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entombed in the shrine of zeroes and ones ([personal profile] rone) wrote2006-01-24 12:51 am
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ah, a wage slave once more

I signed Protrade's offer letter today.  I start on Friday.  I'll have to give Google and Simucad the bad news.

[identity profile] 2wanda.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
And there will be much weeping and gnashing of teeth at Google and Simucad.

Oh! Woe is we. We didn't get the [livejournal.com profile] ronebofh!

[identity profile] lusercop.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
Cool, well, congratulations! (even if it disappoints some)

(Anonymous) 2006-01-24 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
Huzzah!

[identity profile] wisn.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats to you. Is running fantasy leagues during work hours mandatory? That would be a perq.

(Anonymous) 2006-01-24 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations. It must be a relief. Is the job pretty much similar to your last?
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (bofh)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The overall daily tasks should be about the same, yep.

[identity profile] boutell.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] ratphooey.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

(Anonymous) 2006-01-24 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

Could you start with making the site work with opera? ;-)
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (quiet)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish, in-game trades won't even work with Firefox. But i'll be giving them an earful about that and Opera, you better believe it.

[identity profile] opadit.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, job!

Hope they're a sensible place to work

[identity profile] mouseworks.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay paychecks.

Speaking of which, is the January order still on. I think I can swing the $50 now after I pay bills.
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (quiet)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, i'll be placing that order sometime this week.

[identity profile] mdyesowitch.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations. It's nice that you get to tie up all the loose ends so quickly.

[identity profile] erikred.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Most excellent. Glad to see you employed before your generous handshake wore off. :) Sorry you won't make it up to SF for lunch any time soon. :(
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (monterey)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be working in San Mateo, so maybe i'll swing upwards one of these days. Or you can come downwards.

(Anonymous) 2006-01-24 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you comment on why not Google?
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (cornholio)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
They would've taken too long to get back to me. I need money. Mah children need wine!
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[personal profile] thedarkages 2006-01-24 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew there was a reason why Google's share price dipped! No Rone, no return.

I hope the new job fails to suck.

(Anonymous) 2006-01-24 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Income!

[identity profile] twillis.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
May this begin a new glorious phase in your plans for world domination (so long as they don't interfere with mine).
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (anime - (c) 2002 jim vandewalker)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
My stepgrandchildren shall fight your children in the plains of destiny for the future of mankind. Either that or get really drunk and lie around in a stupor.

[identity profile] twillis.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
My plan is to build my Atomic Supermen and have them ready to do battle just as your stepgrandkids are entering that awkward age where they are embarassed to bring their friends over to the volcano for fear that ol' granddad is sitting around in his underwear, working on the Doomsday Device again.

HAW! HAW!

eeeeeeeexcellent

[identity profile] stoat.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
good to hear! yay for wage slavery!

[identity profile] nixzusehen.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Think of the vacation you can have with that severence....
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (bowler)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
The severance is going towards exercising my ADBE stock options. Assuming, of course, that my E*TRADE account acknowledges they exist again...

[identity profile] matrushkaka.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Do they have Japanese toilets?

[identity profile] tongodeon.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That was my first thought. I don't see how you could have passed up the japanese ass-washing toilets.

[identity profile] matrushkaka.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] ronebofh should demand that in his contract.
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (anime - (c) 2002 jim vandewalker)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope. But i didn't see any fancy toilets when i went to the can at Google, either. Probably because these were the old SGI buildings, where people crapped like Americans.

Good luck with the new job.

[identity profile] joepro.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
nm

[identity profile] joepro.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, i don't know if the subject part went through, it said good luck with your new job. then i typed nm for no message in the message part. Anyhow, good luck with your new job. nm

Joe
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (monterey)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, heh. The way we did that at my previous workplace was put the info in the subject and end it with "[eom]" (end of message).

[identity profile] joepro.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm from the East Coast, so we're a little behind with the lingo. Actually, I think the reason we did nm is because you could not post a subject without a message. I still do this occasionally out of habit. Wow, the internet has come a long way thanks to guys like you! BTW, don't forget to sign up for the Pearl jam fan club, they will be doing a new album soon, and probably a tour in the summer or fall. Later.

[identity profile] eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats! I'm going to prescribe you a course of red wine to treat this.
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (desolation jones)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
OH IF I MUST.

Oh dear...

[identity profile] drieuxster.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)

And I was so looking forward to seeing you on the Vid Screens as the Thought Police Frog Marched you and the rest of the Terrrorist Clique at Google out to the MiniTrue where you would be able to find useful and productive lives.

Oh well.

(Anonymous) 2006-01-24 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
congrats, dude!

[identity profile] tritone.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent. I'm glad it didn't take long...

[identity profile] peglegpete.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Conrats, you magnificent bastard!

[identity profile] sandollar17.livejournal.com 2006-01-24 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! I'm glad you have a job again.

[identity profile] schwa242.livejournal.com 2006-01-25 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

So I'm guessing Google's stock will be going back up and the government will be calling off their request for search records?
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (teeth)

[identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com 2006-01-25 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's easy to spread butter, but it's very hard to unspread it.

[identity profile] pobig.livejournal.com 2006-01-25 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Glad to hear you found a new gig!

Congratulations on the new job!

(Anonymous) 2006-01-25 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck, have fun, etc., etc.

[identity profile] taerowyn.livejournal.com 2006-01-25 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Belated congratulations!

[identity profile] thingamarob.livejournal.com 2006-01-25 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Likewise belated. I hope you like it.

[identity profile] cheesetruck.livejournal.com 2006-01-28 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
w00t.

(Yes, I'm behind on lj.)