Random thread: Where's your postcount now, (tpd) bitch

[Goose]

Goose how hard is it to learn Java?

If you know just about any other programming language, its not too tricky.  But, learning how to use it (or any other software development tool) to build stable, professional programs takes either years of experience or a university degree, preferably a little of both.

[Aaron]

Well I don't know any programming languages. So it wouldn't be easy.

[r00]

Apparently my manager listed to what i told him this morning and I am off the hook for the weekend.  Let the spice (booze) flow.

[luna]

Yay!

[videodrone]

That is definitely weird.

Is it because of not getting enough hours or because you should watch your back around that place?

My theory is that it's all about the pay rate - I was told from day one that my starting pay is on the higher side from what they normally pay.

drone

[r00]

I would just keep our eyes open and interpret the situation yourself.  From my experience, new people are usually not on any chopping block unless they are a tremendously awful employee from the get-go.  Most employers would rather use a termination opportunity to get rid of old, proven deadwood than someone getting paid more than the others who is a good employee.

[videodrone]

Good point. I'll keep that in mind.

drone

[luna]

i got a raise today because we need to hire another tech (because the other one is leaving) and since i'm supposed to be the senior tech i need to make more than the junior tech we will be hiring and no one in their right mind would accept the job for less than i was making...weird

another random fact: i can't tell the difference between regular and decaf espresso...this also confirms the fact that i've been stating for years that caffeine has virtually no effect on me

[r00]

I am the same way.  I can have several cups of coffee or energy drinks and still have no problem falling asleep afterwards.  They can help me stay awake, but they never keep me awake.

[luna]

i've been known to have a double or even sometimes a triple latte and go to sleep shortly after much to the amazement of people around me

[Aaron]

PFT.

It works for me. But I have taken so much in a day that it stops working after awhile... And I can still go to sleep right after having more...

[r00]

i've been known to have a double or even sometimes a triple latte and go to sleep shortly after much to the amazement of people around me

haha  nice.  I also have a weird reverse reaction to painkillers and the like too.  They will cause me to zone out, yet stay awake all night.  There were many a night in my youth that I would rent a console game, take a demerol or percoset, and completely zone on it and finish it by 6am the next morning. (especially if it was a platformer).  I would also do the same thing with jigsaw puzzles.  It was weird.

This wasn't anything regular I did.  Just an occassional act with any leftover prescription painkillers that were laying around when I was in my early 20's.  8-p

[luna]

[Aaron]

Sure Mr. Green Thumb also loved the pills!    

[Static]

I am the same way.  I can have several cups of coffee or energy drinks and still have no problem falling asleep afterwards.  They can help me stay awake, but they never keep me awake.

I think I've always had a natural resilience to caffiene; when I was a lot younger and going to industrial clubs and the like, we (my friends and I obviously) would pop pro plus and hammer down energy drinks because this place opened at 10pm and closed 7am, and yet -always- I would be found at some point during the night, snoring whilst standing up against a pumping bass bin.  Whilst I very much doubt I could be sleeping through that again, caffiene has never kept me awake and I can pretty much always sleep directly after drinking one.  I've actually stopped drinking most caffiene and all energy drinks lately, because I've been getting thunderous headaches and I'm hoping this will cut them down.