there's no respect
i'm an older worker now and people think you don't know anything because you don't know about the latest xyz.
truth be told, I don't know about the latest xyz because i've seen that type of thing before and it had limited market appeal and folded after 5 years

the less experienced generally see initial benefits
the more experienced generally see initial benefits, long term issues, growth pathways and so on.

getting from 25 yo to 50 yo doesn't take long, you should always have your ears open ready to learn and always treat people respectfully.

Scratching my head wondering what Mangolassi means?
Could it be a Scottish woman eating a mango?

Happy Friday everyone.

Happy for me as the prodigal tool has returned!

good morning, 9:22am.

got the word yesterday that we're expecting back on site from the 12th onwards. such ashame, the past many months have been some of the most productive, interesting & joyful with regards to work, of my last 10 years.

normally i move from site to site everyday, forgetting what I did last and wasting time settling into the newly arrived at site each time I arrive.

the past few months i've rekindled my interest in IT coz I had time to sit in one place, complete tasks & investigate new things.

I'm going to spend the time between now and the 12th trying to work out how I can run my work life from the cloud, so everytime I arrive at a new workplace, my desktop will still have tasks, jobs, notes open from the previous site, if that makes any sense.

and what the hell is a Stroopwafel??? ^^^

they asked for a rate sheet incase they need me to come in and help with something.
i'm loathed to help at all following the way i've been treated.
if i do help, the rate will be astronomical.

a great example of bridge burning.

Another "I'm not really computer lierate"
OK I don't care, just sit there, be quiet and let me fix your problem.

Brand new around here. I see some people here I know of from elsewhere.
Currently enjoying what must one of the last few beautiful sunny days down here before winter sets in for 4 solid cold miserable months.

Having a ball with ZeroTier, this thing seems to be able to connect through anything!

Wondering who the imbecile was that convinced the world to stop placing LEDs in Num Lock and Caps Lock keys was.

It's a toss up between intermittant mouse pointer movement & not knowing if your number / caps lock is on as to which is the most annoying thing.

That person "will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes".

sitting down after driving 1.75 hours to get parts to resurrect a 9 year old server that died last night.
server 0 - me 1.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

monday morning, all alone today. just doing stuff.

Good morning!

Yes, good morning, hello.

monday morning, all alone today. just doing stuff.

how things change.

years ago I was a contractor for the state police force. one saturday morning we were scheduled to upgrade the chief commissioners desktop pc.

there we were, (had to have 2 of us for on site for security reasons), working away, I was sitting in the chief's seat doing what had to be done, next thing, the door swings open and 2 protective security guys bust in, hands on holstered pistols, "what are you guys doing here" ....

this morning I helped a 7 y.o with log in issues with ABC reading eggs.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Went and got tacos this morning.

Morning tacos? Are they breakfast tacos? What do you put in them?

Yeah, breakfast tacos are the standard breakfast here in Texas. Typically eggs, cheese, potatoes and then either beans for people like me or sausage or bacon for others.

Ooooh, I remember when we visited Houston. Came down from the hotel room one morning, buffet breaky, never eaten so much bacon .....

trying to get some group policies to work while listening to lead belly!

tuesday morning. can't get going this morning.

try putting the switches in the 'arguments' field of the Action tab.

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

binged the Matrix movies over the last 3 days. they left the last one wide open for 5th film.
still reckon the original is the best.

I reckon they should have left it at one. There was just something missing from the others that followed. Don't get me wrong, I have watched 2 & 3 and I did like them but I just feel that they were unnecessary.

eh. maybe, dunno. at least the follow ups were watchable.

i'll be back onto sbs now, see what new Scandi noir masterpiece I can wrap my eyeballs around.

binged the Matrix movies over the last 3 days. they left the last one wide open for 5th film.
still reckon the original is the best.

@scottalanmiller said in Migrating to xxxxx:

@siringo said in Migrating to xxxxx:

@scottalanmiller said in Migrating to xxxxx:

@siringo said in Migrating to xxxxx:

I believe it would be more useful to ask questions like 'how would you solve this?', or 'what's something you've done that you've taken great pride in completing?'
Questions that dig into how a person thinks and solves, rather than past job history.

Exactly, and anyone with business or interview training would tell you that that's kinda day one training in that stuff. If you are getting deep into specific skills, it suggests that no one interviewed you on being an interviewer, LOL.

I find even better than questions is just discussion. It's hard, but just dive in and get people talking. If they are passionate and knowledgable they will be able to talk and it is really hard to bluff conversation of a technical nature of any large period of time.

Ah. So that may be why I've been interviewing shitterly for the past 12 months.

I've been in the game for a long time, i've aqcuired lots of knowledge about business, technology and life and when being interviewed I probably don't appear all that interested? When asked about something I may seem half hearted, the thing is though, I've been in front of so many 'how the crap am I going to do this' moments that not much worries me anymore. I've learnt that almost everything can be solved, fixed, upgraded or replaced, all you need is time.

Sorry, this is way off topic.

I have a similar situation. There's no more panic. Just "let me do my job and get on with it." People sometimes see that as not taking it seriously when really, I'm just that much more on top of things.

This ^^^ absolutely.