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Can you believe this thread was just two from the very bottom of the OT, and hadn't even reached a conclusion as to what PH should do?
It's outrageous.Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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I am 'exploring all options'...just firing off those applications, find something even if just temporary. I have an interview a week on wednesday and a careers fair on the thursday and the friday I intend to go to...all in Manchester (also a good excuse to get away for a few days too), and have 3 application forms to finish off at the moment (need to write the statements)...so with any luck something should work out eventually...Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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good luck with it all
Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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Job interviews are like acting, even if you dont feel confident you have to act like it. It gets better with practice....people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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Yeah, I know, I have done a few interviews in my time. It is all about bullsh*tting your way through...a bit stupid really when you look at it, but this is the way the world works...but I am good at projecting an image of confidence and competence in one...christ knows how
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Youll be fine then. A good interview goes a long way towards being hired....people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - SnottyComment
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I know. I cacked up the last one through nerves, it was ridiculous, they had me there for 45 minutes, 7 interviewers and I had to give a presentation to boot...Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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My last one was with Aventis Pasteur. I laughed when they told me the salary (I was kind of tired). Needless to say they didnt offer it to me
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We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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Pretty crap was it? I've seen jobs like that with appalling pay and they want high calibre graduates, even with experience. It amazes me how they find the people. Needless to say, I just move on...I need to be able to afford to exist in the modern, expensive UK...Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Well it was about half of what a similar position would pay here in the US (like an american post-docs salary). They had the gall to say something like "we know the salaries are low, but thats what they are" thats when I laughed. What an understatement!We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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I think they deserved to be laughed at. It sounds like they are taking the piss, and it would come down to a matter of principle in the end. Even if people accept that salary, I bet they have difficulty hanging onto employees...it is their loss in the long run.Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Aventis Pasteur! Grrrr.... I tried getting a highschool co-operative education placement with them. They led the teacher in charge on for weeks with "oooh, impressive marks." and "definite possibility" before saying they only wanted university co-ops or relatives of the company president!Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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Have you looked at Ventana yet?Comment
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Well, it was a decent salary for Canadian scientists, but thats why there is a severe brain drain to the US. IMO theres no way they could attract anyone beyond fresh-post-docs with that salary and it showed in the people they had working there. Still it was a nice trip, and I got to have some real croissants.
I'd guess the job situation there is tough but keep on plugin away at it. Have you re-assesed moving?We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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