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My boss's boss just had "a chat" with me about my boss, who's kinda completely useless. Normally all I ask of a boss is "keep out of my way and give me a good performance review", but lately it's been rankling that this guy is being paid more than I am despite me contributing an order of...

I've seen clips of it just. Left my parents' house in 1989 and somehow never got around to buying a TV

No shame, just something to look forward to! I've never seen the simpsons, and at this stage I'm not arsed - the zeitgeist has passed. The Wire will always be worth watching though

FWIW - you are demonstrating leadership and loyalty by doing this. And that you're not a yes man. If your boss is any use* then this will probably stand to you (and you should put it in your self-assessment so you have a record of it) * though obvs they may not be any use

You're judged on your "performance" at a job, which means exactly what it sounds like it means - your job is a stage, and the people who judge your performance are the audience. Actually getting the job done well is just one aspect of it.

Wow jaysis @Reets that's pretty tough - sounds to me like you're doing meaningful work there though

I was in Cape Town once for a work thing, and on my last day after checking out of the hotel I went on one of those open top bus tour things. Hopped off the bus at some beach and went for a little paddle, and then a fucking huge wave came in and soaked me up to the waist. Had to get back on the...

Whoa! Be sure and post a link when it's published!

My work situation - doubting that the efforts I've been making to get promoted to principal engineer are ever going to pay off. Toying with the idea of getting into management instead, but ... well, I probably have more autonomy as an engineer. Bleurgh I dunno. Maybe I'm not hardcore enough to...

@BOTicelli same picture, but from the perspective of the person

@BOTicelli show me a picture from the perspective of a person riding on the back of a giant turtle who is singing a cheeful song in a baritone voice

That's lovely!

Surely the whole "bought a country pub cos it sounded cool, turned out it wasn't" story would be a winner here

Are you a civil servant now too @Anthony ?

Check out the new travel management my work is using - called "Navan" :ROFLMAO: https://navan.com/uk attn @Anthony

It's WAY easier to fake culture fit in an interview than it is to fake actual skills. I did a technical interview with a lad lately who'd been rated highly by all previous interviewers but didn't have a fucking breeze when it came to tech.

When I applied for the job I have now I took a lot of time over the application, then did a technical test that took me most of a weekend, then had 6 separate interviews Totally worth it. More enjoyable job, better pay edit: having said that I could probably get paid WAY more in google or FB...

Spending a few hours now in order to make more money for the rest of your life doesn't seem worth it?

Do people still ask about weaknesses in interviews*? It's a real underhanded question IMO - very difficult to get anything positive out of it, usually the best you can do is avoid fucking up *where I work we don't fwiw

Embarrassment isn't that difficult of an emotion to just put up with, I think. If that's the only thing holding you back I'd say go for it