20ga Shotgun
Two 1911 pistols in .45ACP
And I just inherited the gun that is the subject of this thread - Winchester Model 94 chambered in .30-30.
I don't "collect" for the sake of collecting, and the only value I see in a gun is that it works when asked to do so. Otherwise, it's just a lump of steel.
".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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The Winchester Model 94, in 30-30 is by far my favorite "brush" gun. I've traipsed through more miles of rough country and thick timber carrying my old Model 94 than I care to remember. Excellent rifle for its intended use.
Glad to hear yours is working well.
There are two kinds of people. Those who need closure
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Otherwise, it's just a lump of steel.
That makes for a good movie title: The Lump of Steel.
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That could be the name of a porn movie.
".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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I went to the range Saturday. Place called The Glass Factory[^]. it was my first time there. Not our usual range. My son and wife came along. Good times.
We brought my
- Glock Model 22 .40 cal
- Sig Sauer 5.56
- Mosberg 500 Security 12 Gauge
- Mosin-Nagant 19/31 7.62
- Mosin-Nagant Model 44 7.62
But the best part was shooting some Tannerite[^]. Very cool. My son (he's 13) hit it with my 5.56 at 100 yards on his 3rd shot. I hit mine on the first shot. I had never even heard of that stuff before. The guy at the ammo shop talked me into trying. Glad I did.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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There's people who think some things need to be preserved in their box, kept in mint condition, never used, and basically build a museum around them.
Then there's people who will throw away the packaging and actually use said items, take them apart, modify them, use them and enjoy them. As they were meant to be.
I'm all for the latter.
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You forgot those are throwing away the packaging and the item itself - only to different directions... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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