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Impressions after a few days at work
Woo hoo, I have a job! A few short impressions from 2.5 days of work: The drive sucks. It’s about an hour and forty minutes each way, and today it was snowing so it was a bit longer. I’m going … Continue reading
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A tale of two government documents
Spoiler alert: I’ve got a new job. Woo hoo! I start on Monday. When I got my citizenship, they took away my high security Permanent Resident Card (“green card”) and gave me this fancy paper “Certificate of Naturalization”. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Job Experiences, Rant
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Reading Comprehension 101
After updating my resume on Monster the other day, I got an email today: We found your resume and are very impressed! We believe you have the qualifications we’re looking for to fill our open insurance agent position. Somehow I … Continue reading
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Today in job requirements FAIL
I got a call from a recruiter asking if I had experience with “ETL”. I’d never heard of it, so I truthfully said no, I had no idea what it was, and she went away. After the call, I looked … Continue reading
Posted in Geekery, Job Experiences, Rant
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