No worries mate. Take a lot more than that to offend me. It's all a game, and you just have to know how and when to play it. *shrug* When I was going through my divorce, I needed to make myself as presentable as possible to the judge. Out came /all/ the facial piercings.
Crit On 1/26/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I offended, I sincerely apologize. That was not my intent (I do tend to > be politically incorrect and blunt). I suppose I was stereotyping and that > is wrong. I know programmers who have a lot of tats and or some piercings > who are good friends and are top notch programmers, but I was pretty much > referring to those who have more piercings on their face than Clair's has > earrings in their boutiques, or they look like they live in the tattoo > parlor. Based on my personal experience, if someone is looking to break > into > the corporate world and they are sporting some of the piercings or tats > that > some of these folks are, they are going to have a tough time of it. It is > a > first impression thing and we all know it. I have interviewed folks in the > past who looked like this, and although I was convinced that they could do > the job, management thought otherwise. I know it is because of how they > looked. Folks who look like this are assumed to be mis-fits, gang members, > tweakers, etc... even though they may be some of the nicest folks in the > world. I know that my daughter has friends who dress in ways I only > thought > were appropriate for Halloween, but this is their way of expressing > themselves. Like my programmer friends, these are some pretty nice girls > and > once you get to know them you get past the stereotype. > So again I apologize if I offended you. I did not mean to. > > Bruce > > > On 1/26/07, George Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I do xml support for our products. I work out of the house, but often > > travel > > to client sites. And yes I work o pay for my "self expression" > > > > On 1/26/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I want to know what these freaks do for a living, assuming they work > to > > > pay > > > for their brand of "self expression". > > > > > > > > > Bruce Sorge > > > > > > "I'm a mawg: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
