Sometimes I pretend...

[Pi]

I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her, I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a '64 Impala.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Sheesh, bring one damn dead guy back from the dead, and look what a frigging fuss people have made over him.

Coincidentally, I heard an interesting statistic along those lines the other day: there are actually 8 resurrections described in the Bible, and Jesus only performed three of them. Don't know whether his own counts as one he "performed" or not though.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Coincidentally, I heard an interesting statistic along those lines the other day: there are actually 8 resurrections described in the Bible, and Jesus only performed three of them. Don't know whether his own counts as one he "performed" or not though.

Mary did it

[slang]

Sometimes I pretend that I'm relevant.

Sometimes I pretend that I'm interesting

Sometimes I pretend that I'm not annoying.

[Rock Steady]

...sometimes, as an escape, I pretend that I am some one else.

[zippyt]

[i] Sometimes I pretend that I'm relevant.[\I]

[b]in the grand sceme of things we ALL are [\B]

[i] Sometimes I pretend that I'm interesting[\I]

[b]Well I would sit and have a beer with you and hear your tales ( for what it's worth )[\B]

Sometimes I pretend that I'm not annoying.

[b]Then you wouldn't be SLANG !!! [\B]

[zippyt]

Well THAT didn't work out well !!!!!!


For me sometimes I pretend that My opinion counts !!

But most of the time I just have to deal with the shit that I am delt

[slang]

Sometimes I pretend that I'm drinking a beer.

No wait, sometimes I wish I was drinking a beer, sorry.

Thanks Zip.

[Rock Steady]

...sometimes, I pretend that I am way less important than i am.

As if I never worked F/T at 5 pre-product early-stage companies. As if I never started my own company and sold it. As if I haven't been working in my niche market longer than anyone in the world. As if I didn't spend several years building and deploying a product that my new employer hopes to compete with.

Otherwise, I might interfere with people doing their jobs. Jumping in on every conversation is too tempting. Pretend....put the headphones on for a while....

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

...sometimes, I pretend that I am way less important than i am.

As if I never worked F/T at 5 pre-product early-stage companies. As if I never started my own company and sold it. As if I haven't been working in my niche market longer than anyone in the world. As if I didn't spend several years building and deploying a product that my new employer hopes to compete with.

That makes you sucessful not important.
Try ordering somebody elses dog around.

[Lucy]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That makes you sucessful not important.
Try ordering somebody elses dog around.

Smart feller.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

...sometimes, I pretend that I am way less important than i am.....

Thanks for not overshadowing us all. There's no doubt that my personal cummulative life experience and financial success is of no significance but I meet people every day that try their damnest to try to show me how smart they are and how important they are not by what they mean to others but how they go on and on and on about how great they are in one way or another.

It gets old quick.

It does sound like you've got many interesting experiences and a lot of information to contribue and I look forward to having us all at the Cellar believe that you are indeed important for the friends you make here, your opinion and suggestions on a wide variety of topics.

[Rock Steady]

Originally Posted by slang

It does sound like you've got many interesting experiences and a lot of information to contribue and I look forward to having us all at the Cellar believe that you are indeed important for the friends you make here, your opinion and suggestions on a wide variety of topics.

Well, you haven't been following my sporadic history here (no reason for you to). I do have some friends and acquantances here, I've been supportive and have gotten advice and support, on a very limited number of topics.

Originally Posted by slang

Thanks for not overshadowing us all. There's no doubt that my personal cummulative life experience and financial success is of no significance.

When did this become a contest? Besides, I'm sure by the time you are 50 you will have some significant items on your resume.

Originally Posted by slang

but I meet people every day that try their damnest to try to show me how smart they are and how important they are not by what they mean to others but how they go on and on and on about how great they are in one way or another.

It gets old quick.

That's kind of the point of my story. Instead of jumping in on every conversation, voicing my opinion on everything I hear, I put on my head phones and go back to coding.

It's hard for a company to integrate a new senior person. I've seen so many of them come in and on their first day imply to everyone that they're doing a bad job, and he's going to save our sorry asses.

At my new job, I always say people are making good decisions, and instead of making suggestions, I confirm the good suggestions that people offer.

Yet, I also must show expertise and enough leadership to get a F/T job there.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Rock Steady

Well, you haven't been following my sporadic history here (no reason for you to). I do have some friends and acquantances here, I've been supportive and have gotten advice and support, on a very limited number of topics.

Fair enough. My oversight. Sorry to come across harsh.

[Rock Steady]

Originally Posted by slang

Fair enough. My oversight. Sorry to come across harsh.

With no context, I'm sure that post made me sound like a serious primmadonna. No Harm, no foul.

It probably helped to write it down, because yesterday I met privately with one of the Technical Directors about doing the Director of Engineering gig instead of indivdual contributor. That would mean instead of reporting to him, he would report to me. We agreed to think about it for a few days.

Tomorrow I will probably meet with each of the other Technical Directors about this idea. My proposal is to defer the position of VP of Engineering for a year and let me do the Director of Engineering thing. I believe I can build a consensus for this, especially since they have rejected so may VPE candidates. It's hard to hire your own boss. So, I figure they might want to live with the devil they know (me) than the one they don't. It helps that I have a CS PhD and 10 more years of experience than any of them. And, I'm not a devil at all, but a consensus builder.

The whole thing is trickly, no matter how you slice it.