MIT Engineers

The Forum Without Decorum.

Moderators: eCat, hedge, Cletus

User avatar
Jungle Rat
The Pied Piper of Crazy
Posts: 30219
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:38 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Florida
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Croc/Gator/Etc
Location: Crows Parents Basement

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:27 pm

Never used Twitter. Never understood the fascination. Instagram, ask.com & gopro.com are mostly where my daughters post. But im sure there's a few I don't know about. Gonna have to check the history tomorrow. Thanks assholes

User avatar
Bklyn
All-American
Posts: 8254
Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:08 pm
College Hoops Affiliation: Howard
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: The County of Kings

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Bklyn » Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:41 pm

Twitter is awesome for myriad items...from draft night updates, election night information, article shares and celebrity meltdowns. It's the only social media I engage in. Instagram is a better platform for IRL lying than Facebook.

Also, Zuckerberg is sticking to things because he is arrogant. For every Mark Cuban aligned thinker you have a Steve Jobs. For every Paul Allen you have a Bill Gates.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

User avatar
hedge
Legend
Posts: 26746
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:09 am
College Hoops Affiliation: North Carolina
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by hedge » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:27 pm

Yeah, but the majority of Bill Gates' fortune has nothing to do with Microsoft (except indirectly, i.e., the fortune he made off of Microsoft allowed him to invest and make more money than his Microsoft holdings are worth)...
I want someone's ass blistered in the middle of Thanksgiving Square.

User avatar
Jungle Rat
The Pied Piper of Crazy
Posts: 30219
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:38 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Florida
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Croc/Gator/Etc
Location: Crows Parents Basement

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Jungle Rat » Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:18 am

OK.

User avatar
sardis
All-American
Posts: 6473
Joined: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:25 pm
College Hoops Affiliation: Villanova
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by sardis » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:44 am


User avatar
eCat
Mr. Pissant
Posts: 23349
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:22 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Kentucky
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: The mediocre but almost livable city of Cincinnati

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by eCat » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:48 am

sardis wrote:http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/ ... ml?ml=po_r

A lot of us wish we could do this

at 87 I have to ask "why?"
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

User avatar
hedge
Legend
Posts: 26746
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:09 am
College Hoops Affiliation: North Carolina
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by hedge » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:42 am

I think if I make it to 87, I'll be asking "why not?"...
I want someone's ass blistered in the middle of Thanksgiving Square.

User avatar
eCat
Mr. Pissant
Posts: 23349
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:22 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Kentucky
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: The mediocre but almost livable city of Cincinnati

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by eCat » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:39 am

at 87,I want two things - a big ass recliner that can lift my ass up and the hospital on speed dial
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

User avatar
Owlman
Senior
Posts: 4222
Joined: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:04 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Rice
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: Louisiana

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Owlman » Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:16 pm

don't forget the third thing: 88
My Dad is my hero still.

User avatar
Jungle Rat
The Pied Piper of Crazy
Posts: 30219
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:38 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Florida
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Croc/Gator/Etc
Location: Crows Parents Basement

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Jungle Rat » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:39 pm

I already have one of those chairs. Call Med Mart!

User avatar
Bklyn
All-American
Posts: 8254
Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:08 pm
College Hoops Affiliation: Howard
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: The County of Kings

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Bklyn » Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:51 am

This is the text exchange I had with my CEO/CIO last night at 11pm:
CEO/CIO: So you added a picture to your LinkedIn. Dapper.

Me: Thanks. I appreciate the compliment.

C: That was just a veiled "you looking to leave?"

M: Never that, Boss.
I figured that was passive aggressive enough to get across the point that I it's not like I would tell if I was (and I am...even though I keep saying that every year and they keep doing things that make me stay).
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

User avatar
eCat
Mr. Pissant
Posts: 23349
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:22 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Kentucky
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: The mediocre but almost livable city of Cincinnati

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by eCat » Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:15 pm

must be nice to be appreciated.

I'm in that area, but I'm afraid if my boss found a resume of mine online, he'd be proactively looking for a replacement as opposed to trying to negotiate with me to stay.

At this point, as long as I'm fully invested as a team player, I'm taken care of, however as soon as my boss moves on to another job and I'll be on an island which is why I try to stay in tight with any potential future boss.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

User avatar
Saint
All-American
Posts: 5051
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:53 am
College Hoops Affiliation: North Carolina
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Big Cat/Tiger/Lion/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Saint » Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:55 pm

so you're saying that you are a future suckup?

Cletus
The Dick Cheney of the Internet
Posts: 1308
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:53 pm
College Hoops Affiliation: Georgetown
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Cletus » Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:07 pm

eCat wrote:must be nice to be appreciated.

I'm in that area, but I'm afraid if my boss found a resume of mine online, he'd be proactively looking for a replacement as opposed to trying to negotiate with me to stay.

At this point, as long as I'm fully invested as a team player, I'm taken care of, however as soon as my boss moves on to another job and I'll be on an island which is why I try to stay in tight with any potential future boss.
Why not try to become the future boss?

User avatar
Saint
All-American
Posts: 5051
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:53 am
College Hoops Affiliation: North Carolina
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Big Cat/Tiger/Lion/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Saint » Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:29 pm

that would limit his time to be able to post here and around the Internet and be an avid online porn collector

User avatar
10ac
Senior
Posts: 4871
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:55 pm
College Hoops Affiliation: Tennessee
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by 10ac » Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:37 pm

I have him to thank for whenever i see a fat person, i wonder how they get their ass wiped.
Let 'er Blow!

User avatar
sardis
All-American
Posts: 6473
Joined: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:25 pm
College Hoops Affiliation: Villanova
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by sardis » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:28 pm

The folks in our firm are in demand and some will befriend a recruiter on Linkedin 'cause they know we'll shit our pants.

User avatar
Jungle Rat
The Pied Piper of Crazy
Posts: 30219
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:38 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Florida
Preferred Barbecue Style: Tomato!
Mascot Fight: Croc/Gator/Etc
Location: Crows Parents Basement

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by Jungle Rat » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:43 pm

Saint wrote:so you're saying that you are a future suckup?
Future? Where the hell have you been?

User avatar
hedge
Legend
Posts: 26746
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:09 am
College Hoops Affiliation: North Carolina
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by hedge » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:44 pm

I haven't been able to locate a recruiter on LinkedIn for a grain truck unloader...
I want someone's ass blistered in the middle of Thanksgiving Square.

User avatar
eCat
Mr. Pissant
Posts: 23349
Joined: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:22 am
College Hoops Affiliation: Kentucky
Preferred Barbecue Style: Vinegar!
Mascot Fight: Bear/Grizzly/Etc
Location: The mediocre but almost livable city of Cincinnati

Re: MIT Engineers

Post by eCat » Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:03 pm

Cletus wrote:
eCat wrote:must be nice to be appreciated.

I'm in that area, but I'm afraid if my boss found a resume of mine online, he'd be proactively looking for a replacement as opposed to trying to negotiate with me to stay.

At this point, as long as I'm fully invested as a team player, I'm taken care of, however as soon as my boss moves on to another job and I'll be on an island which is why I try to stay in tight with any potential future boss.
Why not try to become the future boss?
I'm in a niche support role - a direct report to the V.P., but I'd never be considered as a replacement because I don't have any experience running a P&L organization. I like my job and it was a conscious decision to not go that route, but the downside is it leaves me vulnerable when there is a change at the top.

and yes, to keep this job, you god damn better believe I'll be a suck up if I need to.
I like the stinky pinky but only up to the first knuckle, I do not want a GD thumb up there--I've told her multiple times and I always catch her when she tries to pull a fast one---it's my butthole for Chrissakes I'm gonna know--so cut out the BS.

Post Reply