Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

I'm tempted not renew my tennants lease and just sell my rental property.. I would get almost double what I paid for it.

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That’s what I am doing.


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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Well got turned down because my ****bag leadership doesn't give two fucks. Guess now is better than ever to pack up and go for a nice vacation while I reevaluate things.

That's too bad.

What reason did they give for not filling out the referral form?

[p1l0t]

When dispatch ever so innocently puts you in the Radisson across from the airport and it turns out to be built on an Iroquois casino..





What I never left the hotel.. 5 dollar blackjack all night long boi

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[weederr33]

Originally Posted by humfrz

That's too bad.

What reason did they give for not filling out the referral form?

"Oh I didn't know you needed it so quickly"
"I'll get to it as soon as I can"
"Is Friday ok?"

The delays kept coming. So he clearly didn't want to do it. As for the why...

[spike021]

One of the managers I've reached out to about an internal transfer replied to my email. The req for his team (group I guess since he's a manager of managers of a few teams) is still open and he's happy to do a 30 min informational meeting with me. Just scheduled it for Friday morning.

The listing is super vague so I'm not really 100% sure what org/group in my company it's for, but the description talks about autonomous vehicle stuff.

So it could be interesting.

Honestly though really just hoping for a better team culture fit. I know that's not important to _everyone_ but it's really difficult to work with people who are too individualistic when the work is meant to affect the whole team.

Anyway I'll step away from the podium. :P

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

That was 2012. Remember how simple life was back then? lol

lolol

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by therealstoly

Ordered some TRD door stabilizers today. I'll admit, given everything I read in every thread ever posted about them, I vacillated a bit... in the end there were just enough people that don't have them telling the people that do have them how worthless they are to make the decision easy for me.

i can see both sides. seems the people that have them say they notice a difference closing the doors, it seems more solid. but then people that sound dampen the doors say the same thing.

personally, i'm just not so sure about creating a pinch point on a 'active' surface that is the only way i get in/out of the car. theoretically, the door sill, a, b, and c pillars should maintain that rigidity, so i'm not entirely sure how compressing a few pieces of thin sheet metal really help anything but the butt dyno.

i've spent a lot of time staring at them at least. they're an interesting aftermarket component, but i do find it the most odd that only toyota's performance division sells them. i always get hung up on the fact that plenty of other companies, not to mention all of alibaba are money whores, and none of them offer what is a very simple piece that could be sold at half the trd namesake cost...

Originally Posted by spike021

One of the managers I've reached out to about an internal transfer replied to my email. The req for his team (group I guess since he's a manager of managers of a few teams) is still open and he's happy to do a 30 min informational meeting with me. Just scheduled it for Friday morning.

The listing is super vague so I'm not really 100% sure what org/group in my company it's for, but the description talks about autonomous vehicle stuff.

So it could be interesting.

Honestly though really just hoping for a better team culture fit. I know that's not important to _everyone_ but it's really difficult to work with people who are too individualistic when the work is meant to affect the whole team.

Anyway I'll step away from the podium. :P

i know the feeling. this has been the conversation with new co-workers the last year:

"ok, we pulled the yellow, black, and white wires into that light box you're at. connect the yellow and white wires to this light fixture [hands them the light fixture] that will mount to that box, and the black wire will get tucked into the box."

first question immediately after i finish saying all of that:
"but, then what do i do with the yellow wire?"

this morning, i held a mini-seminar on how to strap a ladder to the ladder rack of the work van specifically so that it would not end up in traffic on the highway.

before i left the jobsite tonight, i had them strap the ladders up.
it was like the morning never happened. they looked shocked when i reached up, and pulled the 'strapped' ladder off the rack and re-explained how that's not supposed to happen unless they want to talk to highway patrol.

[Sapphireho]

I think I need a mocha almond fudge intervention.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by spike021

One of the managers I've reached out to about an internal transfer replied to my email. The req for his team (group I guess since he's a manager of managers of a few teams) is still open and he's happy to do a 30 min informational meeting with me. Just scheduled it for Friday morning.

The listing is super vague so I'm not really 100% sure what org/group in my company it's for, but the description talks about autonomous vehicle stuff.

So it could be interesting.

Honestly though really just hoping for a better team culture fit. I know that's not important to _everyone_ but it's really difficult to work with people who are too individualistic when the work is meant to affect the whole team.

Anyway I'll step away from the podium. :P

Get ready to have to explain to business-oriented people 300 times what "autonomy" actually means and why it's the most expensive word in the dictionary.

Not that I would know anything about that at all...

[soundman98]

Synergy has got to be a more expensive word. And no one really knows what it means.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by soundman98

Synergy has got to be a more expensive word. And no one really knows what it means.

Most expensive words in order are:
1. Autonomy
2. Interoperability
3. Cybersecurity
4. Distributed
5. Audit

Synergy isn't a real word

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

When dispatch ever so innocently puts you in the Radisson across from the airport and it turns out to be built on an Iroquois casino..





What I never left the hotel.. 5 dollar blackjack all night long boi

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Is this the Akwesasne casino in New York? I've spent more time there than I care to admit. Unsure if it's a Radisson, just going your demographic of being in the north east. I've never paid attention to the surroundings enough to know if there's an airport nearby

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

The listing is super vague so I'm not really 100% sure what org/group in my company it's for, but the description talks about autonomous vehicle stuff.

Oh shit, you're going to start writing code for robot cars? God help us all.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i know the feeling. this has been the conversation with new co-workers the last year:

"ok, we pulled the yellow, black, and white wires into that light box you're at. connect the yellow and white wires to this light fixture [hands them the light fixture] that will mount to that box, and the black wire will get tucked into the box."

first question immediately after i finish saying all of that:
"but, then what do i do with the yellow wire?"

this morning, i held a mini-seminar on how to strap a ladder to the ladder rack of the work van specifically so that it would not end up in traffic on the highway.

before i left the jobsite tonight, i had them strap the ladders up.
it was like the morning never happened. they looked shocked when i reached up, and pulled the 'strapped' ladder off the rack and re-explained how that's not supposed to happen unless they want to talk to highway patrol.

The thing that bothers me is when a company is insistent on calling your working group a team. They hold events specifically labeled as "team-building" events. They work towards having you basically dependent on your teammates.

And then said teammates are so wrapped up in their egos or self-competition or just plain soloists (if that's even an apt way to describe them) that they can't be arsed to work with you when you're having trouble. It's aggravating and kinda mind-boggling.

I think in most cases if your working group is referred to as a team, then there's a reason, which winds up being that a lot of the work the "team" is given will be work that, to be done properly, needs more than one mind to solve.

I had my issues with my team at my previous job, but for the most part everyone on it was pretty good about having each other's backs and making sure slack was picked up. It's crazy but I actually miss it, lol.

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Oh shit, you're going to start writing code for robot cars? God help us all.

Heh, it's possible. Won't know more till I meet (or call I guess) this manager and learn about the team, because the dumb listing just has a super generic org label and searching the internal wiki for that label is useless.

But, if I am about to start writing code for robot cars? Yep, God help us all.

Originally Posted by Spuds

Get ready to have to explain to business-oriented people 300 times what "autonomy" actually means and why it's the most expensive word in the dictionary.

Not that I would know anything about that at all...

Heh, I'll look out for that.