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EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Outscource it

ROFL, funny you should say that. The presentation hall is booked right before my presentation for a video conference... With India. There's actually a class with a project in-progress where half the project has actually been outsourced :p
 

CollectiveUnconscious

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Originally posted by: everman
bah, 90 min presentation is nothing. Try 3 hours with a very inquisitive and intelligent prof who makes it impossible to BS anything.
oh, and we nailed it :p (the presentation, not the prof)

Try a 2 hour dissertation defense. My committee was an uptight group of people...worst 2 hours and 12 minutes of my life, but the best 8 hours afterward.
 

BeauJangles

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Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious
Originally posted by: everman
bah, 90 min presentation is nothing. Try 3 hours with a very inquisitive and intelligent prof who makes it impossible to BS anything.
oh, and we nailed it :p (the presentation, not the prof)

Try a 2 hour dissertation defense. My committee was an uptight group of people...worst 2 hours and 12 minutes of my life, but the best 8 hours afterward.

I get to experience that joy coming up soon. Can't wait :(
 
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Imagine your job depends on it.
Then imagine losing your job, becuase you did not get the presentation done.
Imagine that the only job you can get afterwards involves giving hand jobs to old, marginally impotent men.

That's what keeps me going.
 

CollectiveUnconscious

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Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious
Originally posted by: everman
bah, 90 min presentation is nothing. Try 3 hours with a very inquisitive and intelligent prof who makes it impossible to BS anything.
oh, and we nailed it :p (the presentation, not the prof)

Try a 2 hour dissertation defense. My committee was an uptight group of people...worst 2 hours and 12 minutes of my life, but the best 8 hours afterward.

I get to experience that joy coming up soon. Can't wait :(

It's worth it when you walk back in and they say, "Congrats, Doctor," and then 2 members of your committee take you out for a beer, which turns into 12. But it sure doesn't feel like it during the "constructive criticism."
 

EyeMWing

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Well, that was cute. The video conference ran long (because nobody could understand what anybody else was saying and everything had to be repeated 50,000 times) so I got bumped to Wednesday. Bastards.
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Well, that was cute. The video conference ran long (because nobody could understand what anybody else was saying and everything had to be repeated 50,000 times) so I got bumped to Wednesday. Bastards.

hehe, all that for nothin.
 

Juno

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i'm going to beat you. 5 slide presentation on an industrial designer due this friday and i can finish in an hour.

wanna race?
 

EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: Juno
i'm going to beat you. 5 slide presentation on an industrial designer due this friday and i can finish in an hour.

wanna race?

5 slides. in an hour? 5 slides should be no more than 50 words.