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[#] Tue Feb 28 2017 23:05:41 EST from LoanShark

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Slack-chatting with my boss's boss, called my boss a "fucking moron." Or, more accurately, quoted something he said as "a fucking moronic thing to say in front of the dev team."

I'm still working here today...

[#] Wed Mar 01 2017 10:29:59 EST from wizard of aahz

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LS -your boss' boss, probably knows that you're correct.

[#] Fri Mar 03 2017 16:52:54 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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Received today in email:

"You are a truly energizing and positive person to work with. I really appreciate being able to be a part of that."

(I know sometimes when y'all see me here I'm often blowing off steam, usually towards some 100HE(tm) that deserves it ... but most of my colleagues like me these days.)

Wise-ass remarks from Aahz and zooer in 3... 2... 1...

[#] Sat Mar 04 2017 21:43:32 EST from wizard of aahz

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I'll read the energizing and positive as working with you is like being hooked up to the positive end of a large electrode....

[#] Tue Mar 07 2017 18:22:02 EST from Ladyhawke

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Bzzt....zzzzt.....bzzt....



[#] Wed Mar 08 2017 22:38:19 EST from wizard of aahz

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Yes. This happened today.

http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-02-17

[#] Thu Mar 09 2017 08:49:04 EST from LoanShark

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Thanks, Sisyphus.

[#] Thu Mar 09 2017 11:27:02 EST from kc5tja

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Re: dilbert strip -- that's why I quit my previous job.

[#] Thu Mar 09 2017 11:54:33 EST from zooer

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Let's have a meeting to discuss what should be in the status reports.



[#] Thu Mar 09 2017 12:57:06 EST from anonymous

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We had that too. I had a stack of meetings and reports I needed to provide because of my "suboptimal" performance. I'm pretty sure it's just a ploy to get me to willingly vacate my position, so their record of laying people off remains as clean as possible.

[#] Thu Mar 09 2017 16:02:24 EST from anonymous

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You said the "M" word.


<drink>

[#] Tue Mar 14 2017 17:18:35 EDT from Ladyhawke

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Genuine ping from one of my team earlier today:

"Back in a few...have to go chase the damn donkey down"



[#] Wed Mar 15 2017 09:25:49 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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What does that even mean?

[#] Thu Mar 16 2017 21:44:55 EDT from zooer

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meets.jpg



[#] Thu Mar 16 2017 22:17:09 EDT from wizard of aahz

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Not my circus, not my monkeys.

[#] Fri Mar 17 2017 09:58:22 EDT from Ladyhawke

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Wed Mar 15 2017 09:25:49 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored
What does that even mean?

One of my consultants lives on a farm....he apparently borrowed a donkey from one of his neighbors to scare away the cayotes that were bothering his horses.  Seems he's a tricky donkey and keeps letting himself out of his pen.



[#] Mon Mar 20 2017 08:00:15 EDT from fleeb

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Heh... 'tricky donkey'... it's as if Richard Nixon was a Democrat.

[#] Wed Mar 22 2017 17:03:05 EDT from the_mgt

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So, my slightly larger company turns out to be really nice, the colleagues are fine, even the upper most tier of people are really fine guys. There is free beverages and coffee and snacks, payment is good and holidays plenty.

But I am not sitting in the main office, no sir! My company got a contract by IBM to do support for file management system of a large northern german car manufacturing company. The system is so old, it would be a perfect spouse for Citadel. The thing is a moloch and was written in 1994 and they won't let it die anytime soon.

My company was hired during a six month long transition phase which will end this month. How much knowledge was IBM able to get transferred during this time? Less than fuckall! With a few exceptions, the people that had knowledge transfer sessions all left the project. My part is to help with the oracle db component of this app we are supporting. My theoretical university knowledge about DBs is huge, but all that is totally irrelevant in the real world. So currently I am polishing my SQL skills, ramp up my knowledge about oracles grid features and learn about this ancient data storage facility.

Oh, and compared to the web interface of that thing, webcit looks modern! They should hire my as fronted dev instead.

So is it fun? In a masochistic way, it is.

Would I ever hire IBM to do systems management? No, I'd rather file for bankruptcy. The project management is so bad, even Scott Adams would sharpen his pencil, insert the pointy end into his nose and headband against the desk, in order to soothe the mental pain. We have exactly the situation described in the comic strip a few messages above, got the mail to file reports today.

PS: I am allowed to continue my freelance IT stuff, I do like my clients, but I might need to get rid of that. It just occupies too much of my free time now. Will give it a few month, to see wether it balances out.



[#] Thu Mar 23 2017 14:13:19 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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"Why isn't the Budweiser truck moving? We bought this lovely shetland pony to pull it."

"Clearly we need [IG] , he can fix anything!"

IG: "Buy a fucking Clydesdale."

[#] Tue Mar 28 2017 07:32:29 EDT from fleeb

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That's always fun, isn't it?

Someone comes to you with a steam-powered computer and wants you to get it to do real-time life-like graphics while compiling All Of Everything within a few seconds.

"If you can get your grandmother to perform the flute solo to Flight of the Bumblebee on a tuba without getting winded, I'll do it."

(Not something I've actually said).

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