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CNBC ^ | 10/24/2024 | Nicolas Vega

[Pearls Before Swine]

You didn’t, did you?

This is so Zen.

[SunkenCiv]

I’m sure you were flush with applicants, so if they’re not going to take the plunge, give ‘em the brush off. :^)

[subterfuge]

Through my teen years and up until the age of 21 all the jobs I had were HARD, nasty outdoor jobs. Battery manufacturing dunking batteries into acid, lumberyard building trusses and girders, furniture warehouse and plant nurseries. Then managed to get low level position at a Department of Defense contractor at 21 and have been doing that for the last 45 years.

My point being, that after those tough jobs anything I’ve ever done in high tech is a picnic compared to that. Try getting some battery acid in your eye or in a cut. LOL!