OT FOAK especially bosses

That's the key to my problem.. More vacancies than staff, with a growing
workload now the sales machine has woken up.

Conversely, I'm having to catch the burning shit, and flick it back at
people before it sticks to me.. on top of covering for a minnion that
left. This would be piss easy if I had enough staff, and I'd be
spending my time on architecture and leading edge things.

Still, on the plus side I'm inventing new ways to deal with stress, and
I'm learning how to tell people bad news in a good way.

My pot is half full. [1]

[1] I think someone pissed in it.

 

Well, of course, I never make bad decisions, though naturally I have a
fictitious example lined up for interviews ...

Weird. The Mono/IKVM stuff is interesting if you're looking into ways of
merging the .NET and Java worlds.

 

The technical term for a position like that is "mongherd"

 

simonk says...

"Mongherder" surely?

 

I was thiking of the Sound of Music

# High on a hill with a lonely mongherd

etc..

You coming on Friday, BTW?

 

No, a mongherd herds mongs, in much the same way that a shepherd herds
sheps.

 

That's what I found doing mine. Actually writing it took a weekend.
It was the research and working out what I was going to write that
took 6 months.

Probably could have got the 6 months down a bit with less drinking, in
hindsight.

 

I've never herd of sheps before. Apert from that disco dancing one, Get Down
Shep.

 

flashgorman wrote in

It's used in the Forest of Dean (Glos.) dialect, although the
pronounciation is more like "Zhep" to refer to sheep.

OED says it means shepherd, hence the common useage for naming a collie.

 

.... and *that's* the one that needs herding.

 

"...the technology with which I'm working."

Surely ending a sentence with a preposition would be a summary failure at
interview time!?

 

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:58:52 +0100, darsy wrote:

I think it could be a difficult question to answer for a lot of people.
Obviously I work in a somewhat different area but I've made my share of
mistakes. However, they've all been pretty banal: same sort of mistakes
techies have been making for decades. Unless you provide them with a lot
more context I'm not surprised your interviewees struggle a bit.

 

simonk says...

Ah, right, yes with you now.

Yep, I'm not going to miss a chance to drink strange brews from exotic
locations, and anyway Darsy owes me a tenner.

 

Verdigris wrote in

Although, if someone has an obviously prepared response you could verify
a suspicion that the person is more concerned with presentation than
application.

Although, I agree that some context is required. I'd use a request for
context as more time to select the appropriate lie, sorry response.

 

I really liked the vodka den place. Mmmm, more cleaning agents.

I owe darsy a tenner; you for the postage of the handlebars and I'm not
going to be there but I haven't forgotten.

 

Revolution?

I wasn't keen on the pepper or bison piss ones. Give me a bottle of
cherry brandy any day of the week.

 

The 'sensible' ones were very nice. Unfortunately I seem to have
forgotten what they were. I think one was lemon and the other was
something Polish.

 

It would be if I were interviewing. If I were the interviewee, I
think it would be even money whether it got noticed or not.

 

do I?

what the **** for?

 

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