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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Kilt it good! :-)
Any word from our Florida delegation?
I took Clare down to a Technical college in Warwick RI for a tour during their Open House. In chatting with the teacher who does their Audio classes, he asked me where I'm from. When I told him MS, he said his girlfriend is from Hattiesburg. I just laughed out loud, cause that's my hometown! I didn't recognize the name of the girl, though her parents would likely be close to my age. I haven't lived there in almost 30 years, so lots of folks have come and gone since then.
I like the "Visualize Whirled Peas" bumper sticker myself. ;o)
Prayers up for you, O Bard of the Hobbit Hole.
I don't think we've heard from anyone since Hair posted about the tree in Ruthy's yard.
This one is dumping HUGH amounts of rain. I've read reports online of 10-20 inches! That's wet.
Still, the worst of the winds have passed Ruthy, Sam and Trini by now.
I met with the Correspondence Lady --- she's both the HR person and the Comptroller of the company --- and Systems Manager Guy. The interview lasted about 20-25 minutes.
The company is currenly located in the oldest "skyscraper" (12 floors, dates back to 1952) in Austin; it's smack in the middle of downtown. I worked there once, years ago, in the basement; Cool Company, however, is on the 4th floor. I walk in, and the decor is very cute-tech, with glass dividers and black computers and geeks coding away. Correspondence Lady meets me and brings me back to a comfy chair. There's a frosty bottle of Ozarka water sitting there; I assume it's someone else's.
I am introduced to System Manager Guy, who has unreadable yellow eyes --- creeped me out a bit. System Manager Guy and Correspondence Lady tag-team me for about six questions total, then System Manager Guy opts out of the dialogue and let Correspondence Lady ask me about four more questions.
They asked the common stuff --- what was your biggest success (story about a mess I wandered into on the phones a while back, shows how determined I can be and how I will hang with the customer 'till it's done), what would coworkers and managers say are your strengths and weaknesses, do you know PHP and MySQL, what do you want to be doing in 5 years, etc. They didn't ask for references, didn't ask for my résumé.
I made System Manager Guy talk to me when Correspondence Lady ran out of questions. I asked him exactly what the job entailed, and got about a 5 minute discourse from him. Now, he could be just a repressed computer guy --- he did smirk a lot when I talked about the boss that compelled me to get into support (he wouldn't talk to customers), and he nodded when I said the first thing you do when you troubleshoot is to simplify.
Correspondence Lady said they'd be interviewing through tomorrow, and would be making a decision in the next couple of weeks --- then she looked at System Manager Guy, laughed, and said, "Earlier, if System Manager Guy has his way."
After the interview, the Correspondence Lady let me know that the bottle of Ozarka was for me. Wish I'd known ... could have used the water when I was talking. Ah, well, it was a lovely parting gift.
I am trying not to obsess ...
That was just before Paul was born! Old Fred did a number on Pascagoula MS. When it was over, 90% of the businesses in town had sustained damage! My sister was a cop there then, and they were only off the road for a short time at the height of the storm. They headed back out during the eye to ward off looters. The got back off when the back of the eyewall came through, then went right back out. They did have some looters come out in high winds trying to get stuff. Stoopid people.
Sounds like it went well!! Prayers heading your way!
I like the one that says "Visualize: USING YOUR @#$%ING TURN SIGNAL!!"
:-)
Oh No! Not the comfy chair!!!
No, no ... a ring and a date!
You ROCK!
Sounds pretty good...? Yes? It's so hard to say. Did they do a lot of talking? Sometimes that's a good sign.
~sigh~
What is it with wimmin and jewelry?
If there's gonna be a tour, there's gonna be walking and stair-climbing.
What'cha gonna wear? I was very pleased with my outfit ... I fit in just fine, even though the System Management Guy was giving me what DaBear calls "the hairy eyeball" throughout the interview. I want to buy another one of those skirt-top combos for second interviews.
Ah, thanks for clearing that up.
Should it be a generic ring or a personalized ringtone?
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