Weird Old Asian Computer Shop Owner Dude.

[cressida]

Go work at Fry's or Compusa ... computer jobs get tiring after a while.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: cressida
Go work at Fry's or Compusa ... computer jobs get tiring after a while.

Especially when dealing with clueless end users

 

[VIAN]

Out of curiosity, did you present the guy with a resume?

If I needed a resume, I wouldn't have gone to such a small place. The only thing I can say in my resume is that I'm a great cashier, besides that I studying to be an electronics engineer.

yeah, he's the one with the bad english.

Hey, I was working on little sleep.

he didnt want to hire you. period. you have no right to argue with him. it doesnt matter what his choices in products are...he's the boss.

Look! I just asked a question, he gave me a stupid answer, then I proved him wrong. I just wanted to find out why. If he knew his computer stuff, Intel wouldn't be the main attraction. Plus, he is the one who started to insult me. I didn't insult him, I just proved him wrong and noted that I was knowledgeable on the subject. That's all. I didn't disrespect him, just asked a question. Obviously he is just selling Intel for the name.

Building your own computer /= insant computer sk1llZ, yo.

I didn's say I was the man. I think that I'm one of the less smartest people here at Anandtech, but smarter by a lot than many of my friends. And who knows what kind of people live in a small town. I didn't really care about the money, I could get paid minimum wage which is a POS, but I just love working with computers.

Most AMD heat protection is poorly implemented on the motherboard. Most motherboards that state they support AMD thermal protection will still burn up the cpu when the fan is removed.

My CPU is still hear after 2-3 times of the fan going out because of a bad connection.

LOL that's funny if you know what manko means(japanese for girl's ****)

nice...

I used to think that, back in the AMD761/VIA AMD chipset days. They're mobos were always plain vanilla and costed a lot more than the competition. Just like intel mobos. Now they're feature rich though.

Still no RAID.

He doesnt' want to hire someone he didn't know because theft can be a problem. A stranger would have access to all those easily accessible parts. I don't blame him. If you kept asking about why, I would've dug for answers like your age and experience also. If he says no and puts you down, why would you still want to work there ?

I didn't ask why, as soon as he said no to me showing him my computer, I moved on. I didn't really expect to get the job, but it would be nice.

At our shop we kept more Intel in stock than AMD because that's what the buying public wanted for the most part. If they wanted AMD we would order it for them no questions asked. If they asked our opinion then we'd give it to them but not before. The last thing a retail shop needs is some Fanboy Evangilising for their favorite product.

I would always recommend something to the customer if I thought he was making a wrong decision and then tell them my reasons. I'm not a fanboy.

Go work at Fry's or Compusa ... computer jobs get tiring after a while.

I'm thinking of probably going to learn to fix computers at CompUSA.

Especially when dealing with clueless end users

Yes, I have 20GB of RAM... I think. That's big enough right?

 

[Mallow]

sounds like a pivately owned place and they usually only higher family and friends.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: loki8481
sounds like it was a small shop... it's been my experience that most places like that don't hire people right off the street unless they're desperate, and rather, prefer to hire family members or friends of the family (who they can pay less than minimum wage, but under the table).

but most importantly... who shops for computer parts in person? I haven't bought internal PC parts in a retail store since the late 90's (external parts like printers, cables, and hubs not counting, of course).

those of us that actually go "outside" now and then and aren't anal retentive about saving $0.25 on a fu cking printer cable.

 

[thomsbrain]

you're not gonna get a job by arguing with the guy and questioning his stocking choices.

 

[VIAN]

nevermind

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: VIAN

Out of curiosity, did you present the guy with a resume?

If I needed a resume, I wouldn't have gone to such a small place. The only thing I can say in my resume is that I'm a great cashier, besides that I studying to be an electronics engineer.

heh...you could put that on a resume. I did when I was going to school (EE) and landed a Field Engineer (onsite service tech) job. At the time the only thing I new how to do was build PCs, install OSs, and use IRC! Of course times were a little different, but studying EE has some wieght. Resume always helps. If anything it'll show the guy you are responsible and professional.