There's not enough bitching

[Anastasia]

Realized my dog thinks my bed is a salt lick. >_<

[Anastasia]

Apparently, one of my job interviews went over poorly! So poorly that the system politely informs that they won't be considering any further applications from me, ever. Sigh. More fish in the sea, more fish in the sea.

[Brian]

Uguu. :(

Sorry to hear that, Ko--  Better luck next time!

[Yuthirin]

Apparently, one of my job interviews went over poorly! So poorly that the system politely informs that they won't be considering any further applications from me, ever. Sigh. More fish in the sea, more fish in the sea.

Rude.

[Anastasia]

Thanks you two.

I though the interview went rather well, so I'm inclined to think we were talking past each other. I mean, I qualified for the position so it isn't that.

[Brian]

I just want to slightly disagree with Yuth: Being informed is better than, "We'll call you," and eternal silence.  Even if it does seem that they were being jerks about it.

(Also, they'll totally forget about you in 4 years.)

Could be that you were (or they thought you were) overqualified for the position and they felt you would bail on them the second something better came along.

[Anastasia]

I doubt it. If anything they sounded like they really needed the help. The entire thing doesn't play unless I somehow offended the interviewer or violated some unwritten rule.

[Arakawa]

I doubt it. If anything they sounded like they really needed the help. The entire thing doesn't play unless I somehow offended the interviewer or violated some unwritten rule.

(Remembering an unsuccessful job interview of my own where we warmed up by discussing data encapsulation, at which point the person did not like my explanation, claiming that what I'd described was called 'data abstraction'. I can only assume that this was some SubDepartmentOfFacelessBigCo internal jargon which I was just not savvy to; either that or the interviewer had just memorized Object Oriented Software Construction or some textbook like that and was expecting me to give the definitions exactly as in the book. I don't know... haven't read that kind of literature in a while, you know?

I bet it was OOSC. Not to say it's not a neat book, but from what I remember the guy who wrote it also sounds like the kind of person who'd turn away a job candidate based on some triviality like that.)

[Arakawa]

Also feeling bitter about the job offer I had to turn down from the other department of FacelessBigCo which actually seemed like a nice job, until I realized that 30% of the reason I had been hired had to do with straight-up cultural nepotism, and I would spend the next k years becoming completely isolated from broader Canadian society in this bizarre onshoring enclave flourishing within BigCo.

I don't regret turning it down, but I really wish I'd had the sense of etiquette necessary to do so in a way that wouldn't be douchebaggy within either of the sets of cultural assumptions I had to be dealing with.

(Hilariously, this happened after I wrote that demented worldbuilding thing with Canadian future-history and onshoring in the 'Anywhere in this World' thread. Thus, rather than a diseased invention of my imagination, onshoring turns out to be quite real, although in reality it occurs by complete accident, and seeing it in action is mostly disconcerting. Welcome to the 21st century.)

[Carthrat]

Abstraction and encapsulation are pretty different, though! Well, if we're talking from a programming perspective.

Some interviews, though. :/

[Anastasia]

Things that suck: The night after a heavy, spicy, bean laden chili feast. Uguuuuuu.

[Carthrat]

My umbrella broke on the way to work.

Also, I was late.

Also, I now have to pay a fine for skipping a train ticket and getting caught out. Dammit, I just ran on board because if I didn't catch that one, I would've been even later. Crime not paying off for me this year. :(

best morning ever

[Anastasia]

Well, you'll probably have a really good day tomorrow to make up for it. Right?

[Brian]

Silence, Murphymancer!  We've been over this! >.<

Rat: Sucks on getting the fine and all. :(

For what it's worth, once you're late, you're late ... the magnitude of lateness isn't usually a huuuge issue ... is it?

Don't worry, we'll plot a bank heist instead!  That'll pay off for sure!

[Anastasia]

Murphymancer. That sounds like a PrC.

Hm. Excuse me.