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<mypalmike> Clever theme. |
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<Mort> I guess no one is doing anything interesting these days. |
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<David Byrden> When Satan assumes human form, you shall know him by his limp. |
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<mypalmike> Interesting? Why, I'm living in a crappy extended stay hotel looking for a job, in the bland suburbs of a cultural void, where jobs in my industry don't exist. It's fascinating! |
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<Mort> Uh why??? |
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<ajiav> what is your industry, if you don't mind my asking?
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<guyPaulo> I'm still wondering what kinds of drugs that kid was on to jump on the back of that boar. |
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<mypalmike> I'm a game programmer. I figured I could afford to buy a house here - there was no way I could afford one in the SF bay area. But you need a job to get a mortgage... So I'm looking for a job. And there's really not much of anything here that relates closely to my skills. Not that I couldn't write EJB, but I haven't in the past... |
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<mypalmike> I would guess methamphetamine. |
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<ajiav> I do not know where game programmers are supposed to go, I am sorry. |
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<David Byrden> Ooooh, game programming! I did that in 1984. And then in 1985 the market collapsed and the company folded. |
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<mypalmike> Ouch. Bad timing for sure. |
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<Mort> I worked at 3DO for a couple of years in Redwood City. Not programming games though. |
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<mypalmike> They closed their doors about a year or so ago... |
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<mypalmike> I think I want to get into PC/network administration. At least that way, you aren't trapped in a cubicle every day. What did you do at 3DO, by the way? |
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<Mort> Web stuff, online billing for their online game stuff, getting paid more than game programmers and working less stuff. |
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<obtuse> You get to be trapped in other people's cubes all day, on page all the time, underappreciated when things work, and the one to blame when they don't. |
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<obtuse> And if you can program, you're probably both overqualified and undertrained for sysadmin stuff. |
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<mypalmike> But at least I'd get to strecth my legs... |
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<mypalmike> (I like that... Overqualified and undertrained...) |
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<Kumiho> I think I know what guyP's true idenity is. ...www.go-girly.com... |