Re: Interning one day a week?
- From: "LRM" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:40:39 -0500
"Jennifer Aniston without a shirt" <http://www.planetoftheheads.com/> wrote
in message news:uvcBu0m0FHA.164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> First, take a look around. The bottom already has fallen out in a lot of
> ways, some of them are Pandeep, some are Sandeep, some are Indudeep. Is
> that Tudeep for you, Throatdeep?
Now we are kneedeep! As for Throatdeep, there's a profession I haven't
tried, your play on words suggests two possibilities, whistleblowing (not
likely to be a career enhancer) or another line of work that has been
outsourced for centuries.
As for the potential intern, is the risk worth the reward/loss?
>
>> Who are you? Why don't you have shirt?
>
> Who am I?
>
> I'm not who you think I am.
>
> Why don't I have shirt?
>
> Why did you omit the 'a'?
>
>> Yes, who are we anyway?
>
> From the look of it, the you that you are referring to as 'we' is a couple
> of people on the other side of the net telling a guy how to live his
> life -- and providing only half the picture. "Do it". And now you're
> going to come down on me for trying to make sure the guy gets to see both
> sides of it.
>
> I remember when I was living in Seattle, there was a woman on top of the
> freeway, getting ready to jump off the overpass, poor suicidal woman just
> didn't see life as a good thing anymore. She was blocking traffic, so a
> lot of people were telling her to "Do It". "Just jump already."
>
> Any time you're ready to tell someone else what to do without considering
> the downside, you're being selfish, and you suck. Yeah, it's lame
> sometimes to have to wait in traffic because someone else is having a
> problem, and it causes problems for you, but wishing death on them...
>
> So from the look of it, the you that you are referring to as 'we' are
> people telling this guy to jump, just because it's convenient for you to
> do so. Where will you be if it doesn't work out for him?
>
> I've learned not to listen to other people. Some day, I'm going to block a
> bunch of traffic in Seattle, and walk away. Let those people wait all day.
> Fsckem.
>
>> What's with the sour grapes?
>
> No sour grapes here, just telling it like it is. You can learn all you
> want about any given subject, but it doesn't mean you will get a job
> dealing with that subject. I think you can expect a bad experience when
> you go into a job working for nothing. And you can get yourself burned
> out, so when the paying job comes along, you're too tired to deal with it.
>
> My advice to the OP is... Conserve your energy. Learn through the channels
> already available to you. Don't work for free. Learn another skill to
> supplement your existance in case things don't turn out the way you plan.
>
>> If the bottom falls out of IT then I guess I have to decide between
>> "Brain surgeon and fry cook"
>
> First, take a look around. The bottom already has fallen out in a lot of
> ways, some of them are Pandeep, some are Sandeep, some are Indudeep. Is
> that Tudeep for you, Throatdeep?
>
> Well, how about this... You can come over to my house, and cook for me,
> one day a week, FOR FREE. If it doesn't taste good, I'll blame you,
> because you don't know enough to get a job that pays you. Can't decide for
> yourself? We'll let the OP tell you to "Do it".
>
> Given that you've indicated a limited level of comprehension of the
> subject... I'm guessing that you already tried this as a Brain surgeon,
> and used yourself as a ginnie piggie.
>
>
>> "Jennifer Aniston without a shirt" <http://www.planetoftheheads.com/>
>> wrote in message news:OUCu2mg0FHA.1252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Well, for starters, you'll have to make up your own mind. These other
>>> guys who just say 'Do it', who are they and why are they trying to tell
>>> you what to do?
>>>
>>> I'd be careful. A non-paying job is a NON-PAYING JOB.
>>>
>>> What else could you do on this one day a week to improve your quality of
>>> life? If things go wrong at this place, will you become the skapegoat
>>> for the 'real' IT guy? "Hey, we brought this intern in, it's not my
>>> fault the computers aren't working... He screwed them all up..."
>>>
>>> Also, you can get tired of computers and people. If you work on them all
>>> the time, and you are at school trying to do something with computers
>>> all the time, and on your day off you are dealing with computers ALL THE
>>> TIME, you could get burned out and find out years later that there were
>>> other things you could have done.
>>>
>>> I have enough computer skills, and I am unemployed. If I'd had the
>>> opportunity open to me, I'd look into spending that one day on
>>> developing other skills that have nothing to do with computers, in case
>>> you run into the blockade of 'all I know is computers and there are no
>>> computer jobs'. Fortunately, I do have some other skills. Like... hiding
>>> the bodies. But we won't go into detail on that.
>>>
>>> Make your own decision. Well, actually, since I told you to make your
>>> own decision, if you make your own decision, you'll be doing what I told
>>> you to do. So, just do what I tell you. Or don't. Do what the other guys
>>> tell you. Or, make your own decision. Wait... Um... Yeah. Make your own
>>> decision -- because I said so.
>>>
>>> Microcephalic S. "I didn't say Simon Says" Bob
>>> MC3PONGP46.COMOU812.4.8.15.16.23.42
>>> and other stuff
>>>
>>> "Nocturnal" <nocturnal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:etsJK8c0FHA.560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To those who are network/sys admins or those in the IT field in
>>>> general, do you think it is worth my time to intern one day a week
>>>> while I am a full time PC Tech at another company?
>>>>
>>>> I do only PC Tech things at my current job meaning I fix computers that
>>>> run Win98-XP Pro. I have not touched Windows based server OSs. Nor
>>>> have I dabbled in any *nix flavors.
>>>>
>>>> So, I have this oppurtunity through my wife's company in which I can
>>>> intern with the new IT directory one day a week. She works for a small
>>>> non-profit company and they have one IT guy running the entire show.
>>>> He was recently hired and my wife's HR dept. knows me and recommended
>>>> me to come on and intern and help the guy out. I plan on doing this
>>>> for as long as I can.
>>>>
>>>> I believe I'd be under the IT man's wing and hopefully performing what
>>>> would be network based things like hopefully setting up servers,
>>>> configuring them, watching over them, fixing things when things go down
>>>> as well as my PC Tech duties that I normally perform at my regular job.
>>>>
>>>> Now I ask is one day a week worth my time? Would I be able to retain
>>>> all the information that is drilled through my noggin one day a week?
>>>> I would attempt to do more with this company but it is a non-paid
>>>> position and I do have bills and a family to take care of.
>>>>
>>>> I also go to school (community college) where I am pursuing an
>>>> Associate degree in Computer Science.
>>>>
>>>> I hope to hear from you all. Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nocturnal @ http://www.randomfix.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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