Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?

Doyle ,'Life of the Party'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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.


msbelle - Mar 09, 2019 5:14:32 pm PST #5802 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

hivemind - this is a super longshot, but in case any has Oneida stainless in the Rochester pattern that they do not want, I am starting to gather pieces of it in hopes of replacing my current stainless that I inherited, but do not really like.

This is the Rochester patten: [link]


Atropa - Mar 09, 2019 5:28:01 pm PST #5803 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Well, it was written. It was in the team slack channel.

Wow, the hell?! It was in front of your co-workers?! That's even more inappropriate.

Email your manager; tell them you're requesting the warning (omgwtf that wasn't a warning) in writing, and that you need feedback about they want you to improve so this situation can be avoided going forward.

(THIS "SITUATION" IS NOT YOUR FAULT! But using corporate-speak here is a good tactic.)


Laura - Mar 10, 2019 4:05:26 am PDT #5804 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

msbelle, flights here would be either FLL or PBI, sometimes MIA, but not so many deals there. Southwest isn't a big deal here. The packing is minimal because sandals and shorts. Also, May thru October are kinda miserable if you aren't acclimated to steam rooms. Now if you want a summer excursion then Otter Lake is in Oneida county, yes that Oneida. You could thrift store wander for all things Oneida.

Gud, you had several parties very interested in your considerable skill set. I would contact them again. You need to feel appreciated and valued in the workplace. It is too big a percentage of your life to deal with unrealistic expectations. Enough of us work with software development to assure you that it is not normal to expect a new hire to be up to speed in less than 3-6 months, often longer. I know change sucks, but if it isn't a good fit, better sooner than later.


lisah - Mar 10, 2019 4:52:06 am PDT #5805 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate

Enough of us work with software development to assure you that it is not normal to expect a new hire to be up to speed in less than 3-6 months, often longer.
Yes, we build this ramp-up time into schedules!


Theodosia - Mar 10, 2019 5:42:54 am PDT #5806 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Even for contract work, they build in the ramp-up time, which has to be annoying, but unless you have a very elaborate spec laid out for you, there's so much system knowledge and business logic to get up to speed with.


Laura - Mar 10, 2019 5:57:08 am PDT #5807 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

Once again may I extol the virtue of grocery delivery!


Gudanov - Mar 10, 2019 10:01:01 am PDT #5808 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Laura - Mar 10, 2019 10:11:59 am PDT #5809 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

It sounds like Engineering Director is a lot more reasonable than Team Lead.


Gudanov - Mar 10, 2019 10:13:51 am PDT #5810 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping

Yeah, I think so.


Atropa - Mar 10, 2019 10:38:55 am PDT #5811 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Team Lead is being unreasonable, and I'm glad that Engineering Director is better.

a team of industry veterans, not fresh college graduates unaccustomed to the nature of professional software development. I don't want this to happen again.

Has Team Lead been living in a utopian dream world of software development? Because all the industry vets I've worked with 1) needed ramp-up time, and 2) were consistently terrible at communication.