03-19-2007, 04:08 PM
05-01-2007, 11:12 PM
Approaching eight years, which incidentally is longer than college, graduate school, and community college combined.
It was what the state of Maryland was counting on when they trained the first six men and I in computer programming in 1999. The possibility of enlightened employers, but the certainty that we would be needed one way or the other.
A Master's in social research by comparison: well, millions of people study that, if you are a college student, you might find the world around you interesting, curious people disproportionately attend college. "He certainly is brilliant, would have made a good professor, but I don't know if we can interact with him, so let's get someone with a few years less education."
Computer programming is every bit as methodical and goal oriented as a research study. There are specific steps to complete doing either. No success in that lesser paying career anyhow, I wouldn't switch now. So long, losers!
However, reading all the posts in this thread made me wonder if some Nazis are still alive. "Clear off you daft cow?" I'm glad his attitude is on the other side of the pond.
Nowhere is perfect. I've lost friends to Washington state because Virginia law is not friendly to unmarried or gay unions.
No, it didn't end when Hitler pulled the trigger with cyanide down his throat.
I've done the rounds in temporary agencies, a lengthy succession of light industrial after graduate school. I remember one Latina woman ask me at some distribution center in Frederick (state of Maryland about 40 miles (65 km) north of Washington DC), did I complete high school?
Amy was earning 1.20 (pounds sterling, it seems) per hour. What is the minimum wage in the United Kingdom? In the United States it is approximately five dollars fifteen cents an hour, maybe two pounds or between 3 and 4 Euro per hour, maybe six or seven Canadian dollars. Some states and cities set their own higher minimum wages.
It was what the state of Maryland was counting on when they trained the first six men and I in computer programming in 1999. The possibility of enlightened employers, but the certainty that we would be needed one way or the other.
A Master's in social research by comparison: well, millions of people study that, if you are a college student, you might find the world around you interesting, curious people disproportionately attend college. "He certainly is brilliant, would have made a good professor, but I don't know if we can interact with him, so let's get someone with a few years less education."
Computer programming is every bit as methodical and goal oriented as a research study. There are specific steps to complete doing either. No success in that lesser paying career anyhow, I wouldn't switch now. So long, losers!
However, reading all the posts in this thread made me wonder if some Nazis are still alive. "Clear off you daft cow?" I'm glad his attitude is on the other side of the pond.
Nowhere is perfect. I've lost friends to Washington state because Virginia law is not friendly to unmarried or gay unions.
No, it didn't end when Hitler pulled the trigger with cyanide down his throat.
I've done the rounds in temporary agencies, a lengthy succession of light industrial after graduate school. I remember one Latina woman ask me at some distribution center in Frederick (state of Maryland about 40 miles (65 km) north of Washington DC), did I complete high school?
Amy was earning 1.20 (pounds sterling, it seems) per hour. What is the minimum wage in the United Kingdom? In the United States it is approximately five dollars fifteen cents an hour, maybe two pounds or between 3 and 4 Euro per hour, maybe six or seven Canadian dollars. Some states and cities set their own higher minimum wages.
05-01-2007, 11:31 PM
Stella Wrote:
At one end of a huge warehouse was a small room complete with electric kettle, and an armchair in which loafed one Mr Perkins.
Mr Perkins told me to 'sort out' a colossal pile of boxes of jelly, and went back to reading The Sun in his armchair. So I just slotted them into the warehouse shelves wherever I could find a space amongst the other boxes.
This wasn't what Mr Perkins had wanted, and when he came out of his hidy hole after about half and hour he said "you've got a new foreman starting Monday."
"What d'you mean," I said.
"You've got the tin tack," he said.
"What tin tack?" I said.
"The sack. The sack Get it? You're no good to us here."
"Why?" I said.
"Clear off you daft cow," he said.
So that was getting the sack! :cry:
Mr Perkins told me to 'sort out' a colossal pile of boxes of jelly, and went back to reading The Sun in his armchair. So I just slotted them into the warehouse shelves wherever I could find a space amongst the other boxes.
This wasn't what Mr Perkins had wanted, and when he came out of his hidy hole after about half and hour he said "you've got a new foreman starting Monday."
"What d'you mean," I said.
"You've got the tin tack," he said.
"What tin tack?" I said.
"The sack. The sack Get it? You're no good to us here."
"Why?" I said.
"Clear off you daft cow," he said.
So that was getting the sack! :cry:
i hope you *** well got paid for that!
05-02-2007, 11:58 AM
silentwalker Wrote:
I've been in full-time employment for the last 21 years, with 0 sackings. I work in IT and have made a pretty good career for myself - it even allowed me to move to the US 
and has made me a manager. The longest I've stayed with one company is 5 years (the current job).
and has made me a manager. The longest I've stayed with one company is 5 years (the current job).
