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Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Mon January 20, 2025 12:45 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
tragabigzanda wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I've begun pursuing a master's degree (MSBA) through a virtual/asynchronous program offered by one of our state universities. My first course is an Intro to SQL course and I hate it.
Yeah that one wasn't my favorite. Passed it though, so whatever.
I've got Python after this; what did you think of that? But I believe that's it for coding in this program.
Failed it and dropped out.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Mon January 20, 2025 12:55 am
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Mon January 20, 2025 12:59 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
tragabigzanda wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I've begun pursuing a master's degree (MSBA) through a virtual/asynchronous program offered by one of our state universities. My first course is an Intro to SQL course and I hate it.
Yeah that one wasn't my favorite. Passed it though, so whatever.
I've got Python after this; what did you think of that? But I believe that's it for coding in this program.
Failed it and dropped out.
you mastered pythons in your own time amirite
Yes and I was as shocked as ever when you dropped your pants
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Sat January 25, 2025 4:28 pm
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Tue January 28, 2025 1:49 pm
by pepperwhiteMFC
This week is our National sales meeting and I think it’s the first time in 4 years I won’t be presenting. I can sit in the back and ask pointed questions like the cool kids.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Tue January 28, 2025 2:31 pm
by Bammer
I need a break.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Tue January 28, 2025 6:35 pm
by wease
You should take a break
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Wed January 29, 2025 1:32 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Let's all take a break
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Wed January 29, 2025 1:37 am
by Jorge
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I've begun pursuing a master's degree (MSBA) through a virtual/asynchronous program offered by one of our state universities. My first course is an Intro to SQL course and I hate it.
Yeah that one wasn't my favorite. Passed it though, so whatever.
I remember that class. It was just between recess... and lunch!
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Wed January 29, 2025 1:41 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Jorge wrote:lennytheweedwhacker wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:I've begun pursuing a master's degree (MSBA) through a virtual/asynchronous program offered by one of our state universities. My first course is an Intro to SQL course and I hate it.
Yeah that one wasn't my favorite. Passed it though, so whatever.
I remember that class. It was just between recess... and lunch!
I forgot how advanced your academic background is.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 3:37 am
by Bammer
wease wrote:You should take a break
I had an interview no show today and thought of you.
(May or may not have been a partial scheduling error on my part).
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 12:32 pm
by wease
Bammer wrote:wease wrote:You should take a break
I had an interview no show today and thought of you.
(May or may not have been a partial scheduling error on my part).
I actually had one yesterday and they DID show up. Hopefully, they accept my offer.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 1:10 pm
by BurtReynolds
Last day of layoff month. Wish me luck!

Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 4:13 pm
by BurtReynolds
ffffffuck.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 4:14 pm
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 4:15 pm
by BurtReynolds
No. I'm still employed.

Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 4:56 pm
by tragabigzanda
Carl Sandburg wrote:There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.
There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.
There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.
There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.
There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.
O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Fri January 31, 2025 4:58 pm
by BurtReynolds
I hope it happens sometime before April.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Mon February 03, 2025 5:23 pm
by BurtReynolds
Feeling the powerful desire to burn some ships - and maybe bridges - today. Or maybe it's just the will to self-immolation. Either way, something must burn.
Re: The New & Unproved Work/Job/Career Thread
Posted: Tue February 25, 2025 11:48 pm
by BurtReynolds
3 weeks. 3 fucking weeks.
then it's the summer of Burt.