I've been traveling for over a month now... make it stop

[Ns1]

I got $10 on the trashcan

 

[Wuzup101]

$100 for the trashcan and the vacuum

 

[SSSnail]

What a bunch of cheapos... I'll give you $150 cash for the vacuum and the trashcan.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is a great thread for kids just getting out of college.
You are NOT a special snowflake.
You do not know more then people who have been working at the job for years and you will not change it.
Jobs want you to fit them. not them fit you!

again..YOU ARE NOT A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE.

This. And even if there is something stupid that the company is doing, they've probably been doing it that way for years, don't try to change it because that's just going against the grain and you don't want to do that as a new employee ever, even if you really are right. There's lot of ridiculousness at every place I worked, but I just accept the fact that it's the way things are and go with it. The bigger the company, the more BS there will be, but it's not worth trying to change it, everyone who works there probably tried and failed at some point.


I've been in the market for a new high end vacuum, but on the bottom of my spending priority list. $250 shipped for the vacuum?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

What a bunch of cheapos... I'll give you $150 cash for the vacuum and the trashcan.

Pfffffft - $150 AND I'll throw in a month's supply of Fruit Loops.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I said it before and I'll say it again:

I believe TridenT is really a 12 year old prebuscent fuck that lives in his parents basement and is making up this entire story (including the vacuum and trash can). The Internet is the only way he is able to communicate with other humans. He's laughing his nuts off as we speak. Jokes on us, guys!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I said it before and I'll say it again:

I believe TridenT is really a 12 year old prebuscent fuck that lives in his parents basement and is making up this entire story (including the vacuum and trash can). The Internet is the only way he is able to communicate with other humans. He's laughing his nuts off as we speak. Jokes on us, guys!

Well, I certainly hope for his sake that he is just trolling us.

 

[Bucks]

Sounds like you're just unhappy with yourself. Moving anywhere won't change that.

Only read the first page of this thread, but I think this quote nailed it. Sounds like you have a lot of issues to sort out..

 

[jlee]

What a bunch of cheapos... I'll give you $150 cash for the vacuum and the trashcan.

I'll go $150.01. I've never experienced the bliss of a $1000 vacuum. :awe:

 

[WelshBloke]

I'll go $150.01. I've never experienced the bliss of a $1000 vacuum. :awe:

It'll suck nearly as much as this thread.

 

[Chess]

go to northwest dc and your tone about dc will change. you're in a shitty part of maryland right now (pg county) which is borderline a not-so-nice part of dc. dc is big, and like any city, it has shitty parts.

Spot on..#truth

 

[jlee]

It'll suck nearly as much as this thread.

But this thread has entertained me for months!

 

[WelshBloke]

But this thread has entertained me for months!

I guess.

It was a bit like a film where everyone saw the outcome in the first few minutes.

 

[TridenT]

Got the vacuum cleaner today, guys.

The suction isn't as impressive as I imagined. However, the unit is extremely quiet. It's not much louder than a fan. However, the powered head (that has a brush) is itself quite loud in comparison. It's still not bad and I could see myself vacuuming at night but it's not anywhere near as quiet as the canister itself. The whooshing air from different attachments (like wind instruments) can produce a loud noise and so can the noise from the powered head but it's actually really quiet otherwise.

I like it so far!

 

[disappoint]

Well, boys, I got fired today! Poor fit, so to speak. It was clear to them (and me) that I didn't want to be there and do things the way they were doing them. (It was quite poorly managed at many times; lack of vision, direction, initiative and so forth) So they fired me because we came to a large crossroads where it was obvious that the methodology they were using wasn't working. I don't think firing me will have fixed their problems.

Yeah, because you have SO MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE to be able to make a sound and accurate evaluation.

You don't need many years of experience to notice the evidence of poor management: They decided to hire Trident in the first place.

 

[jlee]

Got the vacuum cleaner today, guys.

The suction isn't as impressive as I imagined. However, the unit is extremely quiet. It's not much louder than a fan. However, the powered head (that has a brush) is itself quite loud in comparison. It's still not bad and I could see myself vacuuming at night but it's not anywhere near as quiet as the canister itself. The whooshing air from different attachments (like wind instruments) can produce a loud noise and so can the noise from the powered head but it's actually really quiet otherwise.

I like it so far!

So when do you take the trash can and vacuum to the pawn shop to pay rent?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

You don't need many years of experience to notice the evidence of poor management: They decided to hire Trident in the first place.

