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    Fawk.

    Annual self-appraisal (overdue step).

    The corporate swimsuit competition.

    1. Learn shit
    2. Apply shit
    3. Make money
    4. Keep em happy
    5. Rinse, repeat next year

    Sucks that I've been productive for 40 years and one bad quarter now could land me on the street like an old used up dishrag.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
    Fawk.

    Annual self-appraisal (overdue step).

    The corporate swimsuit competition.

    1. Learn shit
    2. Apply shit
    3. Make money
    4. Keep em happy
    5. Rinse, repeat next year

    Sucks that I've been productive for 40 years and one bad quarter now could land me on the street like an old used up dishrag.
    Surely, they could find someone young and inexperienced to do 90% of what you do for 40% of the pay, right?

    I hope you don't get canned.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fly boy View Post
    HAHA, that's like AOL messenger a/s/l?
    Soooooo.... no pics?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBadger View Post
    Surely, they could find someone young and inexperienced to do 90% of what you do for 40% of the pay, right?

    I hope you don't get canned.
    Perhaps, but that other 10% that will kick their ass will get them fired and lose a fortune 50/100 client for forever in a heartbeat. What's that worth?

    I'm also the ONLY guy in the company that works on one particular platform. Not all the time, mind you, but I'm it and it's 25-30% of my workload on delivery, and about 10% on pre-sales support and architecture (for which I don't get measured/comp on). Some of it is annual contract work that rebooks year after year.

    One of my client's purchasing guys decided they were not going to use our company any longer - through no fault of ours. My contact found out, and made a huge fuss with exec mgmt that they couldn't complete two highly visible and critical upcoming projects without me. That and some smooth plays from our execs got us back into the account and consequently last year the company closed the largest ___ platform sale in NA for a particular OEM that also has three letters in its name. Do you think any of that matters? Hell no.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
    Fawk.

    Annual self-appraisal (overdue step).

    The corporate swimsuit competition.

    1. Learn shit
    2. Apply shit
    3. Make money
    4. Keep em happy
    5. Rinse, repeat next year

    Sucks that I've been productive for 40 years and one bad quarter now could land me on the street like an old used up dishrag.
    Hopefully you're still there after the dust clears. Unfortunately we both know how age plays. The closer to retirement, the more they look for any excuse to escort you out.

    Not close enough to retirement age to cash out? Maybe go back as contract hire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBadger View Post
    Soooooo.... no pics?
    Ha, You are a very curious one to see other dudes beards. Is it because you cannot have one yourself?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fly boy View Post
    Ha, You are a very curious one to see other dudes beards. Is it because you cannot have one yourself?
    Probably he's "curious" being hetro and all .
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    Maybe "bi-curious"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpha2 View Post
    Maybe "bi-curious"?
    When i worked the door in NYC. Told this chick i was "Buy Curious", when she tried bribing me to get in this club.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fly boy View Post
    Ha, You are a very curious one to see other dudes beards. Is it because you cannot have one yourself?
    Yep. Try as I might, I'll never be able to grow a full lumberjack beard. My dad and brother are the same way.
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