|
Having a melancholy late evening watching a slow death spiral... sigh..
Dilbert Comic Strip on 1995-10-30 | Dilbert by Scott Adams[^]
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
|
|
|
|
|
That's a good way to maximize cross team synergies! 
|
|
|
|
|
You're living Dilbert?
I am undead Dilbert.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
|
|
|
|
|
Here, let me get this for you...
π§₯
|
|
|
|
|
That was a great comic! It reminded me of working for General Dynamics in the early '80s. It seemed as if every few months we had to pack our stuff for another reorg and physical move. I developed the theory that we had more employees than desks, so the company had to keep 10% of us in motion at all times.
Will Rogers never met me.
|
|
|
|
|
Roger, me thinks we come from the same cut of cloth. True story... for you youngsters, enjoy. This is the way it was before the internet. 
So, it's early 1982 and as a first year EE graduate working my first job in a factory, I was bored out of my skull. Then all salaried people got a 5% paycut cause times were tough, etc. For all of you older CP'rs, we're going back to the heyday of EE Times where 30% of the back of the paper was nothing but job ads. Being bored out of my skull, I sent resumes to General Dynamics (Forth Worth, Texas) and Hughes Aircraft. Time passes...
One day in the mail I get a post card from GD - we've received your resume and are sending it to the appropriate groups, yada yada. In those days, we called them flush cards. And I forgot about it. A few weeks later, I received a call from Kathleen of Hughes Aircraft HR. Now I'm 22 sitting in a bullpen of desks, and I'm about to piss myself. She detects my discomfort, and says "I guess you can't really talk right now, can you?" So I called her back when I got home, expressed my interest. Within the week, it was clear they really wanted me to come to Tucson, Az for a plant trip. Thus began my wife's, "can I go to?" queries. Back then, I was terrified of saying, "you know, my wife needs to see the place too..." - thought they might pull the offer, etc. I promised my wife I would ask, but to be honest, I was terrified. Yeah, I was a noob.
Bear with me Roger... I'll get to the best part...
So, a couple of days later, I come home from work, and my wife is out front with a sh$$ eating grin on her face. Curious, I want to know what's going on. Turns out, Kathleen of Hughes HR had called home asking for me. Conversation:
Kathleen: "Hi, this is K from Hughes Aircraft. We're trying to get in touch with cg about a plant trip."
My love: "I'm sorry, he's not home from work, may I take a message?"
Kathleen: "Oh hi, this is Kathleen from Hughes Aircraft. We want to invite him out to Tucson for interviews and an area trip."
My love: "Oh that's nice, is there a number I could get, and I'm sure he'll call you back?"
Kathleen: "Well, actually, Hughes wants to invite you out as well considering this is a family decision. Would that be okay?"
An hour later - the grin. But I'm not done yet. So, we go out there, and with the exception of some exceptional conditions I'd still be there.
A week later, Hughes makes me an offer that just cannot be refused - 30% pay raise, full relo, and work I wanted to do. Wife was all on board.
Guess who called two days after I got the offer from Hughes? Yep GD. Wanted me for the flight control software in the F16.
When the guy called... he got his 30 seconds in and I interrupted him.
Me: "Dude, where were you 4 weeks ago?"
Him:"Crap, you already have an offer, don't you?"
Me: "Yep, and it's a good one."
Him:"Sh*t. Well I appreciate your time."
I've always wondered what would have happened had I gone that route, but we loved Tucson.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
|
|
|
|
|
Good story! I enjoyed GD, but they had some practices that I disagreed with - that's why I quit. After a few years leading a team of engineers (even before I graduated) developing ATE for the missile factory, I got assigned a cool IRAD project. One year later, one of my former team got promoted to Sr. Engineer, while I was passed over. I was told that the reason was that the Sr. position requirements included supervision of others in the past 12 months. My previous supervision years there did not count. It took about a week to find a better job, and give them my notice. They counter-offered me a $1 million grant to continue the IRAD, but I passed.
I later learned from a former coworker there who was in management that there was a secret rating system, not shared with the employee, where I was rated as too valuable in that IRAD role to allow a change of position. That was high praise, but it was a chicken-s... practice that I still consider to be unethical.
Will Rogers never met me.
|
|
|
|
|
chicken s$it indeed. I never got far along enough in Hughes to run into that. I was in ATE as well for multiple programs.
when I was in school working part Time at ITT Satellite, they played off excellent people who "would have no problem finding another job." Hum... We're graybeards though I can't grow a beard. Maybe I'll start a consulting business titled, "WTH are you doing?"
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
|
|
|
|
|
Sorry, had a bit of an epiphany last night about the place I work. Need to get out of my funk.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 6/6
β¬β¬π©π¨β¬
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
β¬π©π©β¬π©
β¬π©π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
Just managed it.
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 4/6
β¬β¬π©β¬π©
β¬β¬π¨π©β¬
β¬π©π©π©π©
π©π©π©π©π©
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 5/6
β¬π©β¬β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 4/6
π©π¨β¬π¨β¬
π©β¬π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
Should have got it in three but made a silly mistake
Wordle 396 4/6
β¬π¨β¬β¬β¬
β¬π¨β¬β¬π¨
β¬π¨π¨π¨π©
π©π©π©π©π©
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming βWow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 6/6
π¨β¬π©β¬β¬
β¬π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 5/6
π¨β¬π¨β¬β¬
β¬β¬β¬β¬β¬
β¬π©π¨β¬π¨
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
|
|
|
|
|
Lost today 
Wordle 396 X/6*
β¬π¨π¨β¬π¨
π©π¨π¨π¨β¬
π©β¬π¨π¨π¨
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
|
|
|
|
|
Urgh.... one of those days.
Thought I was going to lose my perfect record today, just snuck in 
Wordle 396 6/6*
β¬π¨π¨β¬β¬
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 4/6
Was going to try it as #2!
β¬π¨β¬π¨π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 3/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨π©
β¬π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 396 4/6
β¬β¬β¬π¨β¬
β¬π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©β¬π©
π©π©π©π©π©
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Great Fire of 1666 got rid of the rats that remained after the Great Plague of 1665-6.
The Great Fire of 2022?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
|
|
|
|
|
Sadly, I don't think there's any chance of it reaching SW1A[^] this year. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