Good point. :biggrin:

 

[clamum]

I <3 you TridenTchild

 

[postmortemIA]

Soo if you're fired and have months left on apartment lease, what then?

 

[nageov3t]

Soo if you're fired and have months left on apartment lease, what then?

I worked with this guy in tech support once... really nice guy and a great personality, but he was unfortunately a complete and utter dumbass.

one day, without warning, he just walked off the job without giving notice. just took his lunch break and never came back. the writing was on the wall that he was about to get fired, but a non-dumbass would have rode it out as long as possible to at least collect unemployment.

he then up and moved out of his apartment, breaking a lease that had another 8 months to go, leaving a completely trashed apartment in his wake (we were also neighbors... from what I gathered from the landlord, he somehow managed to ruin the entire bathtub and did random electrical work around the apartment, so he had to have an electrician come in to make sure it was all up to code and fix whatever wasn't)

he did all this to move in with his girlfriend (who lived at home with her mom) and pursue his dream of being a video game designer... the LL came after him hard to recoup damages and lost rent as a result of breaking the lease, and he ended up having to declare bankruptcy and ruining his credit.

today, 6 years later, he and the now-wife have moved out to the middle of nowhere PA and he's back to working tier 1 tech support.

 

[TridenT]

I worked with this guy in tech support once... really nice guy and a great personality, but he was unfortunately a complete and utter dumbass.

one day, without warning, he just walked off the job without giving notice. just took his lunch break and never came back. the writing was on the wall that he was about to get fired, but a non-dumbass would have rode it out as long as possible to at least collect unemployment.

he then up and moved out of his apartment, breaking a lease that had another 8 months to go, leaving a completely trashed apartment in his wake (we were also neighbors... from what I gathered from the landlord, he somehow managed to ruin the entire bathtub and did random electrical work around the apartment, so he had to have an electrician come in to make sure it was all up to code and fix whatever wasn't)

he did all this to move in with his girlfriend (who lived at home with her mom) and pursue his dream of being a video game designer... the LL came after him hard to recoup damages and lost rent as a result of breaking the lease, and he ended up having to declare bankruptcy and ruining his credit.

today, 6 years later, he and the now-wife have moved out to the middle of nowhere PA and he's back to working tier 1 tech support.

 

[TridenT]

Had a "technical" interview today. Mostly just spoke with an engineer for over an hour at a company.

He then tells me that the next step in the process is to do an 8-12 hour long coding assignment. (What in the actual fuck?) After that, there's a 45-min long phone interview about that project. And then maybe another phone interview (at this point, I kind of just ignored everything he said)... and then finally the onsite (4-6 interviews over 4-6 hours).

You'll never hire quality talent with that kind of interview process! Quality talent will NOT go through that. They will take the offer from another startup that is willing to interview them faster and with less bullshit.

EDIT: Also, I met a girl. But, that's another story. :awe: (And it has already made life complicated but it'll figure itself out soon enough)

 

[darkswordsman17]

EDIT: Also, I met a girl. But, that's another story. :awe: (And it has already made life complicated but it'll figure itself out soon enough)

Yes we already knew about this. You made an entire thread about it.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2439823

I would say something about how you think that constitutes "meeting a girl" but then well it is you so I'm not surprised in the least.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Had a "technical" interview today. Mostly just spoke with an engineer for over an hour at a company.

He then tells me that the next step in the process is to do an 8-12 hour long coding assignment. (What in the actual fuck?) After that, there's a 45-min long phone interview about that project. And then maybe another phone interview (at this point, I kind of just ignored everything he said)... and then finally the onsite (4-6 interviews over 4-6 hours).

You'll never hire quality talent with that kind of interview process! Quality talent will NOT go through that. They will take the offer from another startup that is willing to interview them faster and with less bullshit.

EDIT: Also, I met a girl. But, that's another story. :awe: (And it has already made life complicated but it'll figure itself out soon enough)

That actually sounds like a good process, it's more hands on with less BS. Sure it may take more time but when you're unemployed it's not like time really matters.

 

[TridenT]

That actually sounds like a good process, it's more hands on with less BS. Sure it may take more time but when you're unemployed it's not like time really matters.

No. It's not. It's the same process as other companies but with more bs. It includes an 8+ hour assignment and an extra interview than is necessary. Most companies just do a hr screener, tech phone interview, and then an onsite. This is too much bs.