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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Aug 08, 2014 4:52:14 pm PDT #3765 of 30000

Sat on by a Loki, waiting for a call to go transport volatile chem waste. Just a usual Friday night...


brenda m - Aug 08, 2014 4:52:42 pm PDT #3766 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

ita, I think your instincts are right. Work product is something I've been asked for but could never provide. Unless there was something intended to be public, offering to do something for them is about what you and they should respect that.


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2014 4:54:42 pm PDT #3767 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, I went through my tablet and Dropbox and can't find anything other than a multi-swimlane schedule. Time and time again, it never occurs to me to hang onto stuff, even if the work for hire contract wasn't in place.

They want to give me sample actions to flowchart or write up use cases, I'm perfectly happy. I'll outline an entire requirements document. But I don't feel bad I don't have work from previous jobs--I just feel worried.


Kat - Aug 08, 2014 4:55:32 pm PDT #3768 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I keep a portfolio and several files of all of my work samples. And samples of student work. And samples of work I have collaborated on with colleagues.

I know it's different, but I cannot imagine not keeping it.


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2014 5:00:50 pm PDT #3769 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think that's a common disconnect between academia and industry hiring.

I guess when you're an environment where people strive to publish it's different from places afraid of corporate espionage.

We ran a whole League of Shadows (I couldn't believe they adopted my nerd terminology) Change Control process where every employee had to be signed in before they could even know what the topic was about. And every vendor had to be doublechecked that they'd signed the right privacy papers, etc. That's been my environment for most of my 25 years working.


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2014 5:07:26 pm PDT #3770 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I know it's different, but I cannot imagine not keeping it.

Did you sign anything saying you couldn't? I always have (well, maybe not the previous UCLA gig, I guess).


sarameg - Aug 08, 2014 5:11:08 pm PDT #3771 of 30000

See, disconnect .


§ ita § - Aug 08, 2014 5:13:39 pm PDT #3772 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Unrelatedly, does this site [link] look (c) 2014? Does the shop part of it [link] instil any confidence in what you may be about to buy?

I've also been able to find a million more sleep/leisure bras since I paid FIFTY DOLLARS for one from there, so I don't even know why they're not even making it look like I'm getting something for twice the price.


Kat - Aug 08, 2014 5:24:43 pm PDT #3773 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Sleep bras are now cheaply found at CVS even. So, no, no confidence.

There is definitely a disconnect between academia and industry when it comes to that. I don't sign non disclosure agreements in my gig. What would I disclose? Plus there is a very active community of sharing resources very widely, so the stuff I do and create is often shared, adapted, etc.


-t - Aug 08, 2014 6:01:19 pm PDT #3774 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK, that site could use a LOT of improvement, but are the bras comfortable? I haven't seen the cheap versions available myself, but googling is not finding me anything else cheaper that come sin something close to my size. $50 might be worth it for fit.