From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 30 22:28:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA03615 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 22:28:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slc77.modem.xmission.com [204.228.136.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA03610 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 22:28:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA08404; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 22:53:11 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 22:53:11 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199612010553.WAA08404@obie.softweyr.com> From: Wes Peters To: William Wong CC: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laws of Physics (was Re: SCSI A/V drives) In-Reply-To: <199611292320.PAA15012@wiley.csusb.edu> References: <13554.849305943@time.cdrom.com> <199611292320.PAA15012@wiley.csusb.edu> Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk William Wong writes: > I remember working at GTE as an equipment technician a while back > and seeing the folks upstairs programming a little, drinking lots > of coffee and getting > 50-70k a year. That was their starting > salary, by the way. When I asked how one can obtain such a job, > their response was at least a BS in computer science. This > infuriated me because I could have handled their jobs with aplomb. > That was when I decided to go and get those degrees. When I worked for GTE (Gov't Systems Corp., there are a lot of "GTEs") they had an official policy of *not* checking references, including degrees. Write yourself an impressive resume, make sure you can BS your way through an interview with an alumni of whatever school(s) you're claiming to have degreed your way out of, and write yourself a salary. ;^) If you stick around as long as I have, you eventually get to write your own job title so you can impress friends and colleagues, and stump everyone who doesn't get it. Jordan was highly amused by mine and that of my partner at Comdex last week. Unfortunately, he didn't get to meet the third member of our party, Mark A. Matthews, who is titled "Evil Genius, Acme Rocket and Stormdoor Co." > When I responded to the original message by Wes Peters, I had no > idea that you guys would be scrutinizing this "chat talk" with a > razor! I guess I have to be more careful of what I write and how > thorough I cover my grounds. ;) ... Or at least respond with enough > replies to subtly shape shift my direction of movement. :) :) :) You haven't lurked here long enough, or you would know that Terry, Jordan, and I comprise the all-knowing, all-seeing triumvirate of freebsd-chat. We are the init, swapper, and pagedaemon of this list. ;^) Mostly we just look for invitations to rant about our pet peeves and prove to each other (everyone in FreeBSD-Land) how superior we are to mere mortals, such as DOS losers and Windows Weenies. We long ago delegated -questions to Doug White, because he gives more coherent answers than we do. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com