Before I started here, it was much the same at the medical school I worked at in the District. Then I started here. The interview was quite interesting, the second interviewer was wearing shorts. The first day I worked here they told me that my business casual stuff was a bit too formal for the office.
Gotta love this place. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Greenwood, Erin E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: got a new boss today > > > That sounds kinda like here. That's one of the problems with a big > employee-owned firm. Too big to be caring and too greedy to > be generous. I > only have like 38 shares of stock plus about 150 options that > I will lose if > I leave the company. Nope, not going to get rich here! > > Non-profits can be great. Some still have some funny, > old-fashioned rules > though. Like "no jeans" or "dresses and hose for girls". Phhfft! > > e who remembers wearing hose on 1 mile walk, Metro ride, 1 > mile walk commute > in D.C. summertime > > extra line for line monster *** > extra line for line monster *** > extra line for line monster *** > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fleischer, Beth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:15 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: got a new boss today > > > I worked for a place that I had to be 100% billable at. If my > boss couldn't > provide work I had to beg for work from other supervisors. > Luckily, I was > able to quit quite quickly. > No training. No development time. > This company is on its last legs and I am waiting with baited > breath for it > to fail. I now work non-profit, make more money, have > incredible benefits > (6 weeks leave a year, which is pretty much unheard of in the > us). I am not > doing the most exciting or cutting edge work but quite > frankly, I can be as > cutting edge as I have the initiative to be. > > > Paul, there are BETTER places to work. I promise. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Lyons [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:08 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: got a new boss today > > > > Let me get this straight, you're a programmer right. Isn't > marketing droid > > types the ones who are supposed to bring in work? Isn't > there something > > funny going on here? > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:04 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: got a new boss today > > > > > > > > > well this is strange > > > i have to "bring in" 40% billable work by next year > > > as well as be 60% billable internally. > > > > > > i have an option to move to Seattle, but not sure about > cost of living > > > differences. > > > only pay 280 a month in rent now. > > > > > > my wife hasn't worked in 2 months, perhaps the market for > > > creative is better > > > there? > > > > > > > > > -paul > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:00 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: got a new boss today > > > > > > > > > i have a meeting with him in 3 minutes. > > > organizational restructure. > > > > > > he is in Seattle. > > > my counterpart uses asp.... > > > > > > will know more in a bit. > > > maybe i can move? > > > > > > > > > wipes palms, eats mint, try's to smile > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