For years I've heard business owners complain that "IT people are like gypsies". I guess that is true for many. There seems to be some sort of IT culture that says one gets ahead by moving around a lot. I know of IT people who have never stayed the same job more than 2 years (in one case, never more than 6 months). Alas, that is so against my nature. I can't deal with that much change.
05-02-2007, 11:03 PM
silentwalker Wrote:
It is true, in the IT industry it is pretty common place for people to move around advancing their careers - I have never had a less than 18% pay raise from changing jobs and always moved into a nice challenging position - until the challenge goes away.
I wish i had your courage!! This week I got promoted after more than 15 years on the job and I'm scared to death. I've turned down past attempts to promote me because I'm terrified of change and... there is that Imposter Syndrome thing. Heck, I had a panic attack when they moved my desk years ago.
05-10-2007, 03:55 PM
Sparkle
May I asked who you are working for and what type of work have you typically been in?
Kornik
May I asked who you are working for and what type of work have you typically been in?
Kornik
Sparkle1984 Wrote:
I just thought I'd do a poll to find out the longest time everyone has ever held down a job. It doesn't matter if the job is part-time or full-time.
So far, the longest I've had a job for is 2 and a half years - that was when I was working on a casual, part-time contract at the local sorting office, whilst I was studying at university. This job came to an end because back in January they decided to get rid of all their Saturday morning casual staff on the early shift. I wasn't too upset, because my final year exams were getting near, and so I had more time to prepare for them and do my coursework.
My current (full time permanent) job has lasted me 6 months so far, although I was an agency temp for the first 5 months of it.
So far, the longest I've had a job for is 2 and a half years - that was when I was working on a casual, part-time contract at the local sorting office, whilst I was studying at university. This job came to an end because back in January they decided to get rid of all their Saturday morning casual staff on the early shift. I wasn't too upset, because my final year exams were getting near, and so I had more time to prepare for them and do my coursework.
My current (full time permanent) job has lasted me 6 months so far, although I was an agency temp for the first 5 months of it.
05-10-2007, 04:09 PM
Thank you silentwalker. I really needed some encouragement
05-11-2007, 07:24 AM
I'm actually going through a job change now. I quit my last full-time job of two years because I was deliberately and offensively passed over for a promotion (I was told that I possessed outstanding "technical" skills for the promotion, but not the "people" skills. Maybe that was grounds for filing a discrimination suit?)
Anyway, I'm working full time at a new place now. Yeah, I'm normally not good with change (unless I am directly involved in orchestrating the change). But there's one thing that's bugging the heck out of me...prior to taking the last job (the one that passed me over for promotion), I worked for myself for 6 years. And I was exceptional at it. I made more money than I ever had before, and most importantly, I was able to set my own hours. The only reason I decided to go full time is because the work slowed down significantly and my spouse wanted me to find something "more stable."
Does anyone else find it easier, and more rewarding, to work for yourself? If so, what are the perks? What are the challenges? For me, the perks were not having to deal with the "office dynamic" and not having to be around other people all day. The challenges were generating new business from cold leads ("selling myself" and making that first impression). For most of the six years I was self-employed, my business was sustained by repeat customers and word-of-mouth referrals.
Anyway, I'm working full time at a new place now. Yeah, I'm normally not good with change (unless I am directly involved in orchestrating the change). But there's one thing that's bugging the heck out of me...prior to taking the last job (the one that passed me over for promotion), I worked for myself for 6 years. And I was exceptional at it. I made more money than I ever had before, and most importantly, I was able to set my own hours. The only reason I decided to go full time is because the work slowed down significantly and my spouse wanted me to find something "more stable."
Does anyone else find it easier, and more rewarding, to work for yourself? If so, what are the perks? What are the challenges? For me, the perks were not having to deal with the "office dynamic" and not having to be around other people all day. The challenges were generating new business from cold leads ("selling myself" and making that first impression). For most of the six years I was self-employed, my business was sustained by repeat customers and word-of-mouth referrals.
05-23-2007, 02:33 AM
I have been working my last job for exactly one year last week. I discovered I had Aspergers' Syndrome last October and it has been a little rough trying to cope with the new job, AND knowing about AS! I worked in IT for many years, in many different places, as noted up thread, but I had to get out of IT as the sexism was intolerable after the DOT.COM boom went bust and the job opportunities fell off. I write now, in my off time, but I am not a 'writer', I only have a story to tell and I don't know anyone else I can palm it off on.
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