Special K! A former krav front desk girl was the admin who ushered me around the place. It was good to see her again, even if I called her by the wrong name. Weird to see her wearing so much clothing.
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 12:19:07 pm PDT #22607 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
shrift - Jun 03, 2009 12:21:14 pm PDT #22608 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I wasn't that traumatized and I'll certainly try donating again, but it was an unfortunate experience.
This was harder than interviewing for shrift's employer.
Oh, DUDE. Your interview was THAT horrible? I'm so sorry. If there's anything you can do to pamper yourself, I think you deserve it.
Nilly - Jun 03, 2009 12:26:42 pm PDT #22609 of 30000
Swouncing
No, *you* being around is good.
(Um, both in the plural and the single sense.)
Toddson - Jun 03, 2009 12:31:15 pm PDT #22610 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There is a disturbing lack of Buffistas on the Supreme Court, this is true.
Perhaps they're lurkers ... and will, hopefully, support us in their decisions.
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 12:36:07 pm PDT #22611 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am a programmer, right? I wrote a lot of this code that supports this site. How come I come up against a programming wall when I apply for Project Management positions? Given prime number N how do I find the next prime number? My algorithm worked, but it was brute force and ugly. And I didn't know enough UML, although it's on my resume. Just not enough.
Sue - Jun 03, 2009 12:40:56 pm PDT #22612 of 30000
hip deep in pie
from the NYT:
Breaking News 5:36 PM ET: New Hampshire Governor Signs Bill Allowing Gay Marriage
Sheryl - Jun 03, 2009 12:41:45 pm PDT #22613 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
:waves at Nilly:
Nilly - Jun 03, 2009 12:42:51 pm PDT #22614 of 30000
Swouncing
Given prime number N how do I find the next prime number? My algorithm worked, but it was brute force and ugly.
Maybe I'm naive or just lacking-in-understanding (or both), but in my eyes, having the ability to write the code for maintaining a site like this is more important and relevant to any programming work than a theoretical algorithm for a theoretical calculation that may not be practical to anything other than pure math or testing purely theoretical skills. I guess I'm wondering if they were maybe asking the wrong questions.
t Waves back at Sheryl
§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 12:51:48 pm PDT #22615 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They admitted they were asking the wrong questions, but they have my answers, and they have the right answers, so I can't help feel like a failure there. It's been forever since I wrote algorithms that took into consideration things like primes and arrays of red and yellow and black balls.
Nilly - Jun 03, 2009 1:05:13 pm PDT #22616 of 30000
Swouncing
they have my answers, and they have the right answers
Again, I may be my usual naive or just lacking-in-understanding (or both), but from what little I know about these sorts of interviews, when they're conducted properly, it's less about the right-or-wrong answer, and more about checking the ways of thinking leading to that maybe-or-maybe-not answer. It's more about the dealing with the problem, choosing what's important in it, what sort of way may possibly work and what may be too costly. It's not about getting into any sort of destination, but rather totally about the road taken.
Then again, realizing that there were things I had once been able to do which now escape my mind is indeed a very frustrating thing.