Post #380,055
8/31/13 4:59:12 AM
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zIWT++ (Well, zIWT--++--++--++, to be precise.)
Been unemployed for most of this year, but signed a six-month contract with a recruitment agency / "bodyshop"(*) yesterday; going to do (AFAICT as yet) the same old DW/BI/ETL stuff as before, this time in SAS, for a client in the *ns*r*nc* business until the end of February.
Brief historical recap of work during my absence from here: Left Larry's bunch for ZenPark at the end of '05; ZP got swallowed by Affecto in '06/'07, which dumped me in '10. Started at Avarea in '11, but left early this year.
No fun, this being unemployed thingy.
(*): Contrary to common prejudice, they seem to be very nice people.
--
Christian R. Conrad
Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi
(Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.)
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Post #380,058
8/31/13 7:40:58 AM
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Woot! Here's hoping for the best. Knock 'em dead!
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Post #380,060
8/31/13 8:20:15 AM
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I hear you...
I was "retired" in 2009, about the time my legs quit working. Got a synovial cyst removed from my spinal cord in 2011 and my legs work again. I'm doing contract work because, while my wife and I were frugal and put all our discretionary funds in 401Ks, the bankers robbed us blind. It's ok; they had the votes. No harm, no foul except that I have to work until I die or else my dogs starve.
Still, contract work can be fun. The gig I'm at now is the first place in a couple decades where I need an oscilloscope and schematics to debug software. I rather enjoy that. It will be going away in a few months, but it's fun for the moment.
Enjoy today! Tomorrow will probably be worse, so today's the best you got!
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Post #380,061
8/31/13 8:32:45 AM
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Enjoy the good time! Nobody knows what the future brings.
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Post #380,062
8/31/13 9:02:13 AM
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Everybody knows... Entropy increases...
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Post #380,065
8/31/13 9:46:57 AM
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Only in a closed system. ;-)
Things do get better, in fits and starts.
You've been through a lot, and have a right to be angry and discouraged. But don't let it get you down. Keep fighting the good fight.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
:-)
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #380,066
8/31/13 10:05:05 AM
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Half a loaf, and all that. Congrats!
Become indispensable. :)
Alex
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Post #380,068
8/31/13 3:15:09 PM
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Guess we're all supposed to settle-for-less.. the $$folk say
--to everyone Not Them.
But until We-All find a way to recapture a %large of Their extorted net-worths.. ..Hah! ...
Nice to hear that Finnish body-shops are--as I would have expected--somewhat less-Vulture in their Capitalismo.
(It's gotta be OK, so long as the daily drill doesn't rot yer brain permanently, no?)
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Post #380,078
8/31/13 4:01:13 PM
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Congratulations and hope it leads to better!
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Post #380,097
9/1/13 11:04:32 AM
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Congrats, Christian
No paycheck is no fun for sure; I did that for about a half year recently.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #380,105
9/1/13 4:20:28 PM
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Congratulations, Conrad!
All the best in your new job, and here's hoping it leads on to better things!
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Post #380,137
9/2/13 11:02:32 AM
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Woot! Gratz!
-Mike
@MikeVitale42
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #380,177
9/3/13 12:02:07 AM
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Congrats!
Just finished a 2.5 year stint of no paychecks myself.
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Post #380,185
9/3/13 8:43:10 AM
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as one gets older bodyshops are the way to go gluck
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
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Post #380,507
9/12/13 9:31:29 AM
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Thanks, guys!
Start got postponed from the third to the ninth, but now I've done most of the first week... Should have most software installed and accesses granted soon, so I can start getting something done! :-)
Thanks for all the well-wishes.
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Christian R. Conrad
Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi
(Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.)
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Post #380,509
9/12/13 9:59:51 AM
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Congrats...
How did I miss this one??!
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greg@gregfolkert.net
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