Bless your fine work, Gud.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
-t - Jan 23, 2013 10:22:52 am PST #8718 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nora Deirdre - Jan 23, 2013 10:39:15 am PST #8719 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I help people who want to make our city a better place to live. We help people learn what a good city can be and how we can all work together to make our city a good city. We help people help each other. What I do is make sure people I work with get paid and get all the stuff they need to help everyone. I take care of the office and all the people in it.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 23, 2013 10:49:36 am PST #8720 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I try to break software and test the fixes when I succeed.
Laura - Jan 23, 2013 10:53:14 am PST #8721 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
My description of my job may differ from one day to the next, but this is the common word description today -
I listen to doctors, and then tell them that they need to do things my way and stop being big cry babies. Then they yell at me and I tell them in my sweet voice to get over it.
Jessica - Jan 23, 2013 10:54:15 am PST #8722 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I try to break software and test the fixes when I succeed.
"software" "test" and "succeed" fail the up-goer-five criteria!
Sparky1 - Jan 23, 2013 10:57:26 am PST #8723 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
So far, no layoffs in my library, but we still have at least two days to go.
Did I mention that they have chosen to meet with people in an office in the hallway that is the main route to the cafe?
dcp - Jan 23, 2013 10:57:27 am PST #8724 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
My job is to help people fill out the right forms and pay the right money to the right people. I show other people how to do the same job, make sure they have all the things they need to do the job, and make sure they do the job right. I spend most of the year checking the new things we will use to do the job next year.
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2013 11:00:40 am PST #8725 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am impressed that computer is a valid word for that exercise, and machine isn't. My job is kind of like this:
People use computers to do their money jobs. I learn what the money jobs are and how the computers can speak to each other to make the money jobs easier and get more money for everyone. I tell the people who tell the computers what to do exactly what the computers need to do. I help the people who use the computers find out if the computers do the right things. I help people fix their computer job problems.
if you ignore the specific slice of subject matter expertise that got me the gig, and is 80% of my day. That description covers 100%.
shrift - Jan 23, 2013 11:02:29 am PST #8726 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I use computers to find people doing bad stuff with their computers, and then make them stop doing it.
Maria - Jan 23, 2013 11:02:35 am PST #8727 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Did I mention that they have chosen to meet with people in an office in the hallway that is the main route to the cafe?
Really, Sparky? You can hear everything, even if you aren't trying to. It's like the whisper echoes in Statuary Hall.