Who's still at work?

[ln_e_is_1]

I got in at 9:45 this morning, just in time for my 10am meeting (god, I do love meetings). Today was a light meeting day, only one (I've had days where my meetings have run from the moment I walk in the door in the morning to 3:30pm, straight). It's now 12:15 and I'll be here for atleast another half-hour. 10am to 1am; that's a 15 hour day. Subtract one hour for lunch, one for dinner, okay, a 13 hour day. Since I'm salary, I don't get overtime. THANK GOD my boss is nice and gives me comp time.
Good thing I like my job.

Kids, don't be like me.
Don't graduate.
Stay in college forever!
Keep your loans in deferrment until the day you die.


EDIT: Sorry, trapped at work late. Just need to vent.

[Dr. Badman]

I feel for you.

I just got home after doing the late shift (11:30 - 20:00).

Longest I've worked was a 12 hour day (08:00 - 20:00).

I get overtime, though. :P

[argonaut]

What type of job do you have, linny?

I write industrial controls software. The work is very much ebb-and-flow. There will be long stretches where I'll be working a standard 8 hour day, or even less, sometimes down to 30-35 hours a week. Then we'll hit an integration phase and I'll be completely sucked in for a couple of months. Once the managers see their shiny new machine sitting on the factory floor, they want to see it running, soon. So there's usually a lot of urgency (to put it nicely) once the hardware has been built.

My last such effort required 28 straight days, most between 12-16 hours. That gets to be a real strain, as the rest of your life gets put on hold, and you feel like you never do anything besides work/eat/sleep. But integration is the most fun part of the job, so it evens out a little.

The shutdowns are the worst. That's where a company will shut down a process line for a short period in order to replace or upgrade a piece of equipment. You have to get in and be done, in order for everyone who works on the line to get back to their jobs, and to keep from interrupting the manufacturing flow for too long. They often occur over weekends or holidays. I've had a couple of instances where I worked for 72 hours straight, grabbing short naps in a break room as time allows.

I've resisted every attempt to be put on salary. I don't get overtime, unless my contract happens to specify it, but I get paid for every hour I work.

[Invader Flak]

I work at a Bank. Therefore, I really don't have net access, and I just kind of work as long as the place stays open. That means about 6 hrs. a day...

Well, college needs to get paid off somehow. At least the food's free.

[Awesome McManly]

I usually work between 6 to 9 hours in a small little box store, not much bigger than a cubicle. at least I have net access for when the store is dead, and my boss isn't around.

On the bright side, in less than a week, I'll be going back to 14 hour days working construction.

...

six days a week.


Oh God! My poor doomed social life...

[MST3Kakalina]

i'm not at work, but i'm cleaning out my mess of a closet.


ye gods. hopefully i'll get some chore moneys out of this.

[argonaut]

I'll pay you to clean out my closet.

[BeastDad1987]

Eh. I'm at school right now. I'm teacher's assistant for this class, and luckily it's the only class with computers where I can change the proxy to override the blocking thingy. So yeah.

[MST3Kakalina]

I'll pay you to clean out my closet.


after this Herculean <s>stables</s> closet, i'm pretty sure i can take on almost anything.

[ln_e_is_1]

What type of job do you have, linny?


I do mechanical and minor opto-mechanical design for a major university. Right now I'm re-tolerancing all the components along the optical path to keep better focus control for our flight camera and am also helping my boss assemble an end item data packet for an isntrument we are delivering. I'll probably move into optical calibration and testing around the end of the summer.

My department is providing four scientific instruments for the 2007 Phoenix Mars Polar Lander. It's a rebuild of the cancelled '01 mission. We are looking for water. My team is re-designing and upgrading the Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) and re-calibrating the old Optical Microscope (OM) and Robotic Arm Camera (RAC). The other team in my department is providing new ovens, the TEGA instrument (Thermal Evolved Gas Analyzer). Take a look at http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/

My work is similar. We have slow periods where I can go, "Hey boss, I'm taking next Tuesday off to judge the county science fair."
Life-cycle testing in the thermal vac chamber will go for 40 days straight. It's automated, but still needs be monitored for the continous 960 hours that the test will run. All of us will be working a few swing shifts.
We are ramping up for our Critical Design Review (horray for CDR) on June 21^st and 22^nd. Oh yeah, and life-cycle testing will be going on during CDR.

Hopefully things will calm down a bit in July so my wife and I can take a few mini holidays. L.A., San Diego, Las Vegas, and Phoenix are all same-day drives.

[Awesome McManly]

and NH, right? ;)

[AngryGoatFace]

<font face="trebuchet MS">student, although I'm studying on my own to be something in computers. either a programmer, game designer, or pen tester.

and NO, being a pen tester doesn't mean you test pens. it means you're hired by a company to hack into their systems to determine the vulnerability of their systems.</font>

[ln_e_is_1]

and NH, right? ;)
Quick flight.

[Forever Finite]

my now ex step dad used to pen test for some branch of microsoft. that's a pretty HIGH-CLASS job. getting paid to hack microsoft.

my only real "job" as of the moment involves occasionally going to some city in texas for five days, going to a horse show during each night (from 8 PM to anywhere as late at noon or 1 PM the next day), and braiding the manes of the contestants before their breeding class the next morning. it's a way more difficult job than anyone would possibly guess, but that is why the pay is so phenomenally good. i can make as much as 300 on a busy night. granted, i get about 5-6 hours of sleep each night, work up to 15 hour shifts, and my fingers are bloody stumps on sunday, it's mostly worth it. yay for not being stuck in a cubicle.

[implode]

i make eggs.

...

and toast.

when the revolution comes, it would be foolish to not have me on your side.

[argonaut]

ln_e_is_1 -
Life-cycle testing in the thermal vac chamber will go for 40 days straight. It's automated, but still needs be monitored for the continous 960 hours that the test will run. All of us will be working a few swing shifts.
We are ramping up for our Critical Design Review (horray for CDR) on June 21st and 22nd. Oh yeah, and life-cycle testing will be going on during CDR.
Oh man. You need to show up at 'con, so we can have a conversation that will bore everyone in earshot within an inch of their sanity. Even better if we get drunk first.

I'm currently doing space/military applications, so I deal with a lot of the same things - vibe, shock, and thermal testing, lots of acronyms. The CDR for my latest project scheduled for August 2nd-3rd - right in the middle of Moosecon. But lately the project has been slipping, so I'm hoping it won't be a problem.

[whodaimen]

This topic is where it's at. Yeah. I read through it like eght times. Cool.

[Vile]

I'm a soon-to-be cashier at Tim Hortons.

I BET ONLY JUSTIN KNOWS I'M NOT CRAZY.

[Awesome McManly]

Oh god, why would you do that?

They pay like shit.

Like less than minimum wage.

and people don't tip too well for coffee.

[whodaimen]

I wish I had a job. Mom says the second I get one, im getting an alienware ALX 15,000 dollar puter.


I wonder if washing windows like a bum counts as "job"

[Vile]

Oh god, why would you do that?

They pay like shit.

Like less than minimum wage.

and people don't tip too well for coffee.


I figure creepy old men will tip me if I bounce around a little bit.

[ln_e_is_1]

Oh man. You need to show up at 'con, so we can have a conversation that will bore everyone in earshot within an inch of their sanity. Even better if we get drunk first.

I'm currently doing space/military applications, so I deal with a lot of the same things - vibe, shock, and thermal testing, lots of acronyms. The CDR for my latest project scheduled for August 2nd-3rd - right in the middle of Moosecon. But lately the project has been slipping, so I'm hoping it won't be a problem.

Somebody that understands my pain!!! TLA. My CDR won't slip; it's set in stone. And this ICD drawing that I'm updating is dimensioned in mm, but the drawing says english. Fun.

[Awesome McManly]

I figure creepy old men will tip me if I bounce around a little bit.

ah ha ha!

creepy.

I'd tip you too.

[Vile]

Yeah. It was a toss up between Dairy Queen and Tim's, but Dairy Queen's lighting is really hot.

[Awesome McManly]

I wouls have DQed it personally, but I'm a sucker for free ice cream.

[implode]

I figure creepy old men will tip me if I bounce around a little bit. they will. ahhh... what was the quote? "have you ever actually talked to an old person? turns out half of them end up hording their money away their whole lives just to come to realize they've outlived everyone they wanted to share it with."

eez true. i see it everyday. $5 on a cup of coffee is <i>too much.</i>

[poonchy's bro]

I have the best job; decent pay for a kid my age, good hours, lots of exercise, sunshine and fresh air, and I always meet people I know. That's right, a paperboy, bitches.

[BeastDad1987]

I'd be terrified to let my child ride his bike around in the wee hours of the morning throwing things at people's houses. But I guess that makes you cool.

[Awesome McManly]

"want a popsicle?"

[poonchy's bro]

I'd be terrified to let my child ride his bike around in the wee hours of the morning throwing things at people's houses. But I guess that makes you cool.

I have the afternoon. (except Saturday) I hate getting up early. But seriously, it's a good job if you aren't too old.

[ln_e_is_1]

I want a popsicle.

[Awesome McManly]

I'll bet you do.

It's uh... salty lemonade.

[ln_e_is_1]

Damn, I was hoping for salty protien cream.

[Invader Flak]

You'd like that.

I drink only Iced Tea and Code Red Mountain Dew at work.

This job has only taught me that illegal immigrants get what they deserve.

[Awesome McManly]

Damn, I was hoping for salty protien cream.

get yo phreak on!

[ln_e_is_1]

get yo phreak on!
Already have. Say, mind if I bum a smoke? Post-coitial smokes are the best.

[Awesome McManly]

sure thing.

I agree, whole heartedly.