I wanted to transfer within the company because for the last three years EVERY feature I’ve worked on (okay, there were ~2 exceptions) has been… butchered. With cause, believe me, but still.
So when the reason I’m given for NOT being offered a position is my lack of a record for delivering projects through to completion, I get a little… let’s say bitter.
It just hasn’t been the best week.
I had an interview loop on Friday afternoon (it went well; it was ~ my safety interview — I already knew and was known by the interviewing team). I have another loop scheduled for this Thursday that I’m actually a mite concerned about.
Then I read MiniMSFT today. Apparently, I missed a policy change this last week, which simplifies the internal transfer process. I’m not clear on the details at the moment… but… it looks like it’s a single interview. And only a single interview. No hours, and hours, of interviewing… I’m fairly jealous. Not only is it easier (from my standpoint, at least), with only one interview there’s only ONE opportunity for me to screw up.
I installed Akismet anti-comment-spam on my blog about a week ago.
It’s already caught and blocked 354 comments, all of which were actually spam.
This tells me two things:
I’m happy about one of those. 🙂
I have an interview today. I’m “dressed up” — I’m wearing dress shoes, a white (short-sleeve) dress shirt, dress slacks, dress socks, and a tie. I’m not wearing a dress, but I’m still dressed up, especially compared to my usual jeans and a t-shirt.
I’ve spoken to two coworkers so far today. Both of them have looked at me strangely.
I should dress up more often. 🙂
I don’t know which is worse, the fact that I’m about to ask:
Does anyone have a data structures and algorithms textbook sitting around that I can borrow for a few days?
OR
That I know at least some of you probably do…
I need to brush up on my coding, and the textbook I remembered keeping was actually my Intro to AI textbook — which helps with some problems, but not at all with most.
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I was supposed to leave work at 8, originally. I changed my plans, and was going to leave work around 9. Then it was ten, and Mandrina was calling to say she was on her way home, where was I. I told her five minutes while I finished writing an email I hope will get me the first step to an available job on another team, in a completely different department.
Well, I got home at almost midnight. I may not have left around ten, it may have been more like 11.
So I got home late, and was beseiged.
Glitch, of all the cats in the house, decided he wanted to be held. He was purring and everything! And then I had to spray compressed air on Pixel to discipline him, and Glitch wasn’t so happy anymore.
I sat down to kill a few minutes on the computer — and I ended up with a grown cat staring at me, and two kittens perched on either side of the top of my high back computer chair. I was surrounded by felinity!
I received an offer for a credit card today. This, in and of itself, is not unusual. Since I bought a house, it’s a strange day that goes by when I DON’T receive a credit card offer.
Today’s offer, however, was a bit novel. The top line for the offer was, “You were BORN to carry this card!”
Seems this particular card’s gimick is to represent your astrological sign, which I’m sure would be popular with the right group of people.
I have only one problem with this (okay, I really have many, but I’m only posting the one):
I’m a Gemini, not a Leo. Get your sodding facts right.
Is anybody terribly surprised that gas prices “mysteriously” decreased after the end of the summer?
I’ve been looking at internal job listings. I just reread one that I had flagged over the weekend. I don’t know why it didn’t catch my eye the first time…
A great deal of prototyping, dealing with multiple hardware architectures, managed and unmanaged cross machine communication… Seemed rather neat.
I emailed the manager for an informational interview, to find out what they’re doing. As I was writing the email, I realized I was actually a rather good candidate for the position.
Five minutes later, I got a reply — the position had been filled a few weeks ago.
Of course.