Post #206,933
5/11/05 1:07:00 PM
5/11/05 1:17:26 PM
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How marketable are you?
[link|http://www.fortune.com/fortune/quizzes/careers/solid_quiz.html?promoid=cnn|Fortune.com]
Short quiz.
fwiw 44/50
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Edited by jbrabeck
May 11, 2005, 01:17:26 PM EDT
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Post #206,934
5/11/05 1:10:50 PM
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39/50. FWIW. Lots of "somewhats" from me.
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Post #206,935
5/11/05 1:11:48 PM
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kind of geared towards execs but 45 out of 50
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Post #206,939
5/11/05 1:23:04 PM
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40/50
Your final score: 40 of 50
Results:
You're adaptable enough to recover from a layoff with relative ease.
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Steve
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Post #206,941
5/11/05 1:26:34 PM
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35/50
Your final score: 35 of 50
Results:
You're adaptable enough to recover from a layoff with relative ease.
I call "BULLSHIT" to their comment. I've had 6 phone or face-to-face interviews in the past 5 weeks. In each case I've been rejected for:
1. Not having all of the skills that they're looking for.
2. Not enough experience with the skills that I have relative to what they want.
Example = 2 1/2 years DBA; they want minimum of 4 or 5 years.
3. Wasn't local to the company.
4. Want too much money.
lincoln
"Until the revolution, we are only useful for our private information and our money."
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Post #206,946
5/11/05 1:44:27 PM
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Did you READ the questions?
Could/would you change careers.
Could/would you take on multiple jobs.
Could/would you become a consultant.
Could/would you take a pay cut.
Doesn't indicate whether you'll find another position within the same industry.
I'm seriously screwed if/when this position terminates. :-(
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #206,947
5/11/05 2:01:04 PM
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I caught that, too. :-(
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- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #207,032
5/12/05 12:12:40 AM
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Could you, would you in a house?
Could you would you with a mouse?
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #207,159
5/12/05 4:24:12 PM
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Re: Did you READ the questions?
Yes I did.
Could/would you change careers.
Yes I would, if I can find something that pays me enough to live on out on my own while covering the monthly alimony.
Could/would you take on multiple jobs.
Sure, as long as they're in the same part of town; commuting 1 hour between each job guarantees a life without sleep and IWETHEY.
Could/would you become a consultant.
Done that twice already; trying to do it again.
Could/would you take a pay cut.
Facing that right now. Recruiter called this morning with a job that pays $35 - $50K for 3 years experience with VB6, SQL Server and ASP -- was I interested in being submitted? lincoln
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Post #206,944
5/11/05 1:38:19 PM
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38/50
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] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #206,950
5/11/05 2:22:58 PM
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42
No to the multiple part time (if a choice is involved) probably cost me a couple
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #207,034
5/12/05 12:14:54 AM
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44
As for the multiple part time - I had 4 different W2s last year and managed to pull down 97% of my current salary even with 3 months of down time.
Sometimes you gotta scramble. Not my choice of how to live, but doable for a little while.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #207,073
5/12/05 9:25:57 AM
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Maybe phrasing
I would do it it I had to...but I read the question as more of a "choose to" situation. I wouldn't choose to do that. I would need to be >forced< to do that.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #206,953
5/11/05 2:49:55 PM
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46/50
In a few years my score will go up once my wife starts making real money. A couple of questions were also clearly for execs. For instance I said "somewhat" when asked if I'd been in charge of turning around a company, division or product. No, I wasn't in charge. But I was the guy who made a fragile process reliable and kept it that way until customers became comfortable that we would deliver what was needed, when it was needed. Not being an exec, that is about as close as I'm likely to come to full marks on that.
I'm good at what I do and I'm comfortable doing it. But I'm not committed to my current profession. I fell into it by accident, and I have no illusions that programming is a job which will treat me well when I get older.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #206,961
5/11/05 3:51:48 PM
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Frankly, my dear...
I don't give a damn! :)
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #207,030
5/11/05 11:58:33 PM
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:-P
<mumble>lucky retired bastard</mumble>
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Steve
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Post #207,094
5/12/05 11:07:59 AM
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Until IBM pension evaporates.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #207,098
5/12/05 11:41:15 AM
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hopefully you evaporate before it does :-)
All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett
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Post #206,964
5/11/05 4:15:27 PM
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44/50
bcnu,
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Post #207,013
5/11/05 9:40:15 PM
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45/50
fwiw
"...relative ease." Relative to what?
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #207,047
5/12/05 12:50:18 AM
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40/50
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Peter
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Post #207,108
5/12/05 12:19:19 PM
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30/50
good thing I go around breaking things at night so I can
fix them during the day
I'm irreplaceable
A
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Post #207,119
5/12/05 1:07:11 PM
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Beware.
You remember what Barry said about being [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=28291|irreplaceable], don't you? (Last paragraph.)
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #207,127
5/12/05 2:03:11 PM
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I prefer what Gerry Weinberg said
In the Psychology of Computer Programming he said that if you notice that someone is irreplaceable, fire him immediately. Eventually that person will leave, and the pain will be greater later than it would be immediately.
In the 25'th anniversary edition he said that over the years he had received more thank yous over this piece of advice than any other he had ever offered.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #207,479
5/15/05 9:59:05 AM
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Gerry Weinberg - haven't seen him in ages
good thing I'm not a programmer
A
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Post #207,156
5/12/05 4:14:43 PM
5/12/05 4:15:04 PM
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43/50
Your final score: 43 of 50
Results:
You're adaptable enough to recover from a layoff with relative ease.
The problem is, of course, that I'm already doing many of those things that they say I need to do....
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
Edited by jb4
May 12, 2005, 04:15:04 PM EDT
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Post #207,223
5/13/05 4:16:40 AM
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40/50
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Post #207,237
5/13/05 9:12:17 AM
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Lets just say...
I have been responsible for turning a "Rape and Pillage" company into a "OMFG, we gotta work" company. Which in turn sold that particular revenue line to a competitor that wasn't a "RaP" company.
Basically, I fixed the problems (not the symptoms) and installed remote access, which cut the revenue stream from the line by over 90%. The frequency of the "service/support" calls dropped so much, they had me doing other tasks by the 3rd month. With the remote access, travel time dropped by orders of magnitude, further decreasing the revenue stream.
When I was hired by them, they said it was my job to work myself out of a job. Well, I did that by the end of the 3rd month. I was then let go.
Subsequently after the sale of that line of business (Educational Accounting), they actually dropped that whole section of the company being Educational Adminstrative Software for K12 school systems. Even the support of installed servers and workstations was dropped.
As of right now, they are an ISP here in town, reselling other companies POPs. They are making more money now than ever, plus being exactly inline with other ISP pricing in the area.
I scored a 49/50. Because I already do the multiple money streams, it'd be nothing unusual.
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Post #208,047
5/18/05 11:28:07 PM
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It's aimed at people older than me.
I got 38/50.
I also thought quite a few questions needed an answer between "Somewhat" and "Yes, very much so".
Wade.
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