Jam has a job!

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:30 pm

My Volt recruiter called me today and offered me a temp position at MS as an escalation engineer.

The thing is, she can't tell me what product I will be supporting. It's confidential, the only thing the recruiter would tell me is that i have be to able to be very very empathetic and deal with very upset customers

Post by **bio** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:51 pm

Yay!!

mudflap wrote:the only thing the recruiter would tell me is that i have be to able to be very very empathetic and deal with very upset customers

The kind of customers who want a new mouse? Good times!

AsaJay · Post by **AsaJay** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:59 pm

Nah, it's probably for Longhorn. Isn't that about due?

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:08 pm

Could be for Longhorn.....I'll let you all know as soon as I know!

baldy · Post by **baldy** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:21 am

it could be that new access your outlook anywhere subscription deal that MS was touting.... i expect most ppl would be upset when they realise lots of other companies offer the same thing for free?

Pigman · Post by **Pigman** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:34 am

I will throw out Microsoft's attempt at Ad and Spy ware control...

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:06 pm

I think Longhorn is still a ways out. I thought I last heard 2006, could be wrong though. All I know is the last beta they released through MSDN still had a LONG ways to go.

ironpants · Post by **ironpants** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:39 am

We just had some of the developers from MS in the shop yesterday. Yeah, longhorn is still quite aways away. Thankfully, so is Yukon.

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:49 pm

Well, today was the first day of the new contract.

It's something to do with Xbox, that's about all I can say.

I have a real office, not a cube, which is nice.

My manager is quite cool, very "to the point" which I really appreciate.

This day has flown by and I am quite hungry

I've been dieting and tonight I have my heart set on getting some lobster so I've just had some bread and some V-8.

mmmm.......lobster

Post by **bio** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:45 pm

Hmmm... let me guess...

You deal with totally pissed off people who modded their xbox to run linux and then made the fatal mistake of leaving their xbox plugged into a hot cable that led to the outside world.

Or... people who modded their xbox, got a copy of Halo2, and suddenly discovered that they can't play live.

Or... people who are just pissed off that they can pay up to $500 for an xbox (I did... but then I got it on day one), but if they make any changes to it, they're fuxored.

It's gotta be one of those!

If it has anything to do with xbox2 (which is totally lame), please send me a demo model so I can pee on it.

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:10 am

you forgot to /rant.

We went to The Crab Cracker for dinner tonight. I ate a 19oz Australian Lobster Tail tonight. It was absolutely scrumptious. It cost 66 dollars and I don't care. I also had a gulf prawn cocktail with some of the best tasting prawns I have ever eaten.
Shaggy had grilled prawns and a caesar salad that were supposedly very tasty.

I brought some of the lobster home for the cats and the kittens tore it up.

Post by **bio** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:58 am

mudflap wrote:you forgot to /rant.

hehe.. my bad.

Congrats on the new job!! (and with an office too! You rock!)

AsaJay · Post by **AsaJay** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:29 am

mudflap wrote:you forgot to /rant.

We went to The Crab Cracker for dinner tonight. I ate a 19oz Australian Lobster Tail tonight. It was absolutely scrumptious. It cost 66 dollars and I don't care.

If you like that, then you'd absolutely die, for fresh Maine Lobster.

Austrailian lobster is okay, but nine times out of 10, I won't order it. I've had the best, and there is just no going back.

Post by **bio** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:52 am

I don't eat lobster myself.

It's not a taste thing... it's an ethical dilemma of mine.

Wild lobster is being harvested to the point of extinction. They live to 70 years when left alone, but because of extensive hunting, you're now lucky to find a 5 year old. They should be on the endangered species list, but the government won't allow that because of the large industry built around catching them.

I can't tell a farm raised one from a wild one, so I just elect not to eat them at all.

mudflap · Post by **mudflap** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:08 am

AsaJay wrote:
If you like that, then you'd absolutely die, for fresh Maine Lobster.

Austrailian lobster is okay, but nine times out of 10, I won't order it. I've had the best, and there is just no going back.

I know what you're talking about. I've had Maine lobster and you're right, it is fantastic.