I was fired today. They told me that they were ``downsizing'' and gave me three weeks severance pay. Sure, it was just a job writing shitty monkey code that connects a button to a database, but it still hurts. My boss said that I could list him as a reference, but he's a fuckstick, so I doubt it will help me get a job. Looks like I'll be scrubbing toilets with Kodak-chan. I was planning to watch a shit load of anime and masturbate for the entire weekend, but my dick won't work and I want to kill myself instead.
That's what you get for doing programming for a living instead of programming as a hobby.
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Anonymous2012-10-12 22:30
>>1
Take solace in knowing that we are literally weeks and months away from a global financial catastrophe and the beginning of a new world war. Let it all burn, let the fire of struggle and strife cleanse the world and your soul.
Buy a few large sacks of rice and beans/lentils and find a shitty toilet scrubbing job to tide you over until the riots in the streets hit your area and the sirens of war blare.
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Anonymous2012-10-12 22:36
The only mistake you made was in becoming personally invested in your job and treating it as anything more than a temporary source of income. Your employer only treats you as a source of innovation that can be fired with zero days notice, so why should you treat them any differently?
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Anonymous2012-10-12 22:38
OP cheer up. You don't deserve to be working at that shithole. You will be better off someday. This will be nothing but a growing experience to you someday. You are more than talented enough to get a better job programming and a better life in general. Never forget it.
Reach for the stars brother. Bite off more than you can chew, and then chew it. I believe in you, now and forever.
>>8
No. A contractor that deals mostly with natural gas companies, that manages the records on all employees (welders, operators, etc...), and automatically updated when they were renewed their tests, or banned them if they did stupid crap like getting someone killed or costs lots of money (I heard of one welder who ruined 250K$ in 36 inch pipe by welding a dollar sign on every join).
They told me that because natural gas is so far down, the gas companies don't want to buy updates to 25 year old shitty code every year anymore. No idea how true it is though.
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Anonymous2012-10-13 2:05
>>10
sounds like the whole company could be replaced by a spreadsheet
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Anonymous2012-10-13 2:09
>>11
Yes. Yes, it could. It probably could be done in MS Access and VB script by a secretary. The old, rich people who deal in oil like fancy shit that cost too much money though.
>>14
Once AMD goes under, it would be harder to pretend that cross-licensed patents are the same as open architecture.
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Anonymous2012-10-13 3:16
>>15
AMD's not going anywhere, they're merely downsizing and changing their focus. Not competing with Intel's high-end doesn't mean they're going to "go under". They're merely withdrawing a little from the desktop and server markets and concentrating on mobile and low-power solutions (just look at their latest APUs).
Use your severance money to buy weapons, ammunition, non-perishable food, lights, batteries, a small diesel generator, lots of diesel fuel for it, lots of water filters, lots of soap and shampoo.
You are going to need at least: a 12" shotgun with 00 and slugshots, a pistol or a revolver, a scoped hunting rifle.
Spend the rest of the time getting to know your neighbors. Prepare your house for a long siege.
But whatever, getting sacked is an interesting situation, you'll have to do something and it's for the better or worse. Makes you find out who you are and what you can do. That sounds more interesting and fun than doing the same shit everyday.
>>1
I know that feel OP, was fired this week too! It was a sudden "kthxbye anon".
Zero fucks was given. I was ready for that, also there is dozen of better jobs wating out there.
Stop whining and go get'em OP.
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Anonymous2012-10-13 15:03
maybe next time you'll work for a node.js company!
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Anonymous2012-10-13 18:00
What I do is spend 2 years developing key systems that the company depends on in an obscure language with a custom framework. Works every time. It's the standard way to get job security. Learn it well.
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Anonymous2012-10-13 18:13
This is why I'm a freelance web developer.
>wait, no it isn't... it's because i'm too lazy to find FT work doing real programming