ok, this was a decent WTF.  It packs more drama than in waggy's dissertation
tale.

why don't you apply for a position of writer for magazines or blogs or
something?  You can show them your long curriculum here in p.o-t.

oh, wait...

anyway, good luck.

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On 03/08/2012 2:08 PM, Invisible wrote:
> OK, so I'm probably not supposed to tell you this, but I'm going to tell
> you anyway...

It is not necessarily the end of the world. Quite a few years ago I was 
made redundant from a job that I had had for twelve years, It was a 
great shock.  But I was forced to change and I did. I even went to the 
other side of the world to improve my employability (is that even a 
word?). It is time to expand your horizons. And it could work out for 
you, if you take your chances.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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On 03/08/2012 09:05 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 03/08/2012 2:08 PM, Invisible wrote:
>> OK, so I'm probably not supposed to tell you this, but I'm going to tell
>> you anyway...
>
> It is not necessarily the end of the world.

Oh, sure. I didn't say the end of the /world/, just the end of a 
particular era. I don't know what's coming next, but it won't be the same.

> It is time to expand your horizons. And it could work out for
> you, if you take your chances.

Well damn, I've wanted to leave this job for years. I guess now's my 
chance...

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On 03/08/2012 07:05 PM, nemesis wrote:
> ok, this was a decent WTF.  It packs more drama than in waggy's dissertation
> tale.

It's been one hell of a rollercoaster ride. Every time you think nothing 
else can possibly happen... something else happens. I tried to bring 
that out, but one short page of text can't really convey 5 months of ups 
and downs.

> why don't you apply for a position of writer for magazines or blogs or
> something?  You can show them your long curriculum here in p.o-t.
>
> oh, wait...

Bukkake.

[The Wikipedia article has pictures now.]

Or perhaps that should be "anime"...

> anyway, good luck.

Yeah. I'll need it...

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On 03/08/2012 02:08 PM, Invisible wrote:
> Around about April, a bunch of big wigs from the USA come over and call
> an "all hands meeting".

> "We may have to close the UK site. We are currently entering into a
> consultation period. This is your opportunity to give us ideas for how
> we can keep the site open."

> ...and they're closing us NOW?? Just as we've turned a corner? Just as
> the equipment you just bought for us has started delivering multiple
> major new contracts?
>
> Are you mental??

Heh. I left out the best part...



First, this meeting happened. And then, THE VERY NEXT DAY, I was 
checking an email and I noticed that I had a message from Google. You 
know, the famous Internet giant? THAT Google. It's a message from a 
recruiter wanting to set up a telephone interview with me.

So, one day I'm told I don't have a job any more, and THE NEXT DAY I'm 
told that Google want to interview me.

Can you say "fate"??



...well, that was April. As you can probably tell by the fact that I'm 
not dancing around the place in manic euphoria, I didn't get the job.

The interview seemed to be going great. And then the guy starts asking 
me questions like "how many entries does an I-node hold?" and "what is 
the name of the kernel function which returns most of the main 
information about a directory entry?"

Uh, yeah, I have absolutely no idea, man. I've used Linux once or twice, 
but I have NO FREAKING IDEA about really low-level details like 
filesystem data structures or kernel APIs or anything. (Apparently the 
answer to the second question is lstat(). I thought it might be fstat(), 
but that's for files, not directories...)

So... yeah. Apparently the specific job I applied for has really 
low-level knowledge of Linux as a /hard requirement/, not negotiable. So 
that was pretty much the end of the interview process. Within minutes 
the guy was off the phone.

Maybe it was fate. Fate trying to tell me that I'm aiming way, way too 
high. :-/

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Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>
> Maybe it was fate. Fate trying to tell me that I'm aiming way, way too
> high. :-/

Or more precise, too low(-level) :-P.

-Aero

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On 04/08/2012 9:48 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> Oh, sure. I didn't say the end of the /world/, just the end of a
> particular era. I don't know what's coming next, but it won't be the same.

That is always the case life moves on. Just when you are getting 
comfortable something will change.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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On 04/08/2012 04:06 PM, Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>
>> Maybe it was fate. Fate trying to tell me that I'm aiming way, way too
>> high. :-/
>
> Or more precise, too low(-level) :-P.

*facepalm*

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>
> The CEO is dumbstruck. He simply has no reply. He had absolutely NO IDEA
> we had just secured new work. He didn't know the half of what it would
> cost. When we asked questions, he simply could not answer. He was unable
> to provide any justification.
>

On the company's website, you should be able to find last year's 
financial report.  By law they have to list anyone who holds more than 
5% of the company's stock.  e-Mail your little story to each of those 
and see your CEO quickly share the same fate as you.

If your version of the facts holds up, this man has no business running 
a company.

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On 04/08/2012 08:43 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:

> If your version of the facts holds up, this man has no business running
> a company.

Oh, apparently he quit three weeks ago.

Presumably so that there's enough money to pay for /his/ severance 
package, even if there isn't enough left to pay ours...

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