@#$%^&Middle Week&^%$
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Breakfast break, 20% of my transports done by 0530. cooking up scrambled eggs and bacon before I get back onto the road, maybe more coffee too..
on porch w/coffee
cicadas are loud
cicadas are loud
Quite cool outside this morning, sub 60 freedums, I think this means winter is coming...
Worked from home yesterday morning, then bailed on work starting at noon to golf with a coworker.
Back in the office today with meetings all afternoon. I preferred yesterday.
Good news is, wife found out today she starts work again Aug 17th (she's been furloughed since early April I think it was). Return for a few weeks then pop out little shit #2 and take another 4 months off. Crazy times we live in.
Back in the office today with meetings all afternoon. I preferred yesterday.
Good news is, wife found out today she starts work again Aug 17th (she's been furloughed since early April I think it was). Return for a few weeks then pop out little shit #2 and take another 4 months off. Crazy times we live in.
Slept like crap, coffee barely working, job interview in a couple hoursthen Lowe’s to buy wire and unfuck some ghetto electrical found while installing my 2nd 240v circuit.
May try and sneak in a lap around the little loop tonight, we shall see
May try and sneak in a lap around the little loop tonight, we shall see
Shoulder felt good enough to pedal around the neighborhood last night. Arm probably would have fallen off if I tried to bunny hop, but pedaling and steering is something better than nothing. Also doctors orders were to keep it immobilized for another two weeks so I feel like I am ahead of the game.
Do you know anything about the trails opening at Le Massif?
new section of trail opened at some semi local trails (hour drive each way). its only about a half mile but its got berms and jumps. may have to pay it a visit sometime soon.
Woke to thundershowers. Was nice.
Got an offer to build bikes and wrench for yet another shop. They want me full time, but I don’t actually want to ‘work’ on a schedule anymore. I would rather just freelance. This opens up all sorts of new wholesale options, though.
these ‘jobs’ are expensive!
these ‘jobs’ are expensive!
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Not much. A friend rode this week-end (no technically open) and said is was a nice loop (18km), not brown sidewalk. That is all I got.
t think i got 3 hours....:.
Slept almost 12 hours. Cant remember the last time that happened.
Midday Monkeys.
Interview went awesome, it was a formality but it was just he and I BSing for 40 minutes. But he had some questions and we talked about stuff, it was good. So I should be hearing from HR with salary and whatnot. Still not 100% what to expect. Market rate? Billing rate? Billing rate - some%? Market rate for "principal engineer" (whatever that is)? Guess we shall find out in a day or 2. My contract is until end of month, so...
Interview went awesome, it was a formality but it was just he and I BSing for 40 minutes. But he had some questions and we talked about stuff, it was good. So I should be hearing from HR with salary and whatnot. Still not 100% what to expect. Market rate? Billing rate? Billing rate - some%? Market rate for "principal engineer" (whatever that is)? Guess we shall find out in a day or 2. My contract is until end of month, so...
My last conversion was just about -10% and I would be very happy with that. The reality is I don't need medical, but vacation and retirement is all I care to add. Stability would be nice, but I've been saying that for 20 years.
We were talking past jobs and I mentioned Donglegate.
That was seriously one of my all time favorite jobs.
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@jimmydean did y’all discuss your hostile work environment that forces you to be confined by a hideous pair of pants ?
He got them from IAB?
With any luck the only change other than the name on the check is I will be able to acquire a pair of 27+" monitors because trying to do actual work using only my laptop screen has been killing me since March.
So, job interview seems to have gone well, 3.5 hours of talking is a lot. Have a quick demo CAD model to do for the company, but thinking I’ll get an offer so that’s a major plus. Did not however get a tide in today, so that’s suboptimal
Pretty much ready for my webinar tomorrow. Usually they are relatively small (10-15 people), occasionally getting up to 30-40. Tomorrow's is at 225 as of end of day today and the employer is pushing all of their employees within 10 years of retirement to attend. We'll probably end up with 4-6% of the entire staff is the sign-up rate continues as it's going, which is a phenomenal attendance rate.
Got the CAD plans for my workbench and have started going through it. Designer laid out really nice plans, including having .csv files put together to use MaxCut to optimize wood usage. I'm pretty stoked to start working on it once all my tools get here and I make sure all of my stuff is organized beforehand. Wifey has agreed to let me sacrifice the Ikea table we have in the basement dinette to work off of while I build the workbench on the assumption that I build a nicer on afterwards. I think I can get along with that plan.
Got the CAD plans for my workbench and have started going through it. Designer laid out really nice plans, including having .csv files put together to use MaxCut to optimize wood usage. I'm pretty stoked to start working on it once all my tools get here and I make sure all of my stuff is organized beforehand. Wifey has agreed to let me sacrifice the Ikea table we have in the basement dinette to work off of while I build the workbench on the assumption that I build a nicer on afterwards. I think I can get along with that plan.
So my interview with the HR lady went well, I might have undersold myself on the salary front, but I guess I'll find out. I need to do a background check, 3 references, and a wizz quiz. When she asked what my salary expectations were, she said she didn't think I would be disappointed with the number they would present.
She said Oregon law says they can't ask me what I used to make, but they pay my contract every two weeks, so they kinda know what I make, right?
She said Oregon law says they can't ask me what I used to make, but they pay my contract every two weeks, so they kinda know what I make, right?
Also on the medical bennies, it seems it will only save me about $65 a pay check by not taking them. But it is $65. I will take the extra dental to cover the crowns I will need eventually.